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Miccolamia Hiremath 2019
No full textKey to the known species of <i>Miccolamia</i> from India <p> 1 Elytra unicolourous, with a few fine carinae on the disk; elytral disk without white bands........ <i>M.</i> (<i>M.</i>) <i>ferruginea</i> <b>sp. nov.</b></p> <p>- Elytra bicolourous, without fine carinae on the disk; elytral disk with a transverse white band.......................... 2</p> <p> 2 Elytra black post-medially; elytral disk with transverse white band at its middle; femora dark brown.............................................................................................. <i>M.</i> (<i>M.</i>) <i>rugosula</i> Holzschuh, 2003</p> <p> - Elytra black beyond basal third; elytral disk with transverse white band at its basal third; femora reddish brown..................................................................................... <i>M.</i> (<i>M.</i>) <i>relucens</i> Holzschuh, 2003</p>Published as part of <i>Hiremath, S. R., 2019, A new species of Miccolamia Bates, 1884 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from south India, pp. 141-148 in Zootaxa 4560 (1)</i> on page 147, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4560.1.7, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/2627480">http://zenodo.org/record/2627480</a>
Miccolamia (Miccolamia) ferruginea Hiremath 2019, sp. nov.
No full textMiccolamia (Miccolamia) ferruginea sp. nov. (Figs. 1–4, 5–10, 11–12) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 5C6F3BB5-E5D7-495D-9B62-5C67F68D5B44 Type material: HOLOTYPE: ♂, ‘ India: Kerala / Vellayani / 0 8 o 26’01.0” N, 76 o 59’10.3” E / 20. i. 2017, MV Lamp / SR Hiremath Coll. // HOLOTYPE / Miccolamia ferruginea sp. nov. / des. Hiremath, 2018’ (red label) (UASB). PARATYPES (in addition to white locality label, with a second pink label: “ PARATYPE / Miccolamia ferruginea sp. nov. / des. Hiremath, 2018”): 1 ♂, same data as holotype; 1 ♀, ‘ India: Kerala / Vellayani; 4. iv. 2018 / N 8 o 26’01.0” E 76 o 59’10.3” / SR Hiremath Coll.’; 1 ♀, ‘ India: Kerala / Vellayani / N 0 8 o 26’01.0” E76 o 59’10.3” / 26. v. 2017 @ light / SR Hiremath Coll.’; 1 ♀, ‘ India: Kerala / Vellayani; 17. xi. 2016 / N 0 8 o 26’01.0” E76 o 59’10.3” / SR Hiremath Coll. ’ (NHML). 1 ♂, ‘ India: Kerala / Vellayani / N 0 8 o 25’47.5” E076 o 59’8.3” / 15. ii. 2017 @light / SR Hiremath Coll.’; 1 ♂, ‘ India: Kerala / Tirurangadi / 11 o 02’06.49”N, 75 o 55’38.15”E / 11. vi. 2017 / Shameem Coll.’; 1 ♀, ‘ India: Kerala / Vellayani; 24. vii. 2016 / N 8 o 25’38.8” E76 o 59’22.3” / SR Hiremath Coll.’; 1 ♀, ‘ India: Karnataka / Uttara Kannada: Castle Rock / 569m, 15 o 25.293’N / 0 74 o 19.734’ E / 12–13. xi. 2012, ARV Kumar’ (UASB). 1 ♀, ‘ India: Kerala / CRS, Pampadumpara / N 0 9 o 48’23.7” E077 o 10’04.9” / 8. iii. 2017 @ light / SR Hiremath Coll.’; 1 ♀, ‘ India: Kerala / Vellayani; 5. i. 2017 / N 0 8 o 26’01.0” E76 o 59’10.3” / SR Hiremath Coll.’; 1 ♀, ‘ India: Kerala / Vellayani; 25. xi. 2016 / N 0 8 o 26’01.0” E76 o 59’10.3” / SR Hiremath Coll.’; 1 ♀, ‘ India: Kerala / Vellayani; 4. iv. 2018 / N 0 8 o 26’01.0” E76 o 59’10.3” / SR Hiremath Coll. ’ (NBAIR). Description. Male (n = 4) (Figs. 1–2). Body length measured from vertex to elytral apex 3.65–4.65 mm; humeral width 1.10–1.39 mm. General body color red brown; covered with faint silvery grey recumbent pubescence, sparser on pronotum and thicker on scutellum; eyes, mandibular apex, sometimes apex of antennomeres black; elytra (except base and sutural margin), basal portion of tibiae and abdomen (except proximal two-thirds of first ventrite) dark brown, post-basal callosities on elytral disk much darker and proximal two-thirds of first ventrite reddish brown; antennomeres, elytral base, sutural margin and legs brown yellow. Head intermixed with a few light yellow and dark brown, long, erect setae. Antennae with scape intermixed with few light-yellow erect setae; antennomeres II– XI fringed with light yellow, intermixed with a few dark brown, long, erect setae beneath and intermixed with similar but comparatively shorter setae above. Pronotum shiny, apical and basal margins comparatively darker; disk intermixed with a few remotely distributed light-yellow erect setae. Elytra intermixed with long, light-yellow and dark brown erect setae. Legs intermixed with few erect setae of similar color. Ventral side intermixed with light yellow sub-erect setae. Head coarsely and shallowly punctate, slightly narrower than pronotum; eyes with lower lobes 1.20–1.33 times as long as gena, connected to upper lobes by three rows of ommatidia; vertex with space between antennal tubercles slightly concave. Antennae surpassing elytral apex at antennomere XI, 1.00–1.03 times as long as body; antennomere I, III and IV equal to each other in length; ratio of length of antennomeres: 1.00: 0.27–0.29: 1.00: 1.00: 0.64: 0.64: 0.55– 0.57: 0.45–0.50: 0.45–0.50: 0.45–0.50: 0.45–0.50. Pronotum gibbous, longer than wide, constricted before the basal margin, swollen near the apical margin, 0.74–0.80 times as wide as long (width measured excluding lateral spines), 0.83–0.86 times as long as humeral width; apical and basal margins straight. Elytra elongate, weakly constricted behind humeral prominence, distinctly convex at middle, thence sloping towards the arcuately rounded apex; elytra 0.64–0.67 times as long as body, 2.48–2.68 times as long as pronotum, 2.14–2.22 times as long as humeral width; elytral disk post-basally with a pair of weakly developed callosities, followed by a pair of oblique depressions; area behind oblique depression on each side with a small, indistinct, shallow depressed area, adjacent to sub-lateral margin; each elytron with nearly 6 rows of punctures; row of punctures distinctly separated from each other, fades beyond the apical third; elytral disk with two feebly developed short carinae exterior to post-basal callosity and a sub-lateral carinae, originating just before middle, extends backwards and terminates at apical quarter. Abdomen with last visible segment flat, broadly rounded at apex, 0.19–0.20 times as long as length of abdomen, 1.67–1.75 times as long as preceding segment. Male genitalia (Figs. 5–10). Tegmen about 0.80 mm long, sinuate in lateral view. Basal piece present, light brown, distally truncated, entire surface compactly packed with hexagonal cells. Ringed part converging, geniculated at widest portion, basal apodemes of ringed part united. Lateral lobes separated, widest at base, about 0.25 times as long as total length of tegmen; inner and outer margins parallel to each other; apex rounded; integument in ventral view, randomly distributed with setae bearing punctures, which are strongly concentrated at apex with a mixture of long and medium sized, light brown setae arising from them. Median lobe about 0.94 times as long as tegmen, arcuate in lateral view; basal struts originating from apical quarter; apex of ventral plate weakly projected; pre-apical area randomly distributed with a few punctures. Tergite VIII U-shaped; apex weakly crenulate, moderately fringed with medium sized light brown setae; lateral margins distally with a few similarly coloured setae. Sternite VIII rectangular, light brown in proximal half, covered with a few remotely distributed light brown sub-erect setae in distal half. Spiculum gastrale about 3.15 times as long as spiculum relictum, Y-shaped with arms curved outward; median apodeme of spiculum gastrale slightly bent towards right at its apex in ventral view. Female (n= 9) (Figs. 3–4). Body length 3.46–4.70 mm, humeral width 1.06–1.44 mm. Identical to male in general appearance. Head with lower eye lobes 1.50–1.67 times as long as genae. Antennae 0.97–1.09 times as long as body; ratio of length of antennomeres: 1.00: 0.29–0.33: 1.00: 1.00: 0.71–0.78: 0.64–0.67: 0.64–0.67: 0.56–0.57: 0.56– 0.57: 0.56–0.57: 0.64–0.67. Pronotum 0.83–0.88 times as wide as long, 0.77–0.80 times as long as humeral width. Elytra 0.66–0.68 times as long as body, 2.71–2.88 times as long as pronotal length, 2.17–2.23 times as long as humeral width. Last abdominal ventrite convex with pre-apical declivity, 0.24–0.28 times as long as abdomen, 2.25– 2.33 times as long as previous segment; apex broadly truncate. Female genitalia (Figs. 11–12). Ovipositor about 0.65 mm. Vagina about 1.44 times as long as ovipositor, 1.39 times as long as bursa copulatrix, uniformly cylindrical up to two-thirds of its length, moderately thickened at distal end. Bursa copulatrix clavate, about 1.04 times as long as ovipositor, about 0.72 times as long as vagina. Vaginal plates not discernible. Spermathecal duct distinctly long, tubular, twisted into C-shape at its basal quarter, enters bursa copulatrix at its apical third. Spermatheca with narrowly tubular pump, transversally convoluted at its base; receptacle capitate, distinctly constricted and curved at its middle; spermatheca arise separately along with spermathecal gland at the tip of spermathecal duct. Spermathecal gland elongated, narrow, tubular. Tignum shorter than abdomen. In the specimen examined, tignum measured about 1.25 mm while abdomen measured about 1.66 mm in length. Differential diagnosis. The new species is similar to M. cleroides, but differs from it in the following characters: head and pronotum are red brown in the new species (dark brown to black in M. cleroides); antennae are slightly longer than the body in the new species (antennae as long as the body in M. cleroides); elytra almost unicolourous, entirely dark brown except for small basal portion and sutural margin (elytra bicoloured in M. cleroides); elytron with 6 rows of punctures and a few fine carinae, with weakly developed post-basal callosity, without any white transverse pubescent bands (elytron with 7 rows of punctures and without carinae, with a welldeveloped denticulate post-basal callosity and a white transverse band at the middle and a large white pubescent patch at apical third in M. cleroides). The new species is differentiated from the previously reported Indian species (M. relucens and M. rugosula) based on the key. Etymology. The name ferruginea refers to the general body coloration of the new species; adjective. Habit. The new species is nocturnal. The specimens were collected at light of mercury vapour lamp, LED and actinic blue ‘UV’ bulbs. Seasonal occurrences. The specimens in the present study were collected during January, February, March, April, May, June, July and November, indicating adult activity throughout the year. Distribution. India: Kerala: Vellayani (Trivandrum Dist.), Tirurangadi (Malappuram Dist.), Pampadumpara (Idukki dist.). Karnataka: Castle Rock (Uttara Kannada Dist.). The new species is distributed in coastal and hilly areas. This is the first record of the genus Miccolamia from southern India.Published as part of Hiremath, S. R., 2019, A new species of Miccolamia Bates, 1884 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from south India, pp. 141-148 in Zootaxa 4560 (1) on pages 142-143, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4560.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/262748
A new species of Miccolamia Bates, 1884 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from south India
No full textHiremath, S. R. (2019): A new species of Miccolamia Bates, 1884 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from south India. Zootaxa 4560 (1): 141-148, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4560.1.
Notomulciber (Micromulciber) viraktamathi Hiremath 2018, sp. nov.
No full textNotomulciber (Micromulciber) viraktamathi sp. nov. Description. Male (n = 2) (Figs. 1–3). Body length measured from vertex to elytral apex 12.00– 12.70 mm; Humeral width 4.17–4.60 mm. Body reddish-brown. Head and pronotum darker than elytra. Anteclypeus laterally, labrum, mandibles dark brown to black. Scape, apical third of elytra, legs excluding tarsi, metasternum and abdomen entirely adorned with several red brown circular spots, obscured on the elytral apex. Head mottled with golden yellow pubescence forming several irregular spots (Fig. 10); area around eye lobes, sides of gena with several long, erect setae; clypeus and labrum setose. Antennae setose beneath, thinly appressed golden-yellow pubescence as well as scattered short suberect setae above; antennomeres I–IV densely setose beneath, remaining segments without dense setae. Pronotum mottled with golden-yellow pubescence forming two pairs of spots on center of disk, arranged obliquely—one pre-median and other median (Fig. 12); area near anterior and posterior margins also mottled with several irregular spots of same pubescence; in dorsal view, lateral sides of pronotum adorned with dense ash grey appressed pubescence, forming inconspicuous band running from base to apex; latero-posterior area of disk and either sides of lateral spine with a few erect setae. Scutellum with median band of dense grey yellow pubescence. Elytra with disk between scutellum and humeral crest, mottled with a spot and an inwardly curving narrow longitudinal band of golden yellow pubescence (Fig. 14); lateral area near humeral crest with a minute spot of similar pubescence; surrounding area of pre-median disk with few obscure pubescent spots of same color (Fig. 14); laterally with ash-grey pubescence giving appearance of obscured longitudinal band on each side, running from base to elytral apex; elytral apex entirely covered with ash grey pubescence; elytra with five spots of white pubescence, one post-humeral and four post-median; post-humeral spot small, sometimes golden yellow in color (Fig. 14), placed laterally on elytral disk; first post-median spot fairly large, circular, placed adjacent to sub-lateral margin; remaining three spots arranged in curvilinear fashion as follows: one spot near lateral margin, about 0.6 times as large as large circular spot, placed obliquely posterior to it; second spot smaller than previous, just beneath the large circular spot; third spot placed close to sutural margin, minute, placed obliquely anterior to large circular spot. Legs with meso- and metatibiae thickly fringed with long setae on both sides. Pro- and mesosternum with inter-coxal spaces thinly covered with grey pubescence, remaining area thickly covered with grey yellow pubescence; metasternum thinly pubescent medially, laterally entirely covered with thick golden yellow pubescence. Abdomen with ventrites I–III mottled laterally with bands of golden yellow pubescence, central area thinly pubescent; ventrites IV–V entirely covered with grey-yellow pubescence. Head coarsely, deeply punctured; frons with medial black carina running from fronto-clypeal suture to vertex. Eyes deeply emarginate, lower lobes transverse, about 1.4 times as long as genae, connected to upper lobes by a single row of ommatidia. Clypeus angulated at its apical corners. Labrum trapezoidal, distinctly sclerotized, thickened towards apex; surface entirely punctate with apex coarsely punctured. Antenna about 1.4 times as long as body, surpassing elytral apex at apical quarter of antennomere VIII; antennomere I stout, widest at distal 2/3 rd, thence slightly narrowed to apex, proximally narrower than apically; antennomere III longest, 1.77 times as long as scape, 1.18 times as long as IV; antennomere V onwards decreasing; antennomeres X and XI equal in length; antennomere XI obtusely pointed; ratio of length of antennomeres as follows: 1.00: 0.16–0.18: 1.77: 1.50: 0.95–0.97: 0.86: 0.77–0.79: 0.74–0.76: 0.71–0.72: 0.66: 0.66. Pronotum coarsely, densely punctured, widest at middle, 1.44 times as wide as long, 0.85–0.86 times as wide as humeral width; central area of pronotal disk with three obscure gibbosities arranged in inverted triangular fashion: two premedian, covered with pubescent spots and one medial, devoid of such pubescence; lateral sides of pronotum with obtusely pointed spine at middle; anterior margin straight, basal margin sinuate. Elytra 0.75 times as long as body, about 3.6 times as long as pronotal length and about 2.1 times as long as humeral width; elytral disks with slightly developed post basal swellings, space between post basal swellings concave; elytra coarsely punctured up to apical third, thereafter fine punctures apically; lateral sides of elytra straight up to middle, then slightly narrowed towards apex; elytra dorsally slightly convex at apical third, thence sloping downwards towards apex; apex obliquely emarginate, regularly rounded externally (Fig. 15). Legs with mesotibiae having indistinct antennal cleaning groove at apex externally. Abdomen with last segment flat and weakly emarginate at apex. Male genitalia (Figs. 17–23). Tegmen length about 2.8 mm; sinuate in lateral view. Basal piece present, distally bifurcated, entire surface adorned with closely packed hexagonal cells. Ringed part converging, geniculated at widest portion. Lateral lobes separated, about 0.27 times as long as total length of tegmen, inner margins slightly curving in middle in ventral view; integument covered with three types of setae; apex with numerous long setae, rest of surface, except base, with randomly distributed medium sized setae and base with closely placed, comparatively shorter setae. Median lobe almost as long as tegmen; sinuate in lateral view; basal struts started from apical quarter. Apex of ventral plate roundly acuminate; antero-lateral sides grooved; integument with scattered, raised pustules in apical half. Tergite VIII trapezoidal; apex emarginate; lateral margins straight, laterally with medium-sized brown setae, apically with much longer setae and median disk covered with recumbent brownish setae. Sternite VIII on apical half covered with long brownish setae. Spiculum gastrale ‘Y’ shaped, distinctly curved distally in lateral view, about 3.6 times as long as spiculum relictum. Endophallus (Figs. 24–28) in lateral view about 4 times as long as median lobe; BPH about 0.13 times as long as endophallus with membrane hemispherically bulged at region of CS; MPH with MT about 0.14 times as long as endophallus, flask shaped; CT subequal to MT, cylindrical with lateral sides wrinkled; PB about 0.14 times as long as endophallus, spindle shaped; APH about 0.45 times as long as endophallus, vase shaped, distally with membranous sac housing two kinds of RS; first sclerite (Figs. 27) lies dorsally, paired, asymmetrical, proximally lanceolate; second sclerite (Figs. 28) placed ventrally with proximal end receiving two asymmetrical sclerotized thickened lines, middle portion of rod slightly curved while distal end with asymmetrical biforked tines; apex of longer tine bent inward while that of shorter tine slightly bent outward. MSp circular in shape, densely covers MT except small portion proximally and quarter area distally. LSp absent in CT. SSp with dash-line like appearance, compactly arranged transversely on entire surface of PB. ED single, arising medially from biforked tines of ventral rod shaped sclerite. Female (n = 1) (Figs. 4–6). Body length 13.60 mm, humeral width 5.04 mm. Similar to male in general appearance with the following differences: Head (Fig. 11), pronotum (Fig. 13), antennae, prosternum and mesosternum comparatively more densely pubescent. Antennae about 1.2 times as long as body, surpassing elytral apices at antennomere IX; ratio of length of antennomeres as follows: 1.00: 0.17: 1.69: 1.47: 0.9: 0.86: 0.83: 0.77: 0.72: 0.61: 0.61. Pronotum with spots and gibbosities on disk as in male but additionally with medial pubescent line (Fig. 13). Elytra about 3.8 times as long as pronotum, about twice as long as humeral width; apex obliquely truncate with rounded marginal angle (Fig. 16); of the three white spots arranged in curvilinear fashion on post-median disk, spot near lateral margin about 0.4 times as large as large circular spot. Last abdominal segment convex with preapical concave space; apex straight. Female genitalia (Figs. 29–31). Ovipositor about 1.87 mm. Vagina about 2.29 times as long as ovipositor and 2.77 times as long as bursa copulatrix, with transverse wrinkles on entire surface, gently bulged proximally, narrow, cylindrical towards middle, thence gradually bulged towards distal end. Bursa copulatrix clavate in shape, about 0.83 times as long as ovipositor and 0.36 times as long as vagina; surface in apical half strongly plicate. Vaginal plates lamellar, thin and hyaline. Spermathecal duct translucent, twisted, distinctly narrowed towards base, enters bursa copulatrix at its apical third. Spermatheca capitate in shape, intertwined, arising at tip of spermathecal duct separately along with spermathecal gland. Spermathecal gland basally distinctly sclerotized, tube short, thence sac like, which is proximally dilated and distally narrowed with distinct wrinkled spots on surface. Tignum slightly shorter than abdomen. In the only specimen known, tignum measured 6.24 mm while abdomen measured 6.62 mm in length. Diagnosis. The new species is similar to N. decemmaculatus and N. travancorensis. The following characters differentiate it from N. decemmaculatus: proportionate size of elytral spots (post-humeral spot comparatively bigger in N. decemmaculatus), elytra not densely punctate (densely punctate in N. decemmaculatus), elytral apex not drawn out into a lobe (drawn out into a short lobe in N. decemmaculatus). It can be distinguished from N. travancorensis by the following characters: integument reddish brown (orange-yellow in N. travancorensis), body uniformly covered with golden-yellow pubescence (grey white pubescence in N. travancorensis), central disk of the pronotum densely punctured (sparsely punctured in N. travancorensis), elytra with five white spots (four in N. travancorensis); proportionate size of elytral spots also varies. In general, elytral punctation is slightly finer and post-humeral spot distinctly smaller in N. viraktamathi sp. nov. compared to the other two Indian species. Type series. Holotype: ♂, with labels as follows: “(1) India: Kerala / Kallar / 8°42’43.0” N, 77°7’47.3” E / 19.ix.2017 / SR Hiremath Coll. / Ex. Helicteres isora (2) HOLOTYPE / Notomulciber viraktamathi n. sp. / des. Hiremath, 2018” (red label)”. Paratypes (2 specimens, both with a white locality label as given below, besides a second pink label: “ PARATYPE / Notomulciber viraktamathi n. sp. / des. Hiremath, 2018”): 1 ♂, with the same labels as for holotype; 1 ♀ with label as follows: India: Kerala / Kallar / 8°42’43.0” N, 77°7’47.3” E / 19.ix.2017 / SR Hiremath Coll. / Ex. Zingiber zerumbet. Etymology. The author dedicates this new species to his beloved teacher, Dr. C. A. Viraktamath, for introducing and encouraging him to study Cerambycidae. Distribution. India (Kerala) Host plants. Two beetles were collected on Helicteres isora L. (Sterculiaceae). Although there were adult feeding symptoms on the leaves and stem, the host association could not be confirmed during the field collection. The symptoms of damage involved typical Lamiinae adult feeding patterns: leaves were fed along the veins from underside (Fig. 33) and sometimes vein clearing was also observed, while the outer surface of the petiole and stem were gnawed longitudinally (Fig. 34). Another adult was picked up while it was resting on the leaf blade of Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Sm. (Zingiberaceae). However, no such feeding symptoms were noticed on the plant. Based on the circumstantial evidences, it may be that H. isora is the adult host plant of N. viraktamathi sp. nov. Behaviour. Adults were inactive during day and were found idle in a characteristic resting posture (Figs. 36– 37). Legs were held adducted to the body with tibiae closely appressed to the femora. The front and mid-legs were held close to each other near to the pronotum, substantially apart from the hind legs, thereby creating an illusion of the hind legs as the ‘fore legs.’ The antennae, held closely appressed to the body, emerge from beneath the elytra and extend beyond the elytral apex. Further, the postmedian circular bright eyespots on the elytra look like deflection marks besides creating an illusion of broad ‘false head’. This whole arrangement may give the beetle an illusion of moving in the direction opposite to its actual orientation. Silberglied & Aiello (1976) define this behaviour of reversed orientation as “Tergiversation.” Apart from this, when the adults were hand-picked from the plant surface, they resorted to stridulation by constantly nodding their head to rub the pronotal ridges on the stridulatory plate to produce sound. Natural Enemy. A single instance of organized attack on the beetle by the red ant Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775) was observed. In their attempt to dislodge the prey, the ants pulled the beetle by holding its antennae and leg joints (Fig. 35).Published as part of Hiremath, S. R., 2018, A new species of Notomulciber (Micromulciber) Aurivillius, 1913, from the southern Western Ghats of India (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Homonoeini), pp. 440-452 in Zootaxa 4524 (4) on pages 442-450, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4524.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/261064
FIGURES 24–28 in A new species of Notomulciber (Micromulciber) Aurivillius, 1913, from the southern Western Ghats of India (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Homonoeini)
No full textFIGURES 24–28. Endophallus of Notomulciber viraktamathi sp. nov. (Holotype): 24. Lateral view, 25. Central sclerites, 26. Rod shaped sclerites in ventral view, 27. Rod shaped dorsal sclerite, 28. Rod shaped ventral sclerite.Published as part of Hiremath, S. R., 2018, A new species of Notomulciber (Micromulciber) Aurivillius, 1913, from the southern Western Ghats of India (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Homonoeini), pp. 440-452 in Zootaxa 4524 (4) on page 446, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4524.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/261064
FIGURES 12–14 in First report of the genus Longipalpus Montrouzier, 1861 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) from India with the description of a new species
No full textFIGURES 12–14. Endophallic sclerites of Longipalpus palodensis sp. nov. 12. Dorsal view, 13. Ventral view, 14. Lateral view.Published as part of Hiremath, S. R., 2020, First report of the genus Longipalpus Montrouzier, 1861 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) from India with the description of a new species, pp. 453-460 in Zootaxa 4728 (4) on page 458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4728.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/362660
Longipalpus palodensis Hiremath 2020, sp. nov.
No full textLongipalpus palodensis sp. nov. (Figs. 1–14) Type material: Holotype: ♂, with labels as follows: “(1) India: Kerala / JNTBGRI, Palode / 8 o 45’10.1”N; 77 o 1’30.8”E / 17. iv. 2018 / SR Hiremath Coll. / Ex. Mesua ferrea (2) Holotype / Longipalpus palodensis sp. nov. / des. Hiremath, 2019 (red label).” Description. Male (n=1) (Figs. 1–3). Body length measured from vertex to elytral apex 6.53 mm; humeral width 1.44 mm. General body colour yellow; body faintly covered with golden-yellow, fine, recumbent pubescence, comparatively denser on ventral side than dorsum; pubescence on lateral sides of pronotum, elytra, femora, and ventral side shimmers with silvery appearance due to incidence of light. Head (Fig. 4) with vertex, frons, gena and postclypeus reddish brown; anteclypeus and labrum yellow; anteclypeus ornamented with a pair of obliquely angulate black spots on its central area; labrum basally with a few medium to elongate sub-erect golden-yellow setae, apex densely fringed with medium sized setae of similar colour; labial and maxillary palpi yellow in general; mandibles with basal half red brown and apical half dark brown, lateral margins in apical half along with mandibular apex black; basal half of mandibles covered with sub-erect to slightly curved golden-yellow setae. Head slightly inclined, vertex sloping with weak reticulations towards anterior margin of pronotum; frons weakly convex, medially impressed with fine median carina running from postclypeus to area between antennal tubercles; antennal tubercles weakly angulate, widely separated at their base, area between them broadly concave; eyes coarsely faceted, distinctly emarginated; upper lobes narrow, connected to lower lobes by 5 rows of ommatidia; lower lobes distinctly convex, nearly circular, distinctly longer than genae; genae convex with their apex weakly rounded. Antennae surpass elytral apex at base of antennomere VIII, 1.48 times as long as body. Scape narrowed towards base, distinctly bulged at its apical third thence slightly narrowed towards apex; distinctly red brown with its inner apical area fringed with four sub-erect golden-yellow setae. Basal half of pedicel reddish brown, apical half pale yellow, inner apical area bears single sub-erect golden-yellow seta. Antennomeres III–XI distinctly yellowbrown with apex of III–VII tinged red brown; underside of antennomeres III–V fringed with a few golden-yellow sub-erect setae; apex of antennomeres III–VI on inner side bears single golden seta each; length of inner apical setae slightly longer on antennomeres III and IV; antennomere III shorter than scape, slightly longer than IV; antennomeres III–VII slightly nodose at apex, dorsal surface of each, impressed with a weak longitudinal canal running from base to beginning of nodosity at apex; last antennomere rounded at its apex. Ratio of length of antennomeres: 1.00: 0.19: 0.81: 0.71: 1.24: 1.33: 1.33: 1.00: 0.76: 0.57: 0.67. Prothorax longer than wide, broader at its anterior margin and narrowed towards its basal margin, 0.74 times as wide as long, with constriction at apical as well as at basal area; length sub-equal to humeral width; sides weakly rounded in middle. Pronotum mostly red brown; apical and basal margins brownish; sides with slightly oblique, dark brown maculae from base to apex; apical margin densely fringed beneath with short golden-yellow setae; disk impressed with two broad, transverse depressions: one present ante-apically, another ante-basally; apical margin transversely straight, basal margin feebly concave in middle. Scutellum oblong with rounded apex. Elytra elongate, straight up to middle, distinctly widened at apical third, arcuately narrowed towards apex; apex rounded; elytra 0.64 times as long as body, 2.81 times as long as pronotum, 2.90 times as long as humeral width; elytra with pre-medial disk distinctly covered with randomly and densely distributed coarse punctures; punctures on post-medial disk indistinct, finer, random, sparsely distributed up to apex; elytra yellow in general; basal half tinged red brown; elytral disk ornamented with two oblique maculae and a sub-sutural spot arranged as follows: first oblique macula situated premedially, begins at base on inner side of humeral prominence, weakly curved on basal third, continue obliquely as a short macula terminating along sutural margin at its middle, proximal end distinctly thickened, middle area slightly narrowed; second oblique macula short, situated just behind middle, irregular, sub-triangular, proximally reaching sutural margin to merge with distal end of first macula, distally terminates near lateral margin; first and second maculae when viewed together on elytra dorsally, give appearance of ‘X’ mark with its anterior arms weakly curved and thickened towards apex while posterior arms short and distinctly dilated at their distal ends; sub-sutural spot present at apical fourth, hemispherical on each elytron and together it gives appearance of a large, dark brown circular spot; elytral disk adorned uniformly with fine golden-yellow faint pubescence; elytral disk at its apical fourth bears a few serially arranged sub-erect golden yellow setae arising from respective punctures at sutural, sub-lateral and pre-apical margins, together disposed broadly in a ‘U’ shaped manner. Legs yellow, except brownish bulged portion of hind femora and claws; inner margin of hind tibiae distinctly fringed with short, sub-erect golden-yellow setae, starting from basal third and reaching tibial apex. Sternites with prosternum red brown except prosternal process and margins of coxal cavities, which are comparatively darker; prosternal disk uniformly adpressed with fine golden-yellow pubescence, except small ante-apical transverse area. Meso- and metasternum red brown, covered with similar pubescence as on prosternum, margins of coxal cavities and borders of metepisternum dark brown. Abdomen with ventrites I–III red brown; ventrites IV–V yellow. All ventrites uniformly covered with adpressed golden-yellow pubescence interspersed with a few sub-erect setae of similar colour. Ventrite I longer than next two segments united; ventrite V, 0.12 times as long as total length of abdomen, and as long as preceding segment; apex straight. Male genitalia (Figs. 6–11). Tegmen (9–11) 0.83 mm long, distinctly curved at apical third, weakly sinuate at middle portion in lateral view. Basal piece present, light brown, distally curved. Ringed part converging, constricted at widest portion; manubrium obliquely straight in ventral view, deflexed towards dorsum at its base in lateral view, connected to each other near base, by a short, transverse, dorso-ventrally flattened membrane. Lateral lobes (Fig. 11) united, broadly conical, 0.33 times as long as total length of tegmen, basal margin flanked by concavely arcuate apodeme. Median lobe (Fig. 7–8) 0.61 times as long as tegmen, weakly arcuate in lateral view; ventral plate with a longitudinal ridge medially; apex of ventral plate distinctly acuminate. Tergite VIII (Fig. 6) U-shaped with its apex distinctly emarginate; integument of apical margin strongly fringed with elongate light-brown setae, except in middle. Sternite VIII transversely rectangular, with its apical margin notched in middle; integument of apical margin moderately fringed with medium to elongate light-brown setae. Spiculum gastrale 3.15 times as long as spiculum relictum, Y-shaped with its arms distinctly longer than median arm; median arm as long as spiculum relictum. Endophallic sclerites (Figs. 12–14). Central sclerites with basal two-third thick, weakly curved, proximal end surmounted with obliquely explanate sclerotic plate; begining of apical third with outwardly projecting angulate tooth on outer margin; apical third distinctly curved, narrow rod. Apical sclerite sub-quadrate, moderately thick, curved plate-shaped in lateral view; basal margin weakly projected at its middle; apical margin with dorsal and ventral projecting sclerotic armatures: ventral armatures paired, distinctly thick rods; dorsal armature distinctly elongate, whip-shaped sclerite, with distinctly thick proximal portion, originating from base of ventral armatures. Differential diagnosis. Longipalpus palodensis sp. nov. agrees with the diagnostic characters of the genus: maxillary palpi long and broadest at apex; third antennal segment longer than fourth, much shorter than fifth; prothorax long, narrower at base than at apex, lateral sides slightly swollen in the middle; elytra slightly dilated behind middle, apex rounded; femora pedunculate-clavate (Montrouzier 1861; Gressitt 1956); and the male genitalia with lateral lobes united, without terminal setae (Niisato 2013). The combination of the following characters distinguish the new species from the congeners: head, scape, and pronotum red brown; elytra yellow, red brown on the basal half, disk ornamented with X-shaped dark brown maculation, reaching up to two third of its length and with a sub-sutural, circular maculation of similar colour on the apical fourth; pre-medial elytral disk densely and coarsely punctate; post-medial disk sparsely covered with fine, indistinct punctures; bulged portion of hind femora dark brown. Etymology. The name refers to the type locality of the species, Palode, which is surrounded by the Palode reserve forest, and is a small village on the foot hills of Western Ghats. Life history. The new species is diurnal. The specimen was collected by sweeping on flowers of Mesua ferrea L (Calophyllaceae). Adult is floricolous showing pollinophagy. Examination of the alimentary canal revealed the presence of pollen grains of M. ferrea in the gut (Fig. 5).Published as part of Hiremath, S. R., 2020, First report of the genus Longipalpus Montrouzier, 1861 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) from India with the description of a new species, pp. 453-460 in Zootaxa 4728 (4) on pages 454-459, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4728.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/362660
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