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Mahellus ungulatus Viraktamath & Meshram. 2017
No full textMahellus ungulatus Viraktamath & Meshram Figs. 28 G–M. Mahellus ungulatus Viraktamath & Meshram 2017: 279−280, Figs. 8−9, 17, 40−47, 52. Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂, INDIA: West Bengal: Sukna, 10.xi.1981, S. Viraktamath Coll. (USAB). Remarks. Viraktamath & Meshram (2017) adequately described and illustrated the species based on single male collected from Sukna (West Bengal). It is so far known from northeast India only. It differs from M. determinatus (Distant) in having a much narrower apophysis of the style (Fig. 28 J) and from M. cardoni Viraktamath & Meshram in the curvature of the dorsal marginal sclerotized process of the pygofer.Published as part of Meshram, Naresh M., 2019, Leafhopper tribe Coelidiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) of the Indian subcontinent, pp. 1-91 in Zootaxa 4653 (1) on page 18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4653.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/336654
Sophonia tridenta Meshram, 2017, sp. nov.
No full textSophonia tridenta sp. nov. (Figs. 14, 29,44,53–59) Vertex pale yellow with apical ovalblack spot and two median longitudinal linesfused near hindmargin, continued on pronotum and scutellum as median stripe. Forewing yellowish, with dark brown stripe along anal margin rarely reaching apex of clavus, claval apex brown; costal margin with anterior, oblique and two posterior transverseblack fasciae; second apical cell with black spot (Figs. 14, 29 & 44). Head bluntly produced. Ocelli near lateral margins of vertex, distance between eye and ocellus2.6x diameter of ocellus(Fig.44). Vertex broadly concave and punctuate. Scutellum as long as pronotum, Pronotum 0.7x longer than broad and as long asvertex (Fig. 44). Male genitalia. Pygofer suboval, with several macrosetae in posterior half, ventral process long, pointed apically with subapical spinelike tridentate process below which single toothlike spine arises (Figs. 53–54). Subgenital plate broader medially than at apex and base with median row of six stout macrosetae (Fig. 59). Style withshort preapical lobe, apophysis short, apex short, beaklike (Fig. 56). Connective Y-shaped with stem 3X as long as arms, apex expanded (Fig.55). Aedeagus with dorsal apodome elongated, slender, dorsally directed, without processes; shaft tubular, dorsoanteriorly curved with pair of long, straight processes arising at base and extended posterodorsad, pair of slender subapical processes directed caudally, each with spine near midlength laterally, apex of shaft with membranous elongated structure (Fig. 57–58). Measurements. Male 4.4 mm long, 0.9 mm wide across eyes, 0.7 mm wide across hind margin of pronotum. Type material. Holotype ♂, INDIA: Sikkim: Gangtok (27° 19′ 48″ N, 88° 37′ 12″ E, 1600 M), 09.vi.2012, Mercury vapour lamp, Naresh Meshram Coll. Paratypes ♂ same data as Holotype (NPC). Etymology. The species name alludes to the tridentate spinelike process on the pygofer process. Remarks. Externally this species closely resembles to S. longicephala Viraktamath & Wesley (Fig. 11, 73– 79), but differs in having (features of S. longicephala in parentheses): pygofer ventral process with subapical spinelike tridentate process below which single spine arises (ventral process dorsally serrated);aedeagal shaft with subapical processes each with spine in the middle laterally (processes of aedeagus without any spine)Published as part of Meshram, Naresh M., 2017, Review of the genus Sophonia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with three new species from India, pp. 577-588 in Zootaxa 4243 (3) on pages 584-585, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.3.9, http://zenodo.org/record/40021
Olidiana unidenta Meshram 2019, sp.nov.
No full textOlidiana unidenta sp.nov. Figs. 2 M, 5 M, 8 L, 39 A–I. Male. Uniformly ochraceous brown; frontoclypeus reddish brown with median ochraceous stripe, infuscated aterally along frontal surures; clypellus reddish brown in basal half. Forewing venation dark brown with yellow speckles. Hind femur with apices, tibia and tarsal segments black, setae on hind tibia pale yellow (Figs. 2 M, 5 M, 8 L). Male genitalia. Pygofer with long, narrow, sharply pointed caudoventral process (not reaching dorsal margin) (Figs. 39 H–I). Subgenital plate long, broad basally, slightly narrowed apically, with small hair-like setae on lateral margin (Fig.39 E). Style more or less L-shaped, apophysis as long as the basal width, in lateral view narrowed (Fig. 39 F). Connective Y-shaped, wider basally than long (Fig. 39 G). Aedeagus with angular projection at midlength visible in dorsal view, with short lateral subapical process bearing very fine teeth in distal half, gonopore arising at about 1/3 distal length of shaft and opening laterally (Figs. 39 A–D). Measurements. Male 6.5−6.7 mm long, 1.8 mm wide across eyes and 2.0 mm wide across posterolateral angles of pronotum. Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂, INDIA: Assam: Margherita, 163.5m, 27 0 15’47.4” N, 095 0 45’59.8” E, 14.ix.2014, sweep net, Yeshwanth H.M. (USAB). PARATYPE: INDIA: Assam: 1 ♂, West Bengal, Sukna, 1.xi.1981, S. Viraktamath (NPC). Etymology. The species name is descriptive for the angulate projection at midlength of aedeagal shaft. Remarks. O. unidenta sp. nov. resembles O. perbrevis (Nielson) in the structure of the aedeagus but can be easily distinguished by the angulate projection at the shaft midlength (Fig. 39 A) and by the caudoventral pygofer process which is shorter and not exceeding the caudodorsal margin of pygofer (Fig. 39 I).Published as part of Meshram, Naresh M., 2019, Leafhopper tribe Coelidiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) of the Indian subcontinent, pp. 1-91 in Zootaxa 4653 (1) on page 25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4653.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/336654
Sophonia intricata Meshram, 2017, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Sophonia intricata</i> sp. nov. <p>(Figs 8, 23,38,46–52)</p> <p>Pale yellow. Ocelli and anterolateral margin of pronotum yellow, compound eyes yellow. Forewing white, costal margin with anterior, oblique and two posterior, transverse, black fasciae; second apical cell with black spot (Figs. 8, 23& 38)</p> <p>Head angularly produced (Fig. 23). Ocelli near lateral margins of vertex, distance between eye and ocellus 3.4x diameter of ocellus. Vertex broadly concave and with irregular sculpturing anteriorly, posterior half glabrous (Fig. 38). Scutellum 0.7x as long as pronotum. Pronotum 0.8x longer than broad and as long as vertex (Fig. 38).</p> <p>Male genitalia. Pygofer triangular with few macrosetae in posterior half, caudodorsal angle roundly produced, below which small, slender, glabrous process arises, directed caudally, upcurved nearly at right angle at midlength (Fig. 46). Subgenital plate wider medially than at apex and base, with median row of three stout macrosetae (Fig. 49). Style slender, preapical lobe robust, apophysis slender, apex with very long, beaklike extension (Fig. 47). Connective Y-shaped with stem 3X as long as arms, apex expanded (Fig. 48). Aedeagus complex, each dorsal apodome arm with winglike posteroventrally directed lobe in middle, long dorsomedian process extended mesa across midline, and slightly shorter caudal processcurved posteroventrad; aedeagal shaft strongly curved anteriorly, apex with pair of anteriorly directed processes (Figs. 50–52).</p> <p> <b>Measurements.</b> Male 4.4 mm long, 0.8 mm wide across eyes, 0.6 mm wide across hind margin of pronotum.</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> Holotype ♂, INDIA: Himachal Pradesh: Katrain (32.1297° N, 77.1241° E, 1688 M), 21.ix.2016, Mercury vapour lamp, Naresh Meshram Coll. (NPC).</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>. The species name alludes to very complicated structure of the aedeagus.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> <i>Sophonia intricata</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is similar to <i>S. complicata</i> Viraktamath & Wesley in external appearance (Fig. 5), but differs in the structure of the male genitalia (features of <i>S. complicata</i> in parentheses):style slender, preapical lobe robust, apophysis slender, apex with very long beaklike extension (style with elongate, slender, praeapicallobe, apophysis slender avicephaliform); aedeagus with shaft relatively slender, tubular (broadly expanded distally in both lateral and posteroventral views; Figs. 67–69).</p>Published as part of <i>Meshram, Naresh M., 2017, Review of the genus Sophonia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with three new species from India, pp. 577-588 in Zootaxa 4243 (3)</i> on pages 582-583, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.3.9, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/400213">http://zenodo.org/record/400213</a>
Sophonia vidarvya Meshram, 2017, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Sophonia vidarvya</i> sp. nov. <p>(Figs. 15, 30, 45,60–66)</p> <p>Yellow. Area near ocelli and below anterior margin of pronotum golden yellow, compound eyes offwhite. Forewing pale yellow, costal margin with anterior, oblique and two posterior, transverse, black fasciae; second apical cell with black spot (Figs. 15, 30 & 45).</p> <p>Head angularly produced. Anteclypeus not exceeding facial margin (Fig. 45). Ocelli near lateral margins of vertex, distance between eye and ocellus 3x diameter of ocellus. Vertex broadly concave and with irregular sculpturing anteriorly. Scutellum 0.8x as long as pronotum. Pronotum 0.65x longer than broad and 0.8X longer than vertex (Fig. 45).</p> <p>Male genitalia. Pygofer with several macrosetae in posterior half, with caudodorsal angle roundly produced, below which long, slender process arises, directed caudally, upcurved at right angle at midlength, apex slightly hooked, with spinelike branch at base (Fig. 60–61). Subgenital plate broader medially than at apex and base with median row of six stout macrosetae (Fig. 66). Style slender, preapical lobe robust, apophysis slender, apex short, beaklike (Fig. 62). Connective Y-shaped with stem 2.3x as long as arms, apex expanded (Fig. 63). Aedeagus dorsal apodomes with two arms well separated, winglike in middle, each arm with dorsomedianprocesses curved caudally, caudal processdirected anteriorly and in contact with dorsomedian process, caudoventral processes crossing midline caudad of shaft;shaft strongly curved anteriorly, apex flared with two dorsally directed recurved processes (Figs. 64–65).</p> <p> <b>Measurements.</b> Male 4.3mm long, 0.9 mm wide across eyes, 0.66 mm wide across hind margin of pronotum.</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> Holotype ♂, INDIA: Meghalaya: Barapni (25° 39′11.52″ N, 91°53′ 3.48 E, 813 M), 01.vi.2012, Mercury vapour lamp, Naresh Meshram Coll. Paratypes 3♂ same data as Holotype (NPC).</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>. The species name (Sanskrit: <i>vidarvya</i> meaning hoodless) alludes to the aedeagal shaft lacking a hoodlike expansion anteriorly.</p> <p> <b>Remarks</b>. <i>Sophonia vidarvya</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> resembles <i>S. complicata</i> Viraktamath & Wesley (Figs. 5, 20, & 35), but can be distinguished by the shape of the aedeagus (features of <i>S. complicata</i> in parentheses): shaft apex with lateral processes acuminate in posterior view, curved strongly ventrad in lateral view (shaft apical processes rounded in posterior view, straight in lateral view).</p>Published as part of <i>Meshram, Naresh M., 2017, Review of the genus Sophonia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with three new species from India, pp. 577-588 in Zootaxa 4243 (3)</i> on page 587, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.3.9, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/400213">http://zenodo.org/record/400213</a>
Singillatus parapectitus Meshram 2019, sp. nov.
No full textSingillatus parapectitus sp. nov. Figs. 2 N, 5 N, 8 M, 41 A–G. Male. Head yellow, crown with two black spots. Eyes grey with yellow border; ocelli black. Pronotum black. Forewing dark brown with yellow tinge, with narrow hyaline band along costal margin (Figs. 2 N, 5 N, 8 M). Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view triangular with long, narrow caudoventral process with pointed apex not exceeding posterior dorsal angle (Fig. 41 G). Subgenital plate long, with robust apical spine, sparsely setose apically (Fig. 41 D). Style short, broad basally and apophysis slightly narrowed apically with rounded apex (Fig.41 G). Connective longer than broad at base (Fig. 41 F). Aedeagus with long subapical process at a distance equal to its length from apex, slightly sinuate, apex with four teeth, gonopore basad of aedeagal process on lateral margin (Figs. 41 A–C). Measurements. Male 7.4 mm long, 1.8 mm wide across eyes and 2.2 mm wide across posterolateral angles of pronotum. Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂, INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh: Chidu, 28 0 11’50.5’’N, 095 0 47’03.7’’E, 414m, 10.ix.2014, Sweep net, Yeshwanth, H.M. (UASB). Etymology. The species is named for its external resemblance to Olidiana pectita (Distant). Remarks. Singillatus parapectitus sp. nov. externally resembles S. ventrospinatus (Nielson) but differs in having the subgenital plate with an apical stout spine and the aedeagal shaft with a series of apical teeth.Published as part of Meshram, Naresh M., 2019, Leafhopper tribe Coelidiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) of the Indian subcontinent, pp. 1-91 in Zootaxa 4653 (1) on page 27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4653.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/336654
Calodia deergha Meshram 2019, sp.nov.
No full text<i>Calodia deergha</i> sp.nov. <p>Figs.1 A, 4 A, 7 A, 15 A–H.</p> <p> <i>Male</i>. Head ochraceous, ocelli black; eyes brown; pronotum and mesonotum black with posterior margin paler; forewings ochraceous; thoracic sternites and pleurites largely black with broad ochraceous margins.</p> <p> <i>Male genitalia.</i> Pygofer with digitate caudoventral process, without caudodorsal process, small lobe on caudodorsal margin (Fig. 15 H). Subgenital plate of uniform width, slightly broader medially and basally, with short setae (15 E). Style short, broad basally (Fig. 15 F). Connective as long as wide at base (Fig. 15 G). Aedeagus narrowed at apical half in lateral view, with two subapical, glabrous spine-like processes, distal process 2x longer than the proximal process, gonopore arising distad of base of proximal process (Figs. 15 A–D).</p> <p> <i>Measurements.</i> Male 6.5 mm long, 1.9 mm wide across eyes and 2.1 mm wide across poserolateral angles of pronotum.</p> <p> <i>Material examined.</i> HOLOTYPE ♂, INDIA: Tamil Nadu: Courtallam, 27.vii.1978, S. Viraktamath Coll. (UASB).</p> <p> <i>Etymology</i>. The species name is Samskrit meaning long for processes of the aedeagal shaft.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> <i>Calodia deergha</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> resembles <i>C. ostenta</i> in general habitus but differs in having the distal process of the aedeagus 2x longer than the proximal process. They are equal in length in <i>C. ostenta</i>.</p>Published as part of <i>Meshram, Naresh M., 2019, Leafhopper tribe Coelidiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) of the Indian subcontinent, pp. 1-91 in Zootaxa 4653 (1)</i> on page 9, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4653.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/3366542">http://zenodo.org/record/3366542</a>
Singillatus serratispatulatus Meshram 2019, sp. nov.
No full textSingillatus serratispatulatus sp. nov. Figs. 2 O, 3 A, 5 O, 6A, 8 N–O, 10 H, 12 M–P, 42 A–G. Male and female. General habitus dark brown. Head yellow. Frontoclypeus and clypellus black, rest of face yellow. Pronotum dark brown. Mesonotum brown with pale, brown posterior margin. Forewing dark brown with pale spots, venation dark brown with yellow speckles. Hind femur with apices, tibiae and tarsal segments black, setae on hind tibia brown to light brown (Figs. 2 O, 3 A, 5 O, 6A, 8 N–O). Female seventh sternite broadly rectangular, posterior margin with convex median lobe and more prominent, larger, lateral subtriangular lobes (Fig.10 H). Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view triangular, with caudodorsal digitate process, and long, marginally serrated spatulate caudoventral process with basal spine (Figs. 42 F–G). Subgenital plate broad at base, more or less of uniform width throughout length, apex rounded (Fig. 42 C). Style broad at base, apophysis long, slightly constricted midregion, apex conically rounded (Fig. 42 D). Connective longer than broad (Fig. 42 E). Aedeagus with shaft slightly sinuate in dorsal view, broad in apical 1/3 with almost truncate apex, with basal short curved horn-like process on dorsal margin of shaft, gonopore at midlength of shaft on lateral margin (Figs. 42 A–B). Female genitalia. Valvula I slightly curved, sculptured in distal ¼ (Fig. 12 M–N). Valvula II with toothed area confined to distal¼, teeth widely separated and evenly triangular (Figs. 12 O–P). Measurements Male 7.0− 7.3 mm long, 1.8 mm wide across eyes and 2.1 mm wide across posterolateral angles of pronotum. Female 9.6−9.9 mm long, 2.1 mm wide across eyes and 2.6 mm wide across posterolateral angles of pronotum. Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂, INDIA: Manipur: Tengnoupal Sita road, 24 0 23.332’ N, 94 0 08.826’ E, 1352m, 26.viii.2014, Sweep net, Yeshwanth, H.M. (UASB). PARATYPES: 2♀, Ukhrul, 25 o 06.485’ N, 94 o 21.022’ E, 1647m, 28.viii.2014, Sweep net, Yeshwanth, H.M.; 1♀, Kelbul Lamjao National Park, 24 0 23.822’ N, 94 0 04.634’ E, 1294m, 20.viii.2014, Sweep net, Yeshwanth, H.M. (UASB). Etymology. The species name is descriptive for the serrated saptulate caudoventral process of the male pygofer. Remarks. S. serratispatulatus sp. nov. resembles S. ventrospinatus (Nielson) in general habitus and differs in having the pygofer with a serrate, spatulate caudoventral process and caudally directed basal spine (in S. ventrospinatus the pygofer process is slender, spine-like and hooked) and aedeagus with a basal, short, curved, horn-like process on the dorsal margin of the shaft (S. ventrospinatus without such a process on shaft).Published as part of Meshram, Naresh M., 2019, Leafhopper tribe Coelidiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) of the Indian subcontinent, pp. 1-91 in Zootaxa 4653 (1) on pages 27-28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4653.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/336654
Variable Inductor Control Strategy in LCC-S Compensated Wireless Power Transfer Application
No full textThis paper presents a control strategy for output voltage regulation of the LCC-S compensated Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) system through a variable inductor. Firstly, the architecture of the system is analyzed, and the relation between the output voltage and the variable inductance is derived. Then, the control strategy that allows to regulate the DC current through the variable inductor to maintain the desired output voltage is presented. Both the steady-state and the dynamic performance of the system are evaluated through Simulink simulations
Mahellus ungulatus Viraktamath & Meshram, 2017, sp. nov.
No full textMahellus ungulatus sp. nov. Figs 89, 17, 40–47, 52. Ochraceous brown, mesonotum and scutellum with few dark brown spots, forewing veins brownish with ochraceous spots. Apices of hind femora, hind tarsi, bases of setae on hind tibiae, brown and claws dark brown. Male pygofer in lateral view more or less triangular, broad anteriorly and narrowed posteriorly with sclerotized process along dorsal margin, curved mesally and acuminate (Figs 40, 52); with ventral blade-like process not exceeding apex of pygofer, broadened distally with 5–7 teeth-like projections (Fig.41). Subgenital plate long and narrow with posterior spine-like projection; ventral surface with a few hair-like setae, posterior area with row of short stout setae (Fig. 44). Connective Y-shaped with median longitudinal apodeme, stem short (Fig. 42). Dorsal connective membranous, unpigmented band-like. Style uniformly broad basally, tapered apically (Fig. 43). Aedeagus asymmetrical, long and slender compared to that of M. distanti, in lateral aspect broad in basal half then narrowed and of uniform width to apex, with pair of subapical processes serrated distally, apical process arising on dorsal margin, other subapically on lateral margin, gonopore large on dorsal surface of shaft almost at midlength (Figs 45–47). Segment X in lateral aspect longer than broad, with flat ventral surface, in dorsal aspect broad at base and slightly narrowed distally, without ventral process. Measurements. Male 7.0 mm long, 1.9 mm wide across eyes and 2.1 mm wide across posterolateral angles of pronotum. Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂, INDIA: West Bengal: Sukna, 10.xi.1981, S. Viraktamath Coll. (USAB). Etymology. The species name alludes to the finger-like extensions of the pygofer process. Remarks. This species resembles M. determinatus (Distant) in aedeagal characters but differs in having a much narrower apophysis of the style. Both M. cardoni and M. ungulatus have a similar dorsal marginal sclerotized process which is mesally directed and acuminate distally, but differing in curvature (see Figs 50, 52).Published as part of Viraktamath, C. A. & Meshram, Naresh M., 2017, A review of the coelidiine leafhopper genus Mahellus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) with description of two new species from the Oriental region, pp. 271-280 in Zootaxa 4258 (3) on pages 279-280, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/56976
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