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FIGURE 2. Syzygium palodense Shareef, E. S. S in A new species of Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from the southern Western Ghats of Kerala, India
No full textFIGURE 2. Syzygium palodense Shareef, E. S. S. Kumar & Shaju, sp. nov. a. Habit, b. Flowering twig; c. Fruiting twig.Published as part of Shareef, S. M., Santhosh Kumar, E. S. & Shaju, T., 2012, A new species of Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from the southern Western Ghats of Kerala, India, pp. 28-33 in Phytotaxa 71 (1) on page 30, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.71.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/506634
FIGURES 81–82 in Review of Indian Dasyproctus Lepeletier & Brullé 1835 (Hymenoptera Crabronidae) with description of four new species
No full textFIGURES 81–82. Dasyproctus niger Binoy, Santhosh & Girish Kumar, sp. nov. Holotype ♂. 81. Gt1 & Gt2, dorsal view; 82. Metasoma, lateral view.Published as part of Binoy, C., Kumar, P. Girish & Santhosh, S., 2021, Review of Indian Dasyproctus Lepeletier & Brullé 1835 (Hymenoptera Crabronidae) with description of four new species, pp. 467-498 in Zootaxa 4991 (3) on page 487, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4991.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/504245
FIGURES 119–120 in Review of Indian Dasyproctus Lepeletier & Brullé 1835 (Hymenoptera Crabronidae) with description of four new species
No full textFIGURES 119–120. Dasyproctus tsunekii Binoy, Girish Kumar & Santhosh, sp. nov. Holotype ♂. 119. Gt1 & Gt2, dorsal view; 120. Metasoma, lateral view.Published as part of Binoy, C., Kumar, P. Girish & Santhosh, S., 2021, Review of Indian Dasyproctus Lepeletier & Brullé 1835 (Hymenoptera Crabronidae) with description of four new species, pp. 467-498 in Zootaxa 4991 (3) on page 496, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4991.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/504245
Dasyproctus tsunekii Binoy, Girish Kumar & Santhosh 2021, sp. nov.
No full text13. Dasyproctus tsunekii Binoy, Girish Kumar & Santhosh, sp. nov. (Figs 111–120) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 840505BD-857F-4F0F-AD8E-5EB8D22C30E3 Diagnosis. The new species can be identified by the following combination of characters: distinct furrow beyond IOC on frons, almost reaching anterior ocellus; scape yellow with baso-ventral brown patch; mesosoma black with pronotal lobe and pair of oblong antero-submedial maculae on pronotal collar, pale yellow; metasoma black with faint yellow patch on Gt 5. It resembles D. attenboroughi sp. nov. in having: clypeus antero-medially narrower than antennal torulus; prepectus black; hind femur completely brown; Gt 3 immaculate. It differs from D. attenboroughi sp. nov., however, in having the area beyond IOC declivous, distinct furrow beyond IOC onto frons, almost reaching anterior ocellus (in D. attenboroughi sp. nov., no declivity or furrow present beyond IOC); Gt 2, Gt 4 and Gt 6 immaculate (in D. attenboroughi sp. nov., Gt 2, Gt 4 and Gt 5 maculate); supra orbital fovea well defined, longer than broad (in D. attenboroughi sp. nov., supra orbital fovea indistinct); Gt 5 with an indistinct yellow spot laterally (in D. attenboroughi sp. nov., Gt 5 with a pair of non- continuous yellow streak medially). Description: Holotype ♂ (Figs 111–120). Body length 4.86 mm; fore wing length 2.93 mm. Colour. Body matt black with following parts variously coloured: scape pale yellow with dorso-basal brown patch; pedicel and fu 1 brown with apical edge pale, remaining antennomeres brown; mandible reddish brown with base and apex black, pronotal collar black with a pair of oblong pale yellow anteriorly; pronotal lobe pale yellow; all coxae and trochanters deep brown; all femora brown with apical yellow spot; fore and mid tibiae brown dorsally, bright yellow ventrally up to apex, hind tibia brown with irregular small yellow streaks, all tarsi yellowish brown (Fig. 111). Pubescence. Thick silvery bristles on clypeus, comparatively fainter setosity on outer side of scapal basin, fainter on gena; scattered pale brown setae on vertex; scattered long setae on mesoscutum, mesopleuron and scutellum, propodeum with longer setae; legs moderately setose; Gt 1 with moderately long setae at base, remaining metasomal terga with thicker and stouter brown setae. Head. As seen from above transverse, 1.43 × as long as wide (Fig. 115); mandible bidentate with identical teeth; clypeus markedly setose with surface well-hidden below thick silvery bristles, apico-medially produced forward (more so than in D. attenboroughi sp. nov.), forming slightly emarginated margin, longitudinal carina indistinct; antennal toruli almost touching one another and inner eye margin; scapal basin rugose reticulate, smooth just above antennal torulus; IOC distinct; distinct deep furrow present just above IOC, distinct longitudinal grove running from furrow towards anterior ocellus; frons matt, with well imprinted setigerous pits (Fig. 113); vertex with similar sculpture and thick short setae, gena with minute setigerous punctures; supra orbital furrow distinct; POD 1.1 × OOD (Fig. 115); scape with two carinae ventrally; relative lengths of scape: pedicel: flagellomeres I to XI (last) = 17: 3: 4: 3: 3: 3: 3: 3: 2: 2: 2: 2: 4. Mesosoma. Pronotum with conspicuous transverse carina dorsally and few rugulae laterally; pronotal collar with lateral corner rounded, medial notch indistinct, medio-posterior ridge conspicuous; mesoscutum and scutellum matt with scattered setigerous micropunctures; lateral mesoscutellar margin explanate, posterior margin finely sinuate; scutellum with apical margin coarsely foveolate; metanotum rugose, not separated from propodeum (Fig. 78); propodeum with coarse distinct rugae, interspaces smooth; hind femur of usual shape, as wide as basal width of Gt 1; hind tibia with four stout spines; mesopleuron matt with scattered setigerous micropunctures; metapleuron rugose (Fig. 117); fore wing moderately setose, with brown tinge apically (Fig. 118). Metasoma. Petiolate, with Gt 1 stout, width at stigmata narrower than width of hind femur; all terga matt black, immaculate, except Gt 5 with faint yellow spot laterally; Gt 1 4.07 × as long as wide, anterior third polished with distinct rugae, remainder matt, with very few setigerous micropunctae (Figs 119 & 120). Variability. Paratype body length 4.2 mm; posterior margin of clypeus truncate; macula on pronotal collar wide; Gt 5 with larger macula. Female. Unknown. Prey. Unknown. Etymology. The specific epithet is a commemorative, genitive noun in apposition taken from patronym Tsuneki after the late Dr. Katsuji Tsuneki in honour of his prodigious contributions to aculeate hymenopteran taxonomy. Distribution. India: Kerala. Material Examined. Holotype ♂, mounted on triangular card, India: Kerala, Kannur dt., Meloor paddy field (11°05'33.9"N 76°47'13.0"E, 28m), 30.i.2018, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16511; Paratype ♂, pinned, India: Kerala, Kannur dt., Madayipara, 01.ix.2018, Coll. Tessy Rajan, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16512.Published as part of Binoy, C., Kumar, P. Girish & Santhosh, S., 2021, Review of Indian Dasyproctus Lepeletier & Brullé 1835 (Hymenoptera Crabronidae) with description of four new species, pp. 467-498 in Zootaxa 4991 (3) on page 494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4991.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/504245
Dasyproctus niger Binoy, Santhosh & Girish Kumar 2021, sp. nov.
No full text7. Dasyproctus niger Binoy, Santhosh & Girish Kumar, sp. nov. (Figs 73–82) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: E3881FCF-DE81-4606-90CA-BC92EFFC6E81 Diagnosis. The new species can easily be identified by very scarce yellow markings on the body, distinct body setae, a prominent tubercle above the antennal torulus, an almost truncated clypeus with a conspicuous median longitudinal carina and a distinct, reticulate, semi-circular depression at the anterior margin of Gt 2. The new species comes close to D. opifex Leclercq in his 2015 key to Asian and Oceanian Dasyproctus in overall appearance and in having the mandibles and terga immaculate, scape with basal pale ivory spot which extends towards apex ventrally, dorsum and mid ventral margin black; punctation on frons, no depression beyond IOC. D. leclercqi sp. nov., however, differs from D. opifex in having: fu 2 –fu 4 cylindrical (in D. opifex fu 2 –fu 4 are prominently arched); mesosoma entirely black except for pronotal lobe with ventral whitish yellow spot (D. opifex has two spots on the pronotal collar, entire pronotal lobe, axilla and spot on scutellum anterior angle yellow); frons with conspicuous furrow beyond IOC, almost reaching anterior ocellus (in D. opifex frons with distinct yet superficial line). Description: Holotype ♂ (Figs 73–82). Body length 6.0 mm; fore wing length 3.35 mm. Colour. Body matt black with following parts variously coloured: scape pale yellow, dorsally brown, brown band expanding medially, remaining antennomeres brown with paler apical edge on pedicel and fu 1, mandible black, reddish apically, pronotal lobe pale whitish ivory with dorsal brown spot, all trochanters and femora deep brown, fore and mid tibiae brown with pale whitish ivory patch ventrally reaching apex, hind tibia brown with faint pale whitish ivory patch basally, all tarsi yellowish brown with basitarsi paler (Fig. 73). Pubescence. Thick silvery bristles on clypeus, comparatively fainter setae on outer sides of scapal basin, above IOC and on gena; longer pale brown setae on vertex; scattered long setae on pronotum, mesoscutum, mesopleuron and scutellum, propodeum with long white setae; legs with moderate setae; Gt 1 with longer setae at base, remainder of metasoma with thicker and stouter brown setae. Head. As seen from above transverse, 1.73 × as long as wide (Fig. 77); mandible bidentate with identical teeth; clypeus markedly setose with surface well-hidden below thick silvery bristles, apico-medially produced forward, weakly emarginate, slightly bevelled, distinct median carina, reaching apical margin; antennal toruli almost touching one another and almost touching inner eye margin; scapal basin densely rugose reticulate with prominent tubercle just above antennal torulus; IOC conspicuous medially, obsolete at inner margin of eye; distinct carinate longitudinal grove above IOC running towards anterior ocellus; frons matt, with well imprinted setigerous pits (Fig. 75); vertex with similar sculpturing, gena with minute setigerous punctures; fine transverse furrow just before occiput; supra orbital furrow indistinct; POD 1.3 × OOD (Fig. 5); scape with two carinae ventrally; relative lengths of scape: pedicel: flagellomeres I to XI (last) = 10.9: 2.8: 2.3: 2.4: 2.1: 1.8: 1.9: 1.4: 1.6: 1.4: 1.5: 1.1: 1.8. Mesosoma. Pronotum with conspicuous transverse fold dorsally and several rugulae laterally; pronotal collar with lateral corner angulate, medial notch indistinct, conspicuous medio-posterior bordering ridge, anterior carina on inconspicuous dorsally; mesoscutum and scutellum finely granulose with well-impressed setigerous micropunctures; lateral mesoscutal margin carinate, posterior margin finely sinuate; scutellum with a few setigerous micropunctures, apical margin coarsely foveolate; metanotum rugose, not separated from propodeum (Fig. 78); propodeum with coarse conspicuous rugae, interspaces smooth; hind femur basally angulate, as wide as basal width of Gt 1; hind tibia with three stout spines; mesopleuron and mesosternum matt with distinct setigerous micropunctures (Fig. 79); fore wing moderately setose and with brown tinge (Fig. 80). Metasoma. Petiolate, with Gt 1 stout, width at stigmata narrower than width of hind femur; all terga matt black, immaculate (Fig. 82); Gt 1 2.9 × as long as wide, anterior third polished with faint striation, remainder matt with very few setigerous micropunctures; Gt 2 with prominent transverse semi-circular finely reticulate excavation adjoining anterior margin (Fig. 81). Female. Unknown. Prey. Unknown. Etymology. The species name, niger, is a Latin masculine adjective meaning black, depicting the overall black colour of the species. Distribution. India: Tamil Nadu. Material Examined. Holotype ♂, mounted on triangular card, India: Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore dt., Anaikatty, SACON (11°05'33.9"N 76°47'13.0"E, 540m), 28.xii.2018, Coll. P.M. Sureshan & party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16510.Published as part of Binoy, C., Kumar, P. Girish & Santhosh, S., 2021, Review of Indian Dasyproctus Lepeletier & Brullé 1835 (Hymenoptera Crabronidae) with description of four new species, pp. 467-498 in Zootaxa 4991 (3) on pages 485-487, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4991.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/504245
Review of Indian Dasyproctus Lepeletier & Brullé 1835 (Hymenoptera Crabronidae) with description of four new species
No full textBinoy, C., Kumar, P. Girish, Santhosh, S. (2021): Review of Indian Dasyproctus Lepeletier & Brullé 1835 (Hymenoptera Crabronidae) with description of four new species. Zootaxa 4991 (3): 467-498, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4991.3.
Smicromorpha attenboroughi Binoy & Santhosh & Nasser 2021, sp. nov.
No full textSmicromorpha attenboroughi Binoy, sp. nov. (Figs 1–15) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 9C5C83EA-1E15-47B0-AD5B-FD39EB198928 Type material. All from India: Kerala: Kozhikode district, collected by C. Binoy. Holotype ♀: Mampetta (11.32º N & 75.98º E, 85 m), 22.vii.2017, ex. nr. nests of Oecophylla smaragdina, in light, direct aspiration (see ‘Material and methods’ for deposition). Paratypes: same details as holotype, with terminal flagellomeres, one hind leg and fore leg on card-point (1♀); Mukkam (11.25º N & 75.61º E, 50 m), 13.viii.–12.ix.2018, Malaise trap (2♀); Mukkam (11.25º N & 75.61º E, 50 m), 12.ix.2018, in light, modified light trap (2♀); Mamapetta (11.45º N & 75.75º E, 85 m), 07.iv.2019, in light, modified light trap (1 ♀). Recognition. Smicromorpha attenboroughi is most similar to S. doddi and thus quite different from S. keralensis, the only other species so far described from India (Narendran 1979), and from S. masneri, described from Vietnam (Darling 2009). The new species keys out as S. doddi in the key provided by Naumann (1986). It nevertheless differs from that species by: 1) the presence of an 8-segmented antenna, the clava uniquely being 2-segmented (Fig. 2); 2) a different colour pattern of the mesosoma, with more extensive dark parts—mid lobe of mesoscutum ante- riorly with a large petal-like basal brown patch and posterolateral spots, scapulae and axillae mostly dark brown, metanotum laterally and a crescent-shaped strip surrounding the propodeal spiracle anteriorly, black (Fig. 8); 3) by the presence of a complete transverse carina on the pronotum collar (Fig. 6); and 4) petiole with anterodorsal 0.4× smooth (Fig. 12). In addition to having only a 7-segmented flagellum (Fig. 26), S. doddi has the markings restricted to darker colouration on scapula and axilla outside (Fig. 28), the pronotal carina is restricted to the sides (Fig. 29), and the petiole dorsally is minutely reticulate-punctate to rugose (Fig. 30). Description: Holotype ♀, length of body 5.47 mm, length of fore wing 3.07 mm. Colour. Head pale yellowish orange; ocelli brownish black, partly red; mandibles yellowish brown with deep brown tooth; antenna with scape translucent white, pedicel pale yellowish white, fl 1 and fl 2 yellowish brown, remaining segments pale brownish with terminal flagellomere deep brown; mesosoma yellowish orange but mid lobe of mesoscutum anteriorly with a large petal-like brown patch and posterolateral spots, scapulae and axillae mostly dark brown, metanotum laterally and a crescent strip surrounding propodeal spiracle anterolaterally, black; tegula brownish black; fore and mid coxae pale yellowish, hind coxa brownish dorsally, fore femur pale brownish yellow, mid femur pale yellowish, hind femur yellowish orange with basal third deep brown; all tarsi testaceous; wings slightly but uniformly infuscate, with dense brown setation joining stump of basalis, veins brown; metasoma brown- ish orange with dense setation. Head. Head slightly broader than mesoscutum including tegula, in dorsal view 1.89× as wide as long, in frontal view 1.4× as wide as long; eye 1.25× as high as wide in profile, 1.3× as high as wide in frontal view (Fig. 4); LOD 1.53× POL; ocellar angle acute (Fig. 5) without longitudinal grove between median ocellus and antennal scrobe; inner edges of eyes strongly convex at lower eye margin, maximum interocular distance (on vertex) more than thrice as great as minimum distance (at mid-length of face); face moderately pubescent with short white hairs; antennal scrobe with carinate margin; malar space quite short, 0.13× length of eye in profile, malar carina absent; lower frons and clypeus with weak striations and moderately long setation (Fig. 3); antenna short, ten-segmented with sub-erect setae, antennal formula 11062; flagellum fusiform, collapsing when air dried, ratio of flagellomere lengths 1.0:1.33:1.33:1.24:1.17:1.17:0.8:1.0; length of scape somewhat less than segments 2‒6 combined, fl 1 0.75× length of fl 2, pedicel 2× as long as wide (Fig. 44). Mesosoma. Moderately pubescent with adpressed setae; pronotal collar entirely carinate, including dor- sally (Fig. 6); mesopleuron rugose-punctate with ventral area transversely strigate (Fig. 49), sternaulus absent; mesoscutum punctate anteriorly and with fine reticulation posteriorly; scutellum convex (Fig. 7); propodeum weak- ly convex, declining posteriorly, spiracular sulcus indistinct (Fig. 9). Legs. Hind leg: coxa 3.5× as long as wide; femur 1.7× as long as wide with a median depression on outer disc, and a basal tooth at proximal third followed by serrulation forming two weak lobes; tibia slender with an apical spine. All tarsi slender (Fig. 10). Fore wing. Almost 3× times as long as wide with dense brown hairs near veins and distributed along entire surface; STV shorter than MV, at a slightly obtuse angle with the coastal margin; brownish infuscation near STV with well-developed flexion lines; PMV absent; stump of basalis present (Fig. 11). Petiole. Length 3.5× width and 4.8× height, not swollen basally, reticulate-punctate basolaterally, anterior 0.4× smooth and remainder minutely reticulate dorsally, transverse lamina distinct, extending posteroventrally to mid length, and lateral margins carinate basally and apically (Figs 12, 13). Gaster. Length 3.71 mm. Gaster slender, distinctly setaceous; Gt 6 the largest; collapsing on drying; ovipositor sheath slightly visible dorsally (Figs 14, 15). Male. Unknown. Etymology. The specific epithet is a commemorative, genitive noun in apposition taken from the patronym Attenborough after the naturalist and broadcaster, Sir David Frederick Attenborough for making the world’s natural history accessible and understandable to millions with his outstanding documentaries Distribution. Oriental (India). Host. Unknown, recovered near the nest of Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (Figs 58–61), possibly parasitizing the same.Published as part of Binoy, C., Santhosh, S. & Nasser, M., 2021, Review of Smicromorpha Girault (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) with description of a new species from India, pp. 131-149 in Zootaxa 4991 (1) on pages 134-137, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4991.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/502766
Range extension of the rare braconine genus, Lyricibracon Quicke (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), with the description of a new species from India
No full textRanjith, A. P., Santhosh, S., Nasser, M. (2017): Range extension of the rare braconine genus, Lyricibracon Quicke (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), with the description of a new species from India. Zootaxa 4227 (3): 422-430, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4227.3.
First discovery of the Neotropical species Brachymeria trinidadensis (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae, Brachymeriinae) in India
No full textBinoy, C., Santhosh, S., Nasser, M. (2022): First discovery of the Neotropical species Brachymeria trinidadensis (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae, Brachymeriinae) in India. Zootaxa 5092 (4): 429-441, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5092.4.
Hemodynamics and virtual stenting of cerebral aneurysms
No full textMagdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Verfahrens- und Systemtechnik, Diss., 2011von Santhosh Seshadhr
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