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No full textKrog AH, Sahba M, Pettersen EM, et al. Vasc Health Risk Manag. 2016;12:371–378.On page 371, author list, the author “Syed SS Kazmi” should have read “Syed SH Kazmi”.Read the original articl
Sharqencyrtus hulbi Hayat & Kazmi, 2011, sp. nov.
No full textSharqencyrtus hulbi sp. nov. (Figs 37–42) Female. Holotype. Length, 1.45 mm. Frontovertex yellowish brown; scrobe and malar space dark brown; face nearly black; pronotum except collar, mesoscutum, and tegulae dark brown; axillae and scutellum brownish yellow with brown suffusions; propodeum dark brown but sides brownish yellow; mesopleuron, metapleuron and gaster black. Antenna (Fig. 37) with scape black except apex yellow; pedicel and funicle black; clava white. Palps white. Fore wing with a yellowish tinge and with infuscation as in Fig. 39. Hind wing hyaline, lightly infuscate towards apex. Legs brownish yellow with brown suffusions except basal two-thirds of fore coxa, basal three-fourth of mid coxa, and hind coxa brown. Structural details as in generic description and figures, with the following additional characters: frontovertex finely reticulate, the cells transversely elongate; mesoscutum with fine, largely transversely elongate reticulations, and with fine, sparse, setigerous punctures; scutellum with a similar sculpture and not deeper than on mesoscutum; mesoscutum with about 40 setae, scutellum with 20 setae; sides of propodeum with silvery white setae. Relative measurements (holotype before mounted on slide) — head dorsal width, 42; head frontal height, 37; frontovertex width at anterior ocellus, 14; eye height, 26; malar space, 12; mesosoma length, 60; mesoscutum length (width), 28 (41); scutellum length (width), 26 (21.5); propodeum median length, 5; gaster length, 40; (from slide) — fore wing length (width), 161 (62.5); length of venation, 80; hind wing length (width), 113.5 (27.5); length of venation, 75; mid tibia length, 57; mid basitarsus length, 15; mid tibial spur length, 15; TVII length, 33; ovipositor length, 40; third valvula length, 6.5. Male. Unknown. Material examined. Holotype, female (on slide under 5 coverslips, slide No. EH. 1315) labelled “ INDIA: Arunachal Pr. Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Daphabum Road, 09.xi. 2009 Coll.: P. M. Sureshan” (“ NZSI 12345 /H 3 ” on a red ticket). Host. Unknown. Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh. Etymology. Arabic: hulbi = bristly, and referring to the bristly hypopygium.Published as part of Hayat, Mohammad & Kazmi, Sarfrazul Islam, 2011, On some Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Namdapha Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh, India, pp. 1-19 in Zootaxa 2830 on page 16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27729
Rhytidothorax namdapha Hayat & Kazmi, 2011, sp. nov.
No full textRhytidothorax namdapha sp. nov. (Figs 9–14) Female. Holotype. Length, 1.55mm. Body completely dark brown to nearly black; frontovertex dull bluish green, pronotum and mesoscutum dull black with violet shine; scutellum mostly bluish green, with some purple shine, declivous sides and apex bluish green and smooth; tegula black; gaster blackish, with violet and purple shine, TI antero-laterally bluish. Antenna with radicle dark brown; scape brownish yellow, brown along margins; pedicel in basal two-thirds brownish, apical third yellow; flagellum dark brown (Fig. 9). Wings hyaline. Legs brownish yellow except fore and mid coxae and fore femur dark brown to nearly black. Head. Eyes over-reaching occiput posteriorly; scrobes broadly U-shaped, with narrow but rounded margins; antennal toruli placed nearer mouth margin, much below a line drawn across lower margin of eyes; ocellar triangle with apical angle obtuse; frontovertex with fine, raised reticulate sculpture and with sparse, small, thimble-like setigerous punctures, these in two lines in front of anterior ocellus on each side of frons; setae on head brown; eyes setose, setae transparent, and each about as long as a facet. Mandible with two pointed teeth and a small receding short tooth, the middle tooth longest. Maxillary palp 4 -segmented, labial palp 3 -segmented. Antenna as in Fig. 9; scape about 6 x as long as broad; F 1 about 0.5 x of pedicel; funicle segments except for F 1 quadrate (F 2) to slightly (F 3) to distinctly (F 6) broader than long; clava about as long as F 3–6 combined, and with third segment obliquely truncate. Relative measurements — head dorsal width, 46.5; frontovertex width at anterior ocellus, 14; eye height, 31.5; malar space, 12; POL, 7; OOL, 1; OCL, 2; scape length, 22. Mesosoma slightly longer than gaster (58: 52); scutellum with a thin apical flange; propodeum about 0.16 x scutellum length (Fig. 13); mesoscutum with irregular, polygonal reticulations and fine setigerous punctures; scutellum with raised reticulate sculpture, the cells elongated, lineolate on sides, but extreme sides and apex smooth (Fig. 13), sculpture deeper than on mesoscutum; mesopleuron with fine reticulations; setae on thorax brown except silvery white along lower margin of metapleuron and on sides of propodeum. Fore wing 2.42 x as long as broad; venation extending 0.49 x wing length; marginal vein 1.52 x as long as postmarginal vein; stigmal vein 1.34 x as long as marginal vein, and 2 x as long as postmarginal vein (Fig. 10). Hind wing 3.34 x as long as broad; venation extending 0.68 x wing length; marginal cell with a line of moderately long setae. Fore leg with last segment of tarsus with a comb of setae (Fig. 11). Relative measurements — mesoscutum length (width), 24 (45); scutellum length (width), 27.5 (27); (slide) — propodeum median length: scutellum length = 8: 38. Gaster. Hypopygium with a deep V-shaped notch in posterior margin (Fig. 12); ovipositor as in Fig. 14. Relative measurements (slide) — TVII length, 50; ovipositor length, 45.5; mid tibia length, 56.5; mid basitarsus length, 14; mid tibial spur length, 11. Male. Unknown. Material examined. Holotype, female (on slide under 5 coverslips, slide No. EH. 1307; right antenna missing) labelled “ INDIA: Arunachal Pr. Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Daphabum Road, 09.xi. 2009 Coll.: P. M. Sureshan” (“ NZSI 12341 /H 3 ” on a red ticket). Host. Unknown. Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh. Comments. This species is very similar to R. pectinatum Singh & Agarwal (1993 a, b; see also Hayat, 2006), but differs in having the antennal toruli with their upper margins below the level of the lower margins of the eyes and very close to the mouth margin; F 2 quadrate; clava with second suture oblique and third segment obliquely truncate; scutellum with elongate reticulate sculpture except becoming lineolate reticulate on sides; marginal vein 1.52 x as long as postmarginal vein; ovipositor 0.8 x as long as mid tibia. In R. pectinatum: upper margins of antennal toruli are in line with lower margins of the eyes and are separated from the mouth margin by a distance greater than half the height of a torulus; F 2 broader than long; clava with second suture perpendicular and only apex of third segment transversely truncate; scutellum with polygonal reticulate sculpture in about middle third, but becoming elongate reticulate on sides; marginal vein about as long as postmarginal vein; ovipositor 0.92 x as long as mid tibia In both these species the last segment of fore tarsus is provided with a comb of setae. Etymology. The species name is derived from the first name Namdapha of the Namdapha Tiger Reserve.Published as part of Hayat, Mohammad & Kazmi, Sarfrazul Islam, 2011, On some Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Namdapha Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh, India, pp. 1-19 in Zootaxa 2830 on pages 6-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27729
Atanycolus tangmargensis Ahmed, I. & Kazmi 2022, sp. nov.
No full textAtanycolus tangmargensis Ahmed, I. & Kazmi sp. nov. (Figs. 2a–k) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 6744F72C-7A94-4520-96B5-3962402099CF Type material: Holotype; ♀ (reg.no. 26125/H3), Tangmarg, Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, INDIA. coll. Z. Ahmed. 22.vii.2018. collected from pine logs by sweep net. Paratypes: 2♀♀ and 5♂♂ (reg.no. 26126/H3-26132/H3) collection data similar to holotype. All types deposited in National Zoological Collection (NZC), Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. Description: Holotype: ♀, body length 13.1 mm; fore wing 11.2 mm; ovipositor sheath 14.9 mm. Head: (Figs. 2a–c) 1.6× wider than long dorsally, without any drop shaped black spot on stemmaticum, temples strongly expanded behind eyes, gena with sparse long hairs posteriorly, antenna slightly shorter than the fore wing, sub equal to body length, 54 antennomeres, the length of basal and apical flagellomeres about 2× their respective basal width, F1 slightly longer than F2, length of middle segments 1.5–1.6× the width, scape 2.3× as long as its maximum width, pedicel as long as its maximum width; the ration of width of mandibles: the distance between the inter-tentorial pits: the distance between the inter-tentioles and the compound eyes = 7:12:10; clypeus small narrow concave with few especially long hairs at its ventral raised margin; malar space 1.6× as long as basal mandibular width and more than half the eye length; face 1.6× as wide as long, smooth shiny medially, sparsely setose laterally and dorsally, eyes glabrous, dorsal eye length about half the temple; frons strongly concave medially with a longitudinal carina, vertex smooth, shiny with few hairs at posterior margin; length of maxillary palp 0.6× height of head; malar suture with some short setae; clypeus height: inter-tentorial distance: tentorio-ocular distance = 2: 4: 5. Mesosoma: (Figs. 2d, e) 1.6× as long as wide; mesoscutum with smooth and shiny notauli without any crenulations; scutellum triangular with small marginal hairs, scutellar sulcus narrow crenulated, not much deep; metanotum smooth, shiny; propodeum smooth, sparsely setose laterally; mesopleuron smooth, shiny with some setae posterior-ventrally; metapleuron sparsely setose. Wings: (Fig. 2f) Fore wing: Pterostigma 3.5× as long as its maximum width, SR1: 3-SR: r=5: 26: 6; 1-SR+M vein slightly curved, about 1.3× the length of vein 1-M; 2-SR: 3-SR: 1rm=12:23:10; m-cu straight, about 2.5× the length of 2-SR+M; cu-a interstitial. Hind wing: SC+R1:2-SC+R: 1r-m =12:1:2, basal posterior lobe with long setae marginally. Legs: The ration of length of fore femur: fore tibia: fore tarsi; 7:8:14; outer hind tibial spur smaller than the inner one, covered by thick bristles; fore tibia with single sickle shaped spur; tarsomeres with few stout bristles apically; hind femur compressed much longer than wide, hind tibia 1.8× the femur length, telotarsus 2× the length of penultimate tarsomere; length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 3.4, 10.4 and 8.3× their maximum width respectively. Metasoma: (Figs. 2g –i) Metasomal tergites entirely smooth, first metasomal tergite slender, with comparatively longer hairs on lateral margins, about 1.6× as long as its apical width, with median raised oval posteriorly widening area; the second tergite 1.5× as long as wide, with a medio-basal smooth triangular area narrowing posteriorly; 2 nd tergite longer than 3 rd, suture separating two smooth laterally and shallowly crenulate medially (fig. 2. H); the third metasomal tergite truncate posteriorly, more than twice as wide as long; hypopygium not extending much behind, ovipositior sheath densely setose, 1.2× the fore wing length, 1.18× the body length; ovipositor with a dorsal nodus and five ventral teeth (Fig. 2j). Colour. Reddish yellow; stemmaticum black; antenna and legs blackish brown, mandibles yellowish medially, black basally and apically, basal half covered with long white hairs, eyes dark brown, maxillary and labial palps dark brown; mesosoma reddish yellow; propodeum yellow, wings infuscate, pterostigma and veins dark brown, small light patch below 2SR+M; metasoma uniformly light yellow, with few very small white hairs; ovipositor yellow, ovipositor sheath brown. Male: (Fig. 1 b) Body length 5.54–6.76mm, fore wing length 3.7–5.96mm; antenna 56– 7.27mm with 46–54 segments, dark brown with scape and pedicel completely black; head and mesosoma black dorsally, propodeum brownish, all appendages uniformly dark brown except fore tarsus and fore coxae which are comparatively light brown; eyes with a yellow stripe around dorsal margin, metasoma light yellow. Etymology: The species is named after the type locality in India, Tangmarg, Baramulla Jammu and Kashmir. Distribution: India; Tangmarg, Baramulla, Jammu & Kashmir. Remarks: The new species differ from the other two Indian species as follows: A. initiator have two parallel longitudinal, crenulated lateral grooves on either side on 2 nd metasomal tergite (absent in new species); whereas in A. hookeri the 2 nd metasomal tergite strongly irregularly striated, malar space 0.25× eye length (2 nd metasomal tergite smooth, malar space more than 0.5× eye length in new species). The new species is similar in appearance to Chinese species A. lindemani Tobias, 1980 and can be separated from it by combination of following characters: mesosoma reddish yellow (brown in A. lindemani); black spot on stemmaticum absent (A. lindemani a large black drop-shaped spot present, extending to the posterior end of head); the suture separation second and third metasomal tergite shallowly crenulated medially (smooth in A. lindemani); antenna 49–54 antennomeres (32–38 antennomeres in A. lindemani).Published as part of Ahmed, Ishtiaq, Kazmi, Sarfrazul Islam, Farooqi, Mohd Kaleemullah & Ahmed, Zaheer, 2022, A new species of genus Atanycolus Foerster, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) from India, pp. 496-500 in Zootaxa 5124 (4) on pages 497-498, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5124.4.8, http://zenodo.org/record/641372
Parencyrtomyia zedesi Hayat & Kazmi, 2011, sp. nov.
No full textParencyrtomyia zedesi sp. nov. (Figs 27–31) Female: Holotype. Length, 2.15 mm. Head blackish; pronotum anteriorly dark brown, collar laterally and sides brownish yellow; mesoscutum brownish yellow with pale brown suffusions mesally and posteriorly; scutellum same as mesoscutum but with a small brown area in middle; metanotum and propodeum nearly black; tegula brownish yellow in about basal third, but apical two-thirds dark brown; prepectus yellow; mesopleuron black, shiny; gaster with tergites dark brown except T 1 mesally yellow, TVII brownish yellow on sides and apex white, and ventrally curved sides of tergites and sternites, including hypopygium, pale yellow to white; third valvula yellow except pale brown apically. Antenna (Fig. 27) with radicle yellow; scape brownish yellow except dorsal margin brownish; pedicel and flagellum dark brown to black. Fore wing infuscate as in Fig. 28. Hind wing hyaline except for slight pale brown infuscation towards apex. Legs with mid coxa black, otherwise brownish yellow with pale brown suffusions. Head (Fig. 31). Antennal toruli with their upper margins in line with lower margins of eyes; ocellar triangle with apical angle a right angle; POL 7 x as long as OOL, and only slightly (1.07 x) longer than OCL; frontovertex with fine, raised reticulate sculpture on vertex and in two lines of punctures on frons on each side in front of anterior ocellus; setae on head largely silvery white, mixed with brown setae especially on vertex and malar space; eyes appear bare, but with sparse, short, transparent setae. Mandible tridentate, middle and upper teeth rounded. Antenna as in Fig. 27; F 1 measured along ventral length slightly longer than pedicel (18: 15); F 5 quadrate, F 6 slightly broader than long; clava slightly longer than F 4–6 combined, with second suture oblique, and third segment with an oblique truncation. Relative measurements — head dorsal width, 60; frontovertex width at anterior ocellus, 17; eye height, 39; malar space, 22; POL, 7; OOL, 1; OCL, 6.5; AOL, 6; scape length, 36. Mesosoma. Mesoscutum and scutellum with fine, polygonal reticulations of more or less of similar depth; mesopleuron with fine lineolate reticulate sculpture; setae on mesoscutum largely silvery white mixed with brown setae, those on scutellum brown with a few silvery white setae anteriorly; sides of propodeum setose, setae silvery white; metapleuron with several silvery white setae along lower margin. Fore wing (Fig. 28) 2.80 x as long as broad; venation extending 0.52 x wing length; disc setose to base proximal to linea calva; marginal vein slightly longer than both postmarginal and stigmal veins (Fig. 29). Hind wing 4.16 x as long as broad; venation extending 0.65 x wing length; marginal cell with a line of short setae. Relative measurements — mesoscutum length (width), 40 (60); scutellum length (width), 35 (33); propodeum median length, 7.5. Gaster 0.76 x mesosoma length; (hypopygium distorted in slide mount); ovipositor as in Fig. 30. Relative measurements (paratype, slide) — TVII length, 70; ovipositor length, 96.5; third valvula length, 27; mid tibia length, 107.5; mid basitarsus length, 34.5; mid tibial spur length, 28. Male. Unknown. Material examined. Holotype, female (on card) labelled “ INDIA: Arunachal Pr. Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Hornbill, 04.xi. 2009, P. M. Sureshan” (“ NZSI 12344 /H 3 ” on a red ticket). Paratype. 1 female (on slide, No. EH. 1314, one antenna missing), Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Aamika Falls, 14.xi. 2009, P. M. Sureshan. (ZDAMU, Registration No. HYM. CH. 620). Host. Unknown. Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh. Comments. Parencyrtomyia is newly recorded from India. The new species, P. zedesi, differs from P. niveiclava Girault, the type and only other described species, in several characters, notably the following: head nearly completely black; antennal clava dark brown to black as funicle; mid coxa black; metanotum and propodeum nearly black and dorsum of gaster largely dark brown; fore wing with a distinct infuscation in apical half; malar space 0.56 x eye height; torulus slightly less than own height from mouth margin; antennal scape about as long as combined length of pedicel, F 1 and F 2; clava slightly longer than F 4–6 combined; fore wing setose from base, without a bare area; mesoscutum without notaular lines. In P. n i v e i c l a v a: face between and below toruli yellowish brown; clava white; legs yellowish brown; metanotum, propodeum and dorsum of gaster infuscated; fore wing with an indistinct suffusion and with a bare area basally; malar space 0.4 x eye height; torulus 1.25 x its height to mouth margin; scape slightly shorter than combined length of pedicel, F 1 and F 2; clava shorter than F 4–6 combined. The differences notes are based on the original description, and the notes and figures given by Dahms & Gordh (1997). Other details of P. niveiclava are not available as the mesosoma and gaster of the holotype are on a card. Dahms & Gordh (1997: p. 286) state that the mesoscutum has notaular lines (‘parapsidal sutures’) present in its anterior half. Etymology. The species name is derived from an arbitrary combination of letters.Published as part of Hayat, Mohammad & Kazmi, Sarfrazul Islam, 2011, On some Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Namdapha Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh, India, pp. 1-19 in Zootaxa 2830 on pages 12-13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27729
Rhytidothorax horticola Hayat & Kazmi, 2011, sp. nov.
No full textRhytidothorax horticola sp. nov. (Figs 1–8) Female. Holotype. Length, 1.22 mm. Head black, largely with bluish-green shine, thimble -like punctures bluish; pronotum black with sides brownish yellow; mesoscutum brownish yellow with anterior margin black; axillae brown; scutellum dark brown but basally and laterally brownish yellow; tegula brownish yellow, apically brown; prepectus and mesopleuron brownish yellow; metanotum dark brown; propodeum in mesal third brownish yellow, laterally brown; gaster nearly black. Antenna (Fig. 1) with radicle largely dark brown; scape brownish yellow, apically brownish; pedicel and F 1–3 dark brown; F 4 yellowish brown, F 5 pale brownish yellow, F 6 and clava yellow to white. Fore wing subhyaline, uniformly pale infuscate; hind wing hyaline. Legs including fore and hind coxae pale brownish yellow; mid coxa dark brown; mid tarsus with segments 2–4 brownish yellow, but all tarsi with last segment dark brown. Head (Fig. 6). Eyes nearly reaching occiput posteriorly; scrobes deep, U-shaped, with rounded margins; antennal toruli placed nearer mouth margin, much below a line drawn across lower margins of eyes; ocellar triangle with apical angle a right angle; frontovertex with raised reticulate sculpture, and with small thimble-like setigerous punctures, each smaller than diameter of anterior ocellus; setae on head dark brown; eyes setose, setae pale brown to hyaline, each clearly longer than a facet. Mandible with one pointed tooth and a receding second tooth. Maxillary palp 3 -segmented, labial palp 2 -segmented. Antenna as in Fig. 1; scape 3.4 x to nearly 4 x as long as broad; F 1 slightly longer than 0.5 x of pedicel; funicle segments, except F 1 and F 2, quadrate to broader than long; clava about as long as F 4–6 combined. Relative measurements — head dorsal width, 38; frontovertex width at anterior ocellus, 12; eye height, 24; malar space, 14; POL, 6; OOL, 1.5; OCL, 1.75; AOL, 4; scape length, 17; scape width, 5. Mesosoma. Mesoscutum with fine, slightly raised polygonal reticulations; scutellum in anterior half finely reticulate, but reticulations not deeper than on mesoscutum, and with posterior half smooth; mesopleuron finely reticulate; propodeum about one-quarter as long as scutellum, and with ridges as in Fig. 4; setae on thorax dark brown, but those on sides of propodeal spiracles silvery white. Fore wing (Fig. 2) 2.6 x as long as broad; venation extending 0.54 x wing length; postmarginal vein 1.2 x as long as marginal and 1.25 x as long as stigmal vein. Hind wing 4 x as long as broad; venation extending 0.67 x wing length; marginal cell with a line of very long setae (Fig. 3). Last segment of fore and mid tarsi each with setae arranged in two short combs (Figs 7, 8). Relative measurements — mesoscutum length (width), 21 (32); scutellum length (width), 22 (18.5); median length of propodeum, 6. Gaster shorter than mesosoma (34: 45), and slightly broader than long (37: 34); hypopygium with a semicircular notch in posterior margin; ovipositor as in Fig. 5. Relative measurements (paratype, slide) — ovipositor length, 25; mid tibia length, 47; mid basitarsus length, 12; mid tibial spur length, 14.5. Male. Unknown. Material examined. Holotype, female (on card) labelled “ INDIA: Arunachal Pr. Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Road to Ranijheel, 11.xi. 2009, P. M. Sureshan” (“ NZSI 12338 /H 3 ” on a red ticket). Paratypes. 1 female (on card) with same data as holotype (NZSI, 12339 /H 3); 1 female (on slide, under 5 coverslips, slide No. EH. 1308), Arunachal Pradesh, Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Daphabum Road, 9.xi. 2009, P. M. Sureshan (ZDAMU, Registration No. HYM. CH. 618). Host. Unknown. Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh. Comments. The species is apparentlysimilar to R. hirtus Howard (1894; see also Noyes 1979) but differs by the characters given in the key. Etymology. Latin: hortus = park or garden + colo = to inhibit, referring to its occurrence in the Namdapha National Park, the former name of the Namdapha Tiger Reserve.Published as part of Hayat, Mohammad & Kazmi, Sarfrazul Islam, 2011, On some Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Namdapha Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh, India, pp. 1-19 in Zootaxa 2830 on pages 4-6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27729
Orgilus (I.) indicus Ahmed & Kazmi & Rameshkumar 2022, sp. nov.
No full textOrgilus (I.) indicus sp. nov. Body length = 4.2 mm; fore wing length = 3.8 mm. Description Colour: basal 15 flagellomeres yellowish, scape, pedicel and remaining flagellomeres brown; head yellowish brown, ocellar area dark brown; mesosoma uniformly yellowish brown; wings hyaline, pterostigma dark brown, all other vein yellowish brown; fore legs yellow except coxa trochanter and basal femur; basal coxa, trochantellus and basal femur yellowish brown, basal tibia and tibial spurs of mid leg and hind leg white; femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg completely black; 1 st metasomal tergite dark brown; basal half of 2 nd tergite whitish, rest of metasoma dark brown to black; ovipositor and ovipositor sheath dark brown. Head: ( Figs 4 A-C ) 1.2 × as wide as long dorsally; punctate, evenly setose; eye length dorsally 1.55 × the temple, 1.6 × as high as wide; large and robust antenna with 33 antennomeres, about as long as or longer than body, scape large with truncate margins, 2.25 × as long as wide; 1 st and 2 nd flagellomere 1.6 × as long as wide; maxillary palps 5 segmented, about as long as the height of head; labial palps 3 segmented; POL: OD: OOL= 4:6:3; face coriaceous, moderately setose, 1.5 × as wide as high; frons smooth and medially depressed; clypeus truncate ventrally, smooth, 1.75 × as wide as long; occipital flange absent or indistinct; length of malar space 2.0 × basal width of mandible. Mesosoma: ( Figs 4D–E ) 1.6–1.8 × as long as high; pronope not distinct; pronotal sides densely setose; mesopleuron feebly punctate dorsally and densely setose and punctate ventrally; epicnemial carina present, more clear ventrally; precoxal sulcus deeply impressed; mesoscutum punctate, densely setose, longer than wide; propleuron rugose-punctate, medial mesonotal lobe convex, rugose punctate; notauli reasonably developed, either with very little or without any carinae; scutellum raised, sub triangular, weakly punctate; propodeum rugose posterior-medially, smooth or sparely punctate anteriorly with few setae. Wings: ( Fig. 4F ) fore wing 3.14 × as long as its maximum width and 1.37 × the hind wing length; hind wing vein 1cu-a distinctly postfurcal; 1-SR+M sinuate; r: SR1+3SR: 2SR= 1:6:2; 1-M 0.4 × as long M+CU; pterostigma densely setose, 3.0 × as long as its own width, 1-SR absent; r-m absent; Cu1b broader than 3-CU1; hind wing vein 1A present; 1M 1.75 × as long as 1r-m. Legs: hind coxa robust and coarsely rugose, 1.8 × as long as wide, tarsal claws simple; length of femur: tibia and basitarsus of hind leg =43: 55: 28; hind basitarsus longer than combined length of the rest of tarsi, tibial spur 0.57 × basitarsal length; hind femur 4.0 × as long as wide; hind tibia longer than femur and 6.25 × longer than its maximum width; each hind tarsus with apical spines except telotarsus; tarsal claws simple ( Figs 4K–M ). Metasoma: ( Figs 4 H-J ) 3.25 × as long as wide and heavily sculptured, length of first tergite 1.3 × longer than it maximum width, coarsely rugose, with two basal carinae; laterope deep and round; second tergite wider than long, basal half of second and third tergite reticulo-punctate; whereas the apical portion of T2, T3 and whole T4 strongly rugose; rest of posterior metasomal tergites sparsely punctate laterally, T5, T6 smooth, with few lateral setae; suture between T2 and T3 broad with strong longitudinal carinae; third to seventh tergite sparsely punctate laterally; length of ovipositor sheath 0.68 × fore wing length. Remarks: The new species described is close to O. rugosus, can be differentiated by the combination of characters in Table 1. Etymology: The species is named after the country from where it is described ‘India’. Material examined: Holotype. 1♀, INDIA: Karnataka, Kanagala, 12.xii.2020 (16º19.808ʹN, 74º24.958ʹE) ; Paratypes. 1♀, Uttar Pradesh, Milik Bitthalnath, 23.xii.2020 (27º32.558ʹN, 77º45.444ʹE); 1♀, Andhra Pradesh , Kakinada egree, Coringa WLS, 1.iii.2019. coll. Rameshkumar A and party. Distribution: INDIA; Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.Published as part of Ahmed, Ishtiaq, Kazmi, Sarfrazul Islam & Rameshkumar, Anandhan, 2022, New record of Orgalonia van Achterberg and description of a new species of Orgilus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Orgilinae) from India, pp. 437-448 in Zootaxa 5195 (5) on pages 442-443, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5195.5.3, http://zenodo.org/record/722372
Teaching robots a lesson: Determinants of robot punishment
No full textKeijsers M, Kazmi H, Eyssel F, Bartneck C. Teaching robots a lesson: Determinants of robot punishment. International Journal of Social Robotics. 2019
Parablatticida brevicornis Dalman
No full textParablatticida brevicornis (Dalman) Parablatticida brevicornis (Dalman): Noyes & Hayat, 1984: 315, taxonomy. Hayat & Basha, 2001: 6, female, male; Mandi record. Hayat, 2003: 199, female, Chindaki (Kerala) record. Hayat, 2006: 195, 196, key, figures. Material examined. 1 female (on card): INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh, Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Road to Ranijheel, 11.xi. 2009, P. M. Sureshan. (NZSI). Host. Unknown. Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh (new record), Himachal Pradesh, Kerala.Published as part of Hayat, Mohammad & Kazmi, Sarfrazul Islam, 2011, On some Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Namdapha Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh, India, pp. 1-19 in Zootaxa 2830 on page 18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27729
Pahudioxylon bankurensis Chowdhury, Ghosh & Kazmi
No full textPahudioxylon bankurensis Chowdhury, Ghosh & Kazmi (Fig. 8) Pahudioxylon bankurensis Chowdhury, Ghosh & Kazmi, 1960: 22, pl. 2, figs 1-6, ill. 1. Albizzioxylon sahnii Ramanujam, 1960: 118, pl. 21, ill. 25. Pahudioxylon sahnii Ghosh & Kazmi, 1961: 96, figs 1, 2. Pahudioxylon deomaliense Prakash, 1965c: 433, figs. 1, 2. Ingoxylon sahnii – Müller-Stoll & Mädel 1967: 112. Pahudioxylon welkitii Lemoigne & Beauchamp, 1972: 336, pl. 12. Pahudioxylon assamicum Prakash & Tripathi, 1975: 63, pl. 2, figs 7, 9, 11, 12. Pahudioxylon indicum Prakash, 1979: 66, pl. 2, figs 1-5. Pahudioxylon bengalensis Ghosh & Roy, 1982: 52, figs 1, 2. ORIGINAL HOLOTYPE. — Geological Survey of India (G.S.I.) no. P2 /126. MATERIAL. — MNHN.F.50183 (field number: 17FN03). Estimated minimal diameter: 14-34 cm. LOCALITY. — Kalewa Township, Sagaing Region, Myanmar. AGE. — Upper lower to lowermost middle Miocene. DESCRIPTION Wood diffuse-porous.Growth ring boundaries distinct, marked by marginal parenchyma bands (Fig. 8). Vessels solitary (55%) as well as in radial groups of 2-4 (45%) (Fig.8A), round to oval, 1-5 per mm² (average: 3); tangential diameter 120-275 µm (average:185 µm).Tyloses absent.Vessel elements 120-370 µm (average: 225 µm) long. Perforation plates simple. Intervessel pits alternate, polygonal shaped, 4-7 µm (average: 6 µm) wide (Fig. 8C). Parenchyma paratracheal lozenge-aliform up to 13 cells wide for each wing and 5 cells around vessels, also confluent joining 2-4 vessels or groups of vessels (Fig. 8A, B), marginal bands 4-5 cells wide, sometimes surrounding narrower vessels; parenchyma cells 35-160 µm (average: 90 µm) long, 15-40 µm (average: 26 µm) wide; around 3-5 cells per parenchyma strand (Fig. 8E), crystals in chambered parenchyma cells at the margin of the aliform parenchyma (Fig. 8E), crystals are visible as black dots on the transversal section (Fig. 8A, B); possibly some rare diffuse parenchyma cells. Rays 1- to 3- seriate (mostly 3) (Fig. 8E), a very faint storied tendency in some parts of the section (Fig. 8D), 5-7 rays per mm (average: 6), 140-370 µm (average: 245 µm) or 8-21 cells high, mostly homocellular made of procumbent cells (Fig. 8F), rarely 1 row of marginal square (or larger procumbent) cells with sometimes crystals in them (Fig. 8G). Fibres non-septate, 7-30 µm (average: 19 µm) wide, thin-to-thick walled (lumina 1.6 times the double wall thickness in average). DISCUSSION This specimen is characterized by: 1) diffuse-porous wood, 2) exclusively simple perforation plates; 3) homocellular and 2- to 3-seriate rays; 4) aliform to aliform-confluent parenchyma; 5) marginal parenchyma; and 6) storied ray tendency in places. These combined features are shared with some Fabaceae (Baretta-Kuipers 1981; Gasson et al. 2003; Evans et al. 2006; InsideWood 2004 -onward), and in particular with many traditional Caesalpinioideae because most of the genera have heterocellular rays as well as rays more than 500 µm high and the number of cells per parenchyma strand often goes up to 4 and even more (compared to hardly exceeding 2 for the traditional Papilionoideae subfamily). Traditional Mimosoideae are ruled out as many genera have septate fibres (about 30 %), exclusively homocellular rays with small ray cells, rare storied structures and no crystals in ray cells. A comparison with Caesalpinioideae genera reveals that our specimen looks similar to the genera Afzelia and Intsia (Gasson et al. 2003; InsideWood 2004 -onward), especially for their well-defined aliform parenchyma, sometimes confluent, their marginal parenchyma bands, the distinct crystals present in the margin of the aliform parenchyma (even in transverse section), and the strands commonly from 2 to 5 cells long. Both genera are hardly distinguishable based on xylological characters (Prakash 1966; Müller-Stoll & Mädel 1967; Gasson et al. 2003; Ogata et al. 2008) although they have a different geographical distribution (Léonard 1950). Afzelia is a genus of Africa and South-East Asia (mostly in Africa) (Léonard 1950; POWO 2019). Intsia is a South and South-East Asian genus, with species also present in Australia, Madagascar or Tanzania (POWO 2019). Based on a comparison with some species of Afzelia and Intsia from the InsideWood (2004 -onward) database and the Xylarium of the MNHN (specimen MNHN-P-P00396553), our specimen shows the closest affinity with Intsia bijuga (Colebr.) Kuntze because of the clear margin of crystalliferous aliform parenchyma cells, a tendency to irregular storied rays, clear marginal bands of parenchyma often in contact with small vessels and the fequency of vessels. Although, this species does not display any marginal square ray cells with crystals, this feature is only sporadically observed in our fossil and should not be used as a distinctive feature. Based on their similar wood anatomy, fossil wood resembling both Afzelia and Intsia are described under the genus Pahudioxylon (Chowdhury et al. 1960). When compared with fossil species of this genus (a synthetic table is provided by Feng et al. 2015), all features of our fossil are compatible with the wide diagnosis of P. bankurensis. Our specimen is thus attributed to P. bankurensis. Intsia trees are tropical and live in wet evergreen forests, with rainfall higher than 2000 mm per year, and is associated with Anisoptera Korth. and Hopea Roxb. (Soerianegara & Lemmens 1993). Intsia are mostly found in coastal habitat, near beaches, mangroves (Loo & Tan 1997) and sometimes in peatlands (Tanjung et al. 2020). Intsia bijuga is found along coasts, river edges, tidal or temporarily inundated places (sometimes salty water), in mangroves and back-mangroves, primary and secondary forests, up to 600 m altitude (Soerianegara & Lemmens 1993; Hou et al. 1996; Orwa et al. 2009). Its seeds are sea-dispersed (Lewis et al. 2005).Published as part of Gentis, Nicolas, Licht, Alexis, Boura, Anaïs, Aung, Dario De Franceschi Zaw Win Day Wa & Dupont-Nivet, Guillaume, 2022, Fossil wood from the lower Miocene of Myanmar (Natma Formation): palaeoenvironmental and biogeographic implications, pp. 853-909 in Geodiversitas 44 (28) on pages 868-869, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a28, http://zenodo.org/record/714530
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