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Bibliographics for the 983 eprints in the live archives of E-LIS : trends and status report up to 7th July 2004, based on author-self-archiving metadata
Full text linkThe priority for ideas and philosophy related to "Network Theory" have been traced back and documented by Braun(2004),and credit goes to Karinthy(1929).The IT has empowered to realise it, as the most practical phenomena and it is no more a humour. The OAI (Open Archives Initiatives)and ACIS (Academic Contributor Information System)are progressive in the direction ,which may lead to realise the "Collective Genius" at global level. Focus of present study is on Author-Self-Archiving (A-S-A)Metadata of the 983 Eprints in the Live Archives of the E-LIS (EPrints of Library and Information Science),which were approved till 7th July 2004.The A-S-A Metadata was used for librametric analysis. Self-explanatory bibliographics are illustrated.The highlights include: Conference papers (34%); highest approval, June 2004 (28%); published archives (76%);not refereed (52%); not in public domain (60%); highest self-archiving-author (De Robbio, Antonella).The Nos. of EPrints having single JITA domain specifications were: Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information(27); Information use and sociology of information(80);Users,literacy and reading(13);Libraries as physical collections(30);Publishing and legal issues(57);Management(13);Industry, profession and education(36);Information sources, supports, channels(113) ; Information treatment for information services, Information functions and techniques (101); Technical services libraries, archives and museums(25); Housing technologies(1); Information technology and library technology(92); and Inter-domainery (395) i.e. having specifications of two or more than two JITA classes
Brassica Oilseeds: breeding and management/ edited by Arvind Kumar, S.S. Banga, P.D. Meena, P.R. Kumar.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.This book contains 12 chapters focusing on the breeding aspects, i.e. genetics and breeding, intersubgenomic heterosis, induced mutagenesis and allele mining, seed quality modifications and genomics, and the management of diseases, such as Albugo candida and Alternaria species, insect pests and abiotic stresses, in rapeseed-mustard.Importance and origin / Arvind Kumar, P.A. Salisbury, A.M. Gurung and M.J. Barbetti -- Genetics and breeding / Shashi Banga, P.R. Kumar, Dhiraj Singh, Ram Bhajan and S.S. Banga -- Intersubgenomic heterosis : brassica napus as an example / Donghui Fu and Meili Xiao -- Induced mutagenesis and allele mining / Sanjay J. Jambhulkar -- Seed quality modifications in oilseed brassica / Abha Agnihotri -- Genomics / Venkatesh Bollina, Yogendra Khedikar, Wayne E. Clarke and Isobel A.P. Parkin -- Diseases / C. Chattopadhyay and S.J. Kolte -- Albogo candida / P.R. Verma, G.S. Saharan and P.D. Meena -- Pathogenesis of alternaria species : physiological, biochemical and molecular characterization / P.D. Meena, Gohar Taj and C. Chattopadhyay -- Plant disease resistance genes : insights and concepts for durable disease resistance / Lisong Ma and M. Hossein Borhan -- Insect-pests / Sarwan Kumar and Y.P. Singh -- Abiotic stresses with emphasis on brassica juncea / D.K. Sharma, D. Kumar and P.C. Sharma.1 online resource (xvii, 261 pages)
Bacillus maritimus Pal & Mathan Kumar & Kaur & Kumar & Kaur & Singh & Krishnamurthi & Mayilraj 2017, SP. NOV.
No full textDESCRIPTION OF BACILLUS MARITIMUS SP. NOV. Bacillus maritimus (ma.ri′ ti.mus. L. masc. adj. maritimus maritime, marine). Cells are Gram-stain-positive, rod-shaped, endospore-forming (bulging sporangia) and aerobic. Tolerates up to 7 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum 5 %). No growth occurs in the presence of>8.0 % (w/v) NaCl. The temperature range for growth is 12– 42 Ǫ C (optimum 30 Ǫ C). Growth is observed in the pH range 7.0-11 (optimum pH 8.0) but no growth is observed at pH below 6.0. Negative for hydrolysis of casein, starch and gelatin. Nitrate is reduced to nitrite; H 2 S is not produced. Acid is produced from fructose, raffinose, lactose and melibiose but not from adonitol, dulcitol, dextrose, galactose, inositol, inulin, mannitol, mannose, maltose, rhamnose,, sucrose, salicin, sorbitol, trehalose or xylose. Positive for arginine dihydrolase 1, urease, sucrose, trehalose, raffinose, maltose, L- lactate alkalinization, Oi -galactosidase, L- proline arylamidase, Oi -glucosidase and arginine dihydrolase 2, but negative for β -glucosidase, β - galactopyranosidase, β -galactosidase, salicin, optochine resistance, D- amygdalin, phosphatidylinositol phospholipase C, D- xylose, Ala–Phe–Pro arylamidase, cyclodextrin, L- aspartate arylamidase, Oi -mannosidase, phosphatase, leucine arylamidase, L- pyrrolidonyl-arylamidase, β -glucuronidase, alanine arylamidase, tyrosine arylamidase, D- sorbitol, polymixin B resistance, D- galactose, D- ribose, lactose, N -acetyl-D- glucosamine, bacitracin resistance, novobiocin resistance, growth with 6.5 % (w/v) NaCl, D- mannitol, D- mannose, methyl β -D-glucopyranoside, pullulan and 0/129 resistance (comp.vibrio.). Major fatty acids are iso-C 15: 0, anteiso-C 15: 0, iso-C 14: 0 and iso-C 17: 1 I and/or anteiso-C 17: 1 B. The only menaquinone present is MK-7. The major phospholipids are diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. The type strain, KS16-9 T (= MTCC 12305 T = DSM 100413 T = KCTC 33834 T), was isolated from a marine sediment sample collected from Kovalam, Kanyakumari coastal region of the Indian Ocean, India. The DNA G+C content of the type strain is 45.4 mol%.Published as part of Pal, Deepika, Mathan Kumar, Rajendran, Kaur, Navjot, Kumar, Narender, Kaur, Gurwinder, Singh, Nitin Kumar, Krishnamurthi, Srinivasan & Mayilraj, Shanmugam, 2017, Bacillus maritimus sp. nov., a novel member of the genus Bacillus isolated from marine sediment, pp. 60-66 in International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 67 (1) on pages 64-65, DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001569, http://zenodo.org/record/604839
Chamaeanthus longi cheila (Aver. & Nuraliev) Vuong & Kumar, comb. nov.
No full textChamaeanthus longi cheila (Aver. & Nuraliev) Vuong & Kumar comb. nov. Basionym: Biermannia longicheila Averyanov & Nuraliev, Phytotaxa 343: 194 (2018); Type:— VIETNAM. Gia Lai Province: K’Bang District, K’rong Municipality, Kon Ka Kinh National Park, 620 m, 9 May 2017, Nuraliev, Kuznetsov, Kuznetsova 1726 (holotype LE!).Published as part of Pham, P. D., Kumar, P., Dang, V. S., Nguyen, D. H., Bui, V. H., Tu, B. N., Dang, M. Q. & Truong, B. V., 2021, Pham et al. (2021) Notes on the genus Chamaeanthus (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae, Vandeae, Aeridinae) with a new species from Vietnam. Phytotaxa 524 (2): 131 - 134., pp. 70 in Phytotaxa 528 (1) on page 70, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.528.1.10, http://zenodo.org/record/577012
Chamaeanthus canhii Vuong & Kumar, comb. nov.
No full text<i>Chamaeanthus canhii</i> (Aver.) Vuong & Kumar <i>comb. nov.</i> <p> Basionym: <i>Biermannia canhii</i> Averyanov, Taiwania 63: 123 (2018); Type:— VIETNAM. ex-cult., s.loc., 18 October 2017, N. V. Canh, L. Averyanov, T. Maisak, AL 323 a (holotype – LE!).</p>Published as part of <i>Pham, P. D., Kumar, P., Dang, V. S., Nguyen, D. H., Bui, V. H., Tu, B. N., Dang, M. Q. & Truong, B. V., 2021, Pham et al. (2021) Notes on the genus Chamaeanthus (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae, Vandeae, Aeridinae) with a new species from Vietnam. Phytotaxa 524 (2): 131 - 134., pp. 70 in Phytotaxa 528 (1)</i> on page 70, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.528.1.10, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5770125">http://zenodo.org/record/5770125</a>
An Exponential Lower Bound for Homogeneous Depth-5 Circuits over Finite Fields
Full text linkIn this paper, we show exponential lower bounds for the class of homogeneous depth-5 circuits over all small finite fields. More formally, we show that there is an explicit family {P_d} of polynomials in VNP, where P_d is of degree d in n = d^{O(1)} variables, such that over all finite fields GF(q), any homogeneous depth-5 circuit which computes P_d must have size at least exp(Omega_q(sqrt{d})).
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first super-polynomial lower bound for this class for any non-binary field.
Our proof builds up on the ideas developed on the way to proving lower bounds for homogeneous depth-4 circuits [Gupta et al., Fournier et al., Kayal et al., Kumar-Saraf] and for non-homogeneous depth-3 circuits over finite fields [Grigoriev-Karpinski, Grigoriev-Razborov].
Our key insight is to look at the space of shifted partial derivatives of a polynomial as a space of functions from GF(q)^n to GF(q) as opposed to looking at them as a space of formal polynomials and builds over a tighter analysis of the lower bound of Kumar and Saraf [Kumar-Saraf]
Performance investigation of PID controller in trajectory control of two-link robotic manipulator in medical robots
No full textRobot-assisted surgical procedures have gained much coverage in recent years and favored over manually conducted operations. The medical robots are comprised of manipulators arm that is the multi-degree of freedom positioning devices with a highly non-linear nature to perform various surgical tasks. Due to non-linear effects, robots offer a severe challenge to the control system. Therefore, the control techniques are required for controlling the robots that should be fast enough to accommodate the rapid changes in the system parameters. In this article, the Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controller’s performance has been investigated in trajectory control of the Two-Link Robotic Manipulator (TLRM) for reliable functioning of these robots. Tracking error and Control input factors have been used to investigate the PID controller’s robustness in trajectory control of ‘TLRM.’ Euler’s-lagrange approach has been used for dynamic analysis of ‘TLRM’. This work has been accomplished in the MATLAB®/ Simulink environment.Kuldeep Jayaswal, D. K. Palwalia & Sandeep Kumar (2021) Performance investigation of PID controller in trajectory control of two-link robotic manipulator in medical robots, Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics, 24:2, 467-478, DOI: 10.1080/09720502.2021.189344
Kumar oynayan bireylerde; aleksitimi narsisizm ve saldırganlık düzeylerinin kumar oynama bozukluğu açısından değerlendirilmesi
Full text linkAmaç: Bu araştırmada kumar oynayan bireylerde aleksitimi, narsisizm ve saldırganlık düzeylerinin arasındaki ilişkinin, kumar oynama bozukluğu (KOB) açısından değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı olarak planlanıp yapılan çalışmada, araştırmanın evrenini 2023 yılı haziran ve ağustos ayları arasında İzmir ilinde bulunan ganyan ve iddia bayi sayılarının en yüksek olduğu iki ilçe olan Buca ve Konak ilçelerinde bulunan kumar oynayan 390 bireyler oluşturmaktadır. Veri toplamak için Sosyodemografik Form, South Oaks Kumar Tarama Testi (SOKTT), Toronto Aleksitimi Ölçeği (TAÖ-20), Patolojik Narsisizm Envanteri (PNE) ve Buss-Perry Saldırganlık Ölçeği (BPSÖ) kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada elde edilen veriler SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) for Windows 25.0 programı kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Bulgular: Katılımcıların patolojik kumarbazlık durumlarına göre %33.8'inin patolojik kumarbaz ve %66.2'sinin ise olmadığı bulunmuştur. Kumar testi puanlarını açıklamak için kurduğumuz model istatistiksel olarak anlamlıdır (F=67.192: p0,05). Patolojik kumarbazlık olma durumu ve katılımcıların cinsiyeti, medeni durumu, eğitim durumu, ekonomik düzeyi, haftalık kumar oynama sayısı, gün içinde sık sık kumar oynamayı düşünme, ailede kumar oynayan birinin varlığı, temel ihtiyaçları kısıp kumara para yatırma durumu , kumar oynamak için kredi/kredi kartı veya borç kullanma, kumar oynama nedeniyle adli bir sorun yaşama, kumar oynamak için iş veya ilişkinizi tehlikeye atma, kumarı finanse etmek için sahtekârlık/dolandırıcılık yapma, kumar oynamayı gizleme durumları arasında ve BPSÖ puanları, fiziksel saldırganlık (FS) boyutu, öfke (Ö) boyutu, düşmanlık (D) boyutu, sözel saldırganlık (SS) boyutu, PNE puanları, fark edilmeye yönelik beklentiler (FEYB) boyutu, büyüklenmeci kendilik (BK) boyutu, kırılgan kendilik (KK) boyutu, kendini onaylatma (KO) boyutu, büyüklenmeci hayaller (BH) boyutu, kendini feda (KF) boyutu, TAÖ-20 ölçeği puanları, duygularını tanımada güçlük (DTG) boyutu, duyguları söze dökmede güçlük (DSDG) boyutu, dışa vuruk düşünme (DVD) boyutu arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark olduğu görülmüştür (p<0.05). Sonuç: Çalışmamızda patolojik kumarbaz olan kişilerin çoğunluğunun erkek, bekar, lise mezunu ve gelirinin gidere denk olduğu, haftada yedi gün kumar oynadığı, gün içinde sık sık kumar oynamayı düşlediği, ailesinde kumar oynayan birinin olduğu, temel ihtiyaçları kısıp kumara para yatırdığı, kumar oynamak için kredi/kredi kartı veya borç kullandığı, kumar nedeniyle adli bir sorun yaşadıkları, kumar oynamak için iş veya ilişkinizi tehlikeye attıkları, kumarı finanse etmek için sahtekârlık/dolandırıcılık yaptıkları ve kumar oynamayı gizledikleri tespit edildi. Patolojik kumarbaz olan katılımcıların TAÖ-20 ve DTG, DSDG ve DVD alt boyutları ile PNE ve FEYB, BK, KK, KO, BH ve KF alt boyutları ile BPSÖ ve FS, Ö, D ve SS alt boyutları puanlarının, olmayan katılımcılara göre daha yüksek olduğu görüldü. Aleksitimi ve narsisizmin patolojik kumarbazlık üzerinde büyük bir etkiye sahip olduğu, saldırganlığın doğrudan etkili olmadığı tespit edilmiştir. Aleksitimik ve narsistik bireylerin kumar oynama bozukluğu açısından doğrudan riskli olduğu ve bu riski ele almak için farkındalık artırıcı çalışmalar ve önleyici ruh sağlığı uygulamalarına ağırlık verilmelidir
Tiphia (Tiphia) bijui Hanima & Girish Kumar 2022, sp. nov.
No full text1. Tiphia (Tiphia) bijui Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov. (Figs 1–10) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 2B96FC47-2E76-46B1-B4AB-6057A4881788 Type material. Holotype, ♀, INDIA: Kerala, Kozhikode district, Sarovaram Biopark (11°16′6.96″N & 75°47′33.72″E, 6 m), 25.x.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.18387. Paratypes: 8♀, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18388–18395, same collection locality as that of holotype. 1♀, Goa, North Goa district, Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary (15°26′23″N & 74°06′33″E, 196 m), 16.v.2018, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18440. 1♀, Karnataka, Chikmagalur district, Bygoor, Kabbinhalli Coffee Estate (13°19′34″N & 75°42′40″E, 1137 m), 26.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18472; 6♀, Kodagu district, Bettathur (12°24′29″N & 75°39′40″E, 1194 m), 23.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18460–18465; 4♀, Kodagu district, Bettathur near Madikeri (12°51′24.516″N & 77°51′20.952″E), 24.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18466–18469; 4♀, Shimoga district, Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Hulikal FRH (13°43′45″N & 75°01′08″E, 579 m), 5.ix.2021, 6.ix.2021, Coll. V. D. Hegde & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19328 & 19329, 19147 & 19148; 2♀, Shimoga district, Agumbe (13°30′14″N & 75°05′18″E, 681 m), 27.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18470 & 18471; 1♀, Shimoga district, Hosagadde, near Kudajadri (13°51′45″N & 74°52′0″E, 1130 m), 29.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18473; 1♀, Shimoga district, Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Yadooru (16°34′31″N & 74°39′31″E, 537 m), 6.ix.2021, Coll. V. D. Hegde & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19149; 1♀, Shimoga district, Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Udupi district, Beedikeri (14°15′13″N & 74°26′43″E, 4 m), 2.ix.2021, Coll. V. D.Hegde & Party, (ZSIK) Regd.No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19150. 2♀, Kerala, Idukki district, Chinnar, Kootaram (10°18′22″N & 77°12′24″E, 596 m), 28.xi.2018, Coll. M. Jafer Palot & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18410 & 18411; 1♀, Idukki district, Kulamavu (9°47′31.2″N & 76°53′11.4″E, 724 m), 24.vi.2019, Coll. Tessy Rajan, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18428; 1♀, Kannur district, Kannapuram (11°58′04″N & 75°19′08″E, 7 m), 3.iii.2019, Coll. C. Charesh, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.18419; 1♀, Kannur district, Keezhara (12°00′11″N & 75°19′44″E, 4 m), 2.iii.2016, Coll. K.M. Rajesh, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18424; 1♀, Kottayam district, Pala, Cherpunkal (9°41′05″N & 76°38′18″E, 22 m), 26.xii.2019, Coll. Tessy Rajan, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18429; 1♀, Kottayam district, Pala, Paika, Urulikunnam (9°38′37″N & 76°42′37″E, 52 m), 20.i.2021, Coll. Tessy Rajan, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.18430; 3♀, Kozhikode district, Kakkadampoyil (11°20′10″N & 76°06′36″N, 672 m), 24.v.2019, Coll. P.M. Sureshan & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18400–18402; 4♀, Kozhikode district, Vilakottur (11°45′22″N & 75°39′06″E, 34m), 3.vi.2021, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.18412–18415; 1♀, Kozhikode district, Nanminda (11°25′15″N & 75°49′53″E, 46 m), 16.x.2017, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18416; 1♀, Kozhikode district, East Hill (11°17′22″N & 75°46′25″E, 16 m), 25.iii.2015, Coll. P.M. Sureshan, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18417; 1♀, Kozhikode district, Kakkavayal (11°38′48″N & 76°08′26″E, 778 m), 19.xi.2018, Coll. A. P. Ranjith, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.18418; 1♀, Kozhikode district, Kovoor (11°16′14.16″N & 75°49′52.32″E, 31 m), 19.xii.2018, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18422; 1♀, Kozhikode district, Chengottukaavu (11°25′20.64″N & 11°25′20.64″N, 17 m), 30.iv.2019, Coll. C. Binoy, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18423; 1♀, Kozhikode district, Edakkara (11°21′ 41.4″N & 76°35′24.72″E), 17.v.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19327; 1♀, Kozhikode district, Kakkadampoyil (11°20′10″N & 76°06′36″N, 672 m), 4.i.2022, Coll. V. D. Hegde & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.20034; 1♀, Kozhikode district, Madappally (11°38′48″N & 75°34′13″E, 28 m), 7.ii.2020, Coll. S. Anagha, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18425; 2♀, Kozhikode district, Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kakkayam (11°33′27″N & 75°54′41″E, 543 m), 11.iii.2019, Coll. S. Anagha, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18403 & 18404; 1♀, Kozhikode district, Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kakkayam dam site (11°33′27″N & 75°54′41″E, 543 m), 10.i.2021, Coll. Tessy Rajan, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18431; 1♀, Kozhikode district, Purameri (11°40′18″N & 75°37′46″E, 33 m), 22.iv.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18432; 4♀, Kozhikode district, Purameri (11°40′18″N & 75°37′46″E, 33 m), 24.x.2020, 25.x.2020, 15.xii.2020, 04.iv.2021, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18433–18436; 1♀, Malappuram district, Kerala Forest Research Iinsitute Campus, Nilambur (11°18′0.36″N & 76°15′1.44″E, 48 m), 29.ii.2020, Coll. Tessy Rajan & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18427; 2♀, Pathanamthitta district, Kochupampa, Goodrical range (9°15′53.12″N & 76°47′13.34″E, 1036 m), 1.xi.2021, Coll. P.M. Sureshan & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19370 & 19371; 4♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala University (8°30′11.52″N & 76°56′50.28″E, 34 m), 28.ix.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18396–18399; 2♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kothiram (8°39′45″N & 77°09′00″E, 125 m), 17.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18405 & 18406; 1♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kaalippara, near temple side (8°31′35″N & 77°08′32″E, 168 m), 17.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.20433; 1♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Pattankulichapara (8°37′22″N & 77°08′07″E, 135 m), 20.i.2019, Coll. P.Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18407; 1♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Ponmudi (8°46′32″N & 77°13′39″E, 1268 m), 18.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18408; 1♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Kanithadam (8°39′45″N & 77°09′00″E, 125 m), 19.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18409; 1♀, Wayanad district, Mangavayal (11°35′02″N & 76°05′35″E, 761 m), 19.x.2016, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18420; 1♀, Wayanad district, Muthanga (11°40′17″N & 76°22′06″E, 848 m), 28.ii.2021, Coll. K.A. Subramanian & Party (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18426; 1♀, Wayanad district, Machikudi (11°40′24″N & 76°17′21″N, 913 m), 18.ii.2021, Coll. K.A. Subramanian & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19151. 14 ♀, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, Valparai (10°19′38″N & 76°57′15″E, 1086 m), 1.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18441–18454; 1♀, Coimbatore district, Anaikatti (11°06′16″N & 76°46′25″E, 621 m), 4.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.18457; 1♀, Coimbatore district, Kullanadimedu, near Anamalai Tiger Reserve (10°25′23″N & 77°07′32″E, 1048 m), 2.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18459; 1♀, Nilgiris district, Ooty (11°24′51″N & 76°41′25″E, 2241 m), 8.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18455; 1♀, Nilgiris district, Coonoor (11°21′11″N & 76°47′45″E, 1835 m), 7.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18456; 1♀, Tenkasi district, Old Courtallam (10°59′58″N & 76°58′22″E, 414 m), 3.x.2018, Coll.P.Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd.No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18458; 3♀, Thirunelveli district, Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Kuthiravetti (8°41′18″N & 77°18′33″E, 228 m), 22.viii.2019, Coll. B.H.C.K. Murthy & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.20428–20430; 1♀, Thirunelveli district, Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Kuthiravetti (8°41′18″N & 77°18′33″E, 228 m), 23.viii.2019, Coll. B.H.C.K. Murthy & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18474. 1♀, Uttarakhand, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus (30°20′46″N & 78°00′52″E, 682 m), 18.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18437. 4♀, West Bengal, South-24 Parganas district, Sagar Island, Harinbari (21°44′30″N & 88°05′15″E, 6 m), 22.iv.2018, Coll. D. Gosh, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18438–18439, 20431–20432. Diagnosis. Dorsal side of pronotum anteriorly with complete carina; lateral side of pronotum with distinct transdiscal groove; metanotum with less number of punctures; propodeal areola tricarinate; carina of propodeal areola margined by crenulations; Gs 2 without anterior transverse carina; hind basitarsus without groove; fore wings brown infumated. Description. Holotype, ♀. Body length 10.8 mm. Paratypes, ♀. Body length 6.5–11.2 mm. Colour. Black with the following parts as follows: lower part and outer margin of tegula yellowish brown (Fig. 9), mandible dark brown (Fig. 8). Head. Head with medium sized punctures concentrated adjacently in lower frontal area and sparsely on upper frontal area (Fig. 8); HW 1.56 × least distance between eyes; POD 2.4 × LOD and 0.73 × OOD; mandible without strong preapical denticle (Fig. 4); clypeus with its median extension nearly straight or very slightly emarginated, basal part of median extension of clypeus imbricate, half of apical part of median extension of clypeus with coarse and dense punctures, extreme apex smooth (Fig.4); scape, pedicel and first flagellomere shiny with punctures, second flagellomere with its apical small region smooth and shiny, other flagellomeres with thick setae (Fig.3); length of scape: pedicel: fu 1: fu 2: fu 3: fu 4: fu 5: fu 6: fu 7: fu 8: fu 9: fu 10 = 0.493: 0.197: 0.204: 0.208: 0.209: 0.209: 0.210: 0.211: 0.211: 0.211: 0.214: 0.388 (Fig. 3). Mesosoma. Dorsal side of pronotum anteriorly with carina, most of disc with punctures and posterior area with impunctate area (Fig. 9); lateral side of pronotum with distinct transdiscal groove across middle of disc, smooth with faint aciculations above groove and striations below the groove (Fig. 5); length of tegula 1.36 × as long as its middle width (Fig. 9); mesoscutum with its notauli not connected to anteriomedian escarpment, mesoscutum medially with closely placed punctures and sparse punctures in other areas (Fig. 9); scutellum with large punctures on posterior margin and small ones at basal part; metanotum with small, sparsely placed punctures (Fig. 9); dorsal side of propodeum entirely finely imbricate with small scattered punctures, strong submarginal carina on lateral side (Fig. 9); lateral carina of areola convex on basal portion and straight in apical portion, areolar carina with crenulations, length of areola 1.8 × basal width and 2.1 × apical width (Fig. 9); mesopleuron coriaceous punctate with setae; upper part of lateral side of propodeum with uniformely spaced rugulae and lower part smooth (Fig. 5); fore wing brownish infumate (Fig. 10); hind basitarsus without groove on inner surface. Length of mesosoma: 3.5 mm. Metasoma. All tergites with setigerous punctures, distribution of punctures less in Gt 1 compared to other remaining segments (Fig. 6); pygidium imbricate punctate on more than half of basal portion and smooth on apical part. Length of metasoma: 5.36 mm. Male. Unknown. Variations. In some specimens, metanotum with coarse deep punctures; carina of propodeal areola not margined by crenulations. Discussion. As per the key of Allen (1975), this new species comes close to Tiphia cinchonae Allen in the following features: lateral side of pronotum with a distinct transdiscal groove; dorsal side of propodeum with submarginal carina, hind basitarsus without groove, dorsal pronotum with complete transverse carina, not inflated hind tibia, Gs 2 without anterior transverse carina, and dorsal side of propodeum without longitudinal carina between areola and lateral margin but this new species differs from T. (T.) cinchonae in the following features: wings brown infumated (in T. (T.) cinchonae, wings yellowish hyaline); carina of propodeal areola margined by crenulations (in T. (T.) cinchonae, carina of propodeal areola not margined by crenulations); tegula brownish black (in T. (T.) cinchonae, tegula yellowish orange), and medium-sized (6.5–11.2 mm) species (T. (T.) cinchonae are small-sized (5.5–6 mm) species). Distribution. India: Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Etymology. The species is named in honor of Mr. T. Biju (Forest watcher at Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary, Kannur, Kerala and former GSDP student of WGRC, ZSI, Kozhikode), who is an expert field assistant and collected various Tiphia specimens for the present study.Published as part of Hanima, Raveendran K. P., Kumar, Girish & Hegde, Vishwanath D., 2022, Additions to the knowledge on the genus Tiphia Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Tiphiinae) from India with the description of ten new species, pp. 1-106 in Zootaxa 5204 (1) on pages 10-15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/728519
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