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Hishimonus distinctus Viraktamath & Murthy, 2014, sp. nov.
No full textHishimonus distinctus sp. nov. Figs 9 –10, 39–41, 80– 85. Head and thorax greenish yellow or ochraceuos with reddish tinge. Vertex with two light brown spots near apex, two on posterior margin, one squarish light brown patch on either side of coronal sulcus. Eyes dark brown with greenish tinge. Pronotum mottled with reddish brown. Scutellum with two dark brown spots near caudal tip. Forewing creamy white, with pale reddish brown sparse mottling between veins, median spot distinct with narrow dark brown border in anterior half and posterior corner. Legs with dark brown spots at bases of setae, femora in some females dark fuscous, in male paler. Male genitalia: Pygofer in lateral view longer than its height, posterior margin conically rounded, macrosetae confined to posterior half. Valve more than twice as wide at base as long. Subgenital plate with rows of macrosetae approximately as long as total length of plate, terminal process about 0.33 as long as total length. Style more than thrice as long as wide at base, preapical lobe fairly well developed with a few hairlike setae, apophysis stout, directed posteriorly. Stem of connective stout, cylindrical, shorter than arms. Aedeagus with pair of basal processes to shafts diverging from each other from base, about 0.33 length of shaft; dorsal apodeme well developed; each shaft divergent at basal half then converging in posterior view and broadened distally; in lateral view anterior margin convexly rounded at midlength, margin crenulate; with lamellate process along mesal margin terminating at base of filamentous process into rounded lobe, filamentous process in posterior view mesally curved, in lateral view dorsally directed and basal process projecting beyond the curvature of the shaft posteriorly; gonopore subapical. Female genitalia. Seventh sternite 2.7 times as broad at base as long medially, posterior margin slightly concave with a median notch, posterolateral angles acutely rounded. Measurements. Male 3.3–3.6 mm long and 1.0– 1.1 mm wide across eyes; Female 3.8 mm long and 1.2 mm wide across eyes. Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂, INDIA: Karnataka: Belgaum, Arabhavi, 13.ii. 2008, ex light trap, Shankar Murthy (UASB). PARATYPES: INDIA: Gujarat: Navsari, 2 ♀, 16.i. 1981, S. & C.A.Viraktamath. Karnataka: 3 ♂, Gadag, 21.ii. 1978, C.A. Viraktamath; Bangalore: 1 ♂, 19.ix. 1982, H.V. Anantha Murthy, 16 ♂, 6 ♀, 22.ii. 1994, C.A.Viraktamath, GKVK, 4 ♂, 1 ♀, 28.x. 2006, K.S.Girish, 20.ix. 2006, D.K. Nagaraj; CIMAP, 3 ♂, 11 ♀, 12.i. 2007, ex Ocimum sanctum, Shobharani, 19.x. 2006, ex Ocimum sanctum, Girish, K.S.; 1 ♂, Dharwad, vi. 1970, C.A. Viraktamath, 2 ♀, 28.v. 2008, Nagaraj (1 ♀), C.M. Kalleshwaraswamy; 2 ♂, 3 ♀, Shimoga, 6.i. 1984, S. Viraktamath; Chordi Forest, 30 Km N Shimoga, 9 ♂, 14 ♀, 4.i. 1984, S. Viraktamath; 1 ♂, Gubbi, 17.x. 1979, A.R.V. Kumar; 1 ♂, Nandi Hills, 1.v. 1976, B. Mallik; 1 ♀, Kemmannagundi, 29.ii. 2008, Kalleshwaraswamy; Raichur, 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 16.ii. 1980 (1 ♂), 25.x. 1983 (1 ♂, 1 ♀), C.A. Viraktamath; 23 Km E Badami, 1 ♀, 25.ix, 1984, S.Viraktamath; Balehonnur, 1 ♀, 867m, 5.vi. 2007, at light, David, K.J.; Mangalore, 2 ♂, 2 ♀, 12–14.v. 2008, at light, Nagaraju; Sirsi: 8 ♂, Navanagere, 25.v. 2005 (1 ♂), 14.iii. 2006 (1 ♂), 27.iii. 2006 (6 ♂), at light, Radhamani, T.R.; 7 ♂, 3 ♀, Sugavi, 12.iii. 2005 (2 ♀), 15.iv. 2005 (1 ♂), 28.iv. 2005 (1 ♂), 23.v. 2005 (4 ♂), 17.x. 2005 (1 ♂, 1 ♀), at light, Radhamani, T.R.; 27 ♂, 9 ♀, Nilkunda, 4.iii. 2005 (1 ♂, 2 ♀), 9.v. 2005 (2 ♂), 5.xii. 2005 (1 ♂), 16.xii. 2005 (1 ♂), 21.iii. 2005 (5 ♂, 4 ♀), 17.i. 2006, (4 ♂, 3 ♀), 27.iii. 2007 (13 ♂), at light, Radhamani, T.R.; Kuduremukh, 1 ♂, 25.iii. 2007, at light, S. Murthy; Dharwad, 1 ♂, 28.v. 2008, at light, S.Murthy; 9 Km W Kollegal, 1 ♂, 8.viii. 1977, S.Viraktamath; Gonibidu, 3 ♂, 4.v. 2010, at light, Kusha. Kerala: 1 ♂, Cannanore, 14.ix. 1979, A.R.V. Kumar. Pondicherry: Karaikal, 1 ♀, 18.iii. 2008, Kalleshwaraswamy. Tamil Nadu: 10 Km N Yercaud, 1000m, 21.i. 1981, C.A.Viraktamath; Valparai, 2 ♂, 13.iv. 1981, A.R.V. Kumar; Kotagiri, 1 ♂, 22.x. 2006, at light (BMNH, NPC, UASB). SRI LANKA: 1 ♂, Amp. Dist. Gal Oya Nat. Park, 5 mi SW Inginiyagola, 23.xi. 1976, 100 ft, black light; 2 ♂ Mate Dist. Sigiriya, 800 feet, black light, 11–14.xi. 1976, black light, all collected by Havel, G.F. Dietze IV, R.E., Karunaratne, S. Balasooriya D.W (USNM). Remarks. This is a very common species in and around Bangalore. It breeds on Ocimum tenuiflorum L. f. (Lamiaceae) (Figs 39–41). Externally it resembles H. bengalensis (Distant) in coloration but the median spot is bordered by discontinuous dark brown. It can readily be distinguished by the rounded lobe mesad of the gonopores on the aedeagal shafts.Published as part of Viraktamath, C. A. & Anantha Murthy, H. V., 2014, Review of the genera Hishimonus Ishihara and Litura Knight (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Indian subcontinent with description of new species, pp. 101-138 in Zootaxa 3785 (2) on pages 109-110, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3785.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/22563
Identification and Characterization of Antimicrobial compounds in Robusta Coffee
No full textThis Dissertation / Report is the outcome of investigation carried out by the creator(s) / author(s) at the department/division of Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore mentioned below in this page
Optimal Kinetic Energy Recovery Algorithms for Motor Control Applications
No full textPresented during the Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) Competition on November 15, 2016 in the LeCraw Auditorium, Scheller College of Business at Georgia Tech.Aravind S. Murthy was chosen as the co-recipient of the People’s
Choice Award at the Georgia Tech Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition. Murthy is a Ph.D. student in the Georgia Tech School of
Electrical and Computer Engineering, where he is advised by Professor
David G. Taylor. Murthy was one of 10 Georgia Tech Ph.D. students to compete in the final
round of this contest, where he presented his research dissertation topic,
“Recovering Kinetic Energy Using Electric Motors.” The objective of his
research is to develop optimal regenerative braking control strategies,
using optimal control theory, to maximize kinetic energy recovery during
braking events, for surface and interior permanent-magnet synchronous
machines, and induction machines.Runtime: 03:18 minute
Product variety and reliability
No full textMurthy et al. [Murthy DNP, Rausand M, Virtanen S. Investment in new product reliability, Reliability Engineering & System Safety (accepted for publication)l proposed an approach to decide on product reliability in the context of new product development and identified two tasks for execution as part of the overall process. In this paper, we focus on the first task-determining the product reliability requirements
Closing of American Telephone and Telegraph Fairlawn plant
No full textThomas G. Johnson and S. Murthy KambhampatyStudy was developed at the request of Pulaski County, Virgini
Hishimonus dwipae Viraktamath & Murthy, 2014, sp. nov.
No full textHishimonus dwipae sp. nov. Figs 13 –14, 94 – 99. Head, pronotum and scutellum lemon yellow, spot on either side of median line on posterior margin of crown, median carina fuscous. Forewings ivory white with a few brown mottling between veins; median spot well defined, pale brown with dark brown, narrow, discontinuous anterior margin, posterior margin with dark brown spot at wing margin. Legs pale ochraceous, bases of setae dark brown. Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view longer than its height, posterior margin conically rounded, macrosetae confined to posterior half; valve with broadly triangular posterior margin strongly medially angled, about twice as broad at base as long medially. Subgenital plate with well defined posterior fingerlike process, 0.40 times as long as the total length of the plate, lateral margin less strongly convex. Style three times as long as wide at base, with rather straight apophysis, subapical lobe well defined. Connective with stem shorter than arms. Aedeagus with pair of basal processes to shafts diverging from each other from base and about 0.20 length of shaft, not projecting beyond curvature of the shaft posteriorly; dorsal apodeme well developed; each shaft divergent from base in posterior view, broadened distally, slightly before level of gonopore and then tapered, thus forming triangular lobe enclosing gonopore; in lateral view, anterior margin triangularly expanded lamellate lobe at level of gonopore and rather straight beyond subapical gonopore. Measurements. Male 3.3 mm long and 1.1 mm wide across eyes. Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂, SRI LANKA: Pol. Dist., 10 mi [16 Km] E Habarana, black light, 650 ft. [192.3 m], 12.xi. 1976, collected by Havel, G.F., Dietz IV, R.E., Karunaratne, S. and Balasooriya, G.W. (USNM). Etymology. The species name (Sankrit: Dwipa meaning Island) alludes to the insular distribution of the species. Remarks. H. dwipae sp. nov. is very similar to H. pronus Knight from Solomon Islands but differs in the shape of the apices of the aedeagal shafts. Each aedeagal shaft, in lateral view, has a triangular expansion which is not the case in H. pronus and also the shaft is strongly sinuate in H. pronus compared to that in H. dwipae.Published as part of Viraktamath, C. A. & Anantha Murthy, H. V., 2014, Review of the genera Hishimonus Ishihara and Litura Knight (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Indian subcontinent with description of new species, pp. 101-138 in Zootaxa 3785 (2) on pages 110-111, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3785.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/22563
Hishimonus spicans Viraktamath & Murthy, 2014, sp. nov.
No full textHishimonus spicans sp. nov. Figs 27–28, 183 – 192. Head, pronotum and scutellum yellow with pale brown mottling especially more prominent on pronotum. Crown of head with spot on either side of median line on posterior margins and another spot anterior to it dark brown. Forewings ivory white with few mottling between veins brown, median spot brown with dark brown border on anterior margin and posterior corner with dark brown spot. Male genitalia. Pygofer longer than height in lateral view, lobe with a few stout macrosetae over dorsocaudal quarter and numerous stout microsetae subapically on posterodorsal area. Valve about twice as wide at base as long medially, triangular. Subgenital plate with lateral rows of stout macrosetae approximately as long as the total length of plate; terminal fingerlike process about 0.33 length of plate, with short hairlike microsetae. Style thrice as long as wide at base, subapical lobe well developed with a few hairlike setae, apophysis directed posteriorly. Stem of connective short, stout, about 0.5 as long as arms. Aedeagus with widely separated basal processes about half as long as shaft, blunt and placed between shafts; aedeagal shaft divergent from base in basal half and curved inwardly and convergent in posterior half, in lateral view bent at midlength almost at right angle with acute apex; gonopore subapical on posterior surface; Measurements. Male 3.5 mm long, 1.13 mm wide across eyes. Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂, INDIA: Karnataka: Bhagamandala, 25.i. 1980, S. Viraktamath (UAS). Remarks. This species closely resembles H. aberrans in the structure of the male genitalia but differs in having stout microsetae on the pygofer lobe and a strongly dorsally directed aedeagal shaft produced into an apical sharp thin process rather than hooked at apex as in the latter species.Published as part of Viraktamath, C. A. & Anantha Murthy, H. V., 2014, Review of the genera Hishimonus Ishihara and Litura Knight (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Indian subcontinent with description of new species, pp. 101-138 in Zootaxa 3785 (2) on page 115, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3785.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/22563
Economic impact of a swine complex in southside Virginia
No full textSuzanne Thornsbury, S. Murthy Kambhampaty, and David E. KenyonREAP R01
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