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santhosh-sethu/Sethuramanujam_NatComm2020: Sethuramanujam_NatComm_Analysis
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Goniozus inauditus Santhosh, sp. nov.
No full textGoniozus inauditus Santhosh sp. nov. (Fig 2) Material examined. Holotype ♀,. ‘ INDIA: Karnataka, Sringeri, Souwpnabitta, 13 ° 23.59 'N 75 ° 47.30 'E, 689 msl, 227. iv. 2007, rearing, ex. Crotonothrips sp. induced leaf galls on Memecylon umbellatum, Moist Deciduous Forest, Community Managed Forests, M. Nasser, leg., VRN 160 (ZSIK)’. Paratypes. 1 ♀, ‘ INDIA: Kerala, Areyadatupalam, 1 km E Kozhikode, 11 ° 16.16 'N 75 ° 47.30 'E, 8 msl, 22.iv. 2006, K. Bindu leg., VRN 131 ’; 1 ♀, Malappuram, Thenjipalam, 11 °07.44'N 75 ° 53.44 'E, 67 msl, 6.viii. 1988, T.C. Narendran leg., VRN 114 ’ (ZSIK); 1 ♀, ‘ INDIA: Kerala, collection locality unknown, 2–6.i. 1993, unknown leg., VRN 16 ’ (ZSIK). Diagnosis. Head distinctly longer than wide (Fig. 2 C), WH 0.83–0.85 × LH; compressed in lateral aspect (Fig. 2 B), 1.72 × as long as wide; frons and vertex strongly coriaceous, with scattered shallow punctures (Fig. 2 C); gena smooth and polished; malar space distinct (Fig. 2 B); malar groove present; eye sparsely setose, setae as long as diameter of single facet; posterior ocelli contiguous with vertex margin; ocelli in obtuse triangle; OOL 1.09–1.1 × WOT; WF = HE; EV 0.47–0.55 × HE; antero-median smooth propodeal triangle absent; median smooth longitudinal stripe not elevated, extending to posterior margin of propodeal disc, wider in posterior half (Fig. 2 D); forewing with subtriangular areolet (Fig. 2 F), vein M, SM profusely setose; profemur 1.92 × as long as wide. Description. Female (holotype) Length 3.08 mm; FWL 1.66 mm. Colour. Body brown to black, abdomen brown at apex; mandible, teeth dark brown; antenna yellow, terminal final segments light brown; coxae, femora light brown, other segments yellow, wing hyaline; prostigma, pterostigma, costa, subcosta light brown, other veins straw coloured. Head. Head distinctly longer than wide, WH 0.85 × LH; 1.72 × as long as wide in lateral aspect; frons and vertex strongly coriaceous, with scattered shallow punctures (Fig. 2 C); gena smooth and polished; vestiture moderately long, 0.06 mm; profuse, decumbent; setae on vertex distinctly longer than setae on head, longest being 0.15 mm; anterior clypeal margin strongly produced, bluntly angulated, acute; clypeal carina 0.73 × HE, strong, arcuate in profile, extending onto front as low carina slightly beyond posterior scrobal margin; scrobe carinate; mandible stout with four short, blunt teeth, ventral most straight and longest; WF 0.48 x LH; WF = HE; EV 0.5 × HE; LH 1.74 × HE; malar space distinct; malar groove present; eye sparsely setose, setae minute, as long as diameter of single facet; ocelli in obtuse triangle; posterior ocelli contiguous with vertex margin; OOL 1.09 × WOT; POL: AOL: DAO = 4: 2: 2; vertex straight in full dorsal view, acutely, smoothly curving to occiput, ecarinate; relative lengths of first five antennal segments in ratio of about 7: 3.5: 2.5: 3: 3; scape 1.4 × as long as wide, 2 × as long as pedicel; pedicel longer than F 1; F 1 segment as long as wide; F 2 –F 7 wider than long; F 8 –F 9 as long wide; F 10 –F 11 longer than wide; antenna slightly shorter than head in full dorsal view (25: 27) (Fig. 2 C). Mesosoma. Pronotum, mesonotum, and scutellum strongly coriaceous uniformly (Fig. 2 D); vestiture long, profuse, decumbent; sparse on scutellum, mesonotum; pronotal disc 0.55 × as long as wide; mesonotum with complete parapsidal furrow (Fig. 2 D); notauli absent; scutellum with a pair of slits at base connected by one weak narrow groove; propodeal disc 0.55 × as long as wide, smoothly inclined to lateral margin; basal median smooth triangle absent; median smooth longitudinal band not elevated, extending to posterior margin of propodeal disc, wider in posterior half; rest of propodeal disc and declivity strongly coriaceous; transverse propodeal carina medially interrupted broadly (Fig. 2 D); forewing 2.8 × as long as wide; areolet present, subtriangular in shape (Fig. 2 F); vein M, SM profusely setose, areolet sparsely setose; speculum profusely setose; profemur 1.92 × as long as wide; SI 10.74. Metasoma. Tergites completely smooth and polished (Fig. 2 E); T 1 –T 3 with few setae restricted to lateral margin; other tergites sparsely setose all across dorsal side; metasoma distinctly longer than mesosoma, shorter than head plus mesosoma (Fig. 2 A). Male. Unknown. Ecology and Biology. Ex. leaf galls on Memecylon umbellatum Burm. f. (Melastomaceae) induced by Crotonothrips sp. (Fig. 3 A) (Raman & Ananthakrishnan 1985); associate host: Carpelimus sp. (Staphylinidae) (Fig. 3 B). Etymology. The species epithet is after the Latin word inauditus meaning new. Variation. See table 1 for the morphometric ratios of the type materials examined. Distribution. India (Karnataka; Kerala). Discussion. Goniozus inauditus Santhosh sp. nov. comes close to G. nephantidis (Muesebeck), but differ in having ocular setae as long as diameter of single facet, scape 2 × pedicel, WF = HE, EV 0.62 × HE, mandible black brown and antenna shorter than head in full dorsal view (Fig. 2 C), whereas in G. nephantidis ocular setae 2 × as long as diameter of single facet, scape longer than 2 × pedicel, WF 1.15–1.20 × HE, EV 0.36–0.47 × HE, mandible black and antenna longer than head in full dorsal view.Published as part of Santhosh, Shreevihar & Ranjith, Avinjikkattu Parambil, 2015, Descriptions of two new Species of Goniozus Förster, 1856 (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) associated with insect induced plant galls from India, pp. 192-200 in Zootaxa 4039 (1) on pages 193-196, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.1.10, http://zenodo.org/record/23708
Baburia chettalliensis Shashank and Santhosh 2022, n. sp.
No full textBaburia chettalliensis Shashank and Santhosh, n. sp. (Figs. 3, 6, 8, 10, 14–17) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 6C705E2F-0949-4CB6-B618-E720CF724EBE Diagnosis. This new species is similar to B. trachymelas in male genitalia. In B. chettalliensis the uncus long, broad abruptly bent medially, valva relatively smaller and more convex medially than later species, socii not prominent, tegumen subtriangular broader at base and apex narrower, juxta large. In contrast, in B. trachymelas uncus is small, bent basally, valva broader and weakly convex medially, socii is prominent with bristles, tegumen is broad, subrecatnagular, juxta is relatively smaller. B. chettalliensis also close resemblance of B. tinsukiaensis but uncus is short, obliqually bent and broad medially in later species whereas uncus is long, uniform width thought the length in B. chettalliensis. Juxta larger, anellus narrow cup-shaped in B. chettalliensis whereas juxta relatively smaller, anellus wide and cup-shaped in B. tinsukiaensis. Gnathos membranous in B. tinsukiaensis whereas moderately sclerotized in B. chettalliensis. Description. Head: Ocellus well developed. Vertex clothed with anterior and forward projected grey scales. Frons with small appressed upwardly projected light grey scales. Labial palpi three segmented, first segment short and broad, grey, tinged with brown, second segment long and curved, cream, interspersed with light grey along dorsal margin from base to near apex, small third segment grey. Antenna filiform, covered with grey scales with intersegmental short cilia. Chaetosema present. Thorax: Pronotal collar, tegulae, mesonotum, and posterior crest creamy, mixed with dark greyish brown scales; mid- legs with a pair of tibial spurs; hindtibia covered with dense, pearl white scales interspersed with light grey scales, inner margin with tuft of long snow-white scales in male hair pencil, originating from base of hindtibia (Fig. 10). Wings: Forewing subrectangular, broad, wing span 18 mm in male. Male forewing weakly sinuate and slightly convex in outer half, with cream-orange scales as background interspersed with dark grey; costal margin with 7–8 dark grey, narrow, striae alternating with patches of mustard-yellow, with median inverted subtriangular grey spot, suffused with pale cream. Hindwing subtriangular, dark brown, anal margin in male with a modified, long, sclerotized, elongated lobe without scales (Fig. 8). Abdomen: Covered with brownish grey scales dorsally, mustard yellow ventrally and abdominal tuft in male also mustard yellow. Male genitalia (Fig. 14–17): Tegumen subtriangular, dorsolaterally with rounded shoulders, inner margin strongly sclerotized; uncus moderately long, sclerotized, abruptly bent and broad medially and narrow towards apex; socius atrophied; gnathos moderately sclerotized, medially concave and connected to membranous anellus, gnathal hooks absent; vinculum moderately sclerotized; valva symmetrical, long and slender, membranous, costa medially bulged out and covered with cluster of bristles and a prominent strongly sclerotized spine; juxta large, subtriangular, with broader apex; anellus cup-shaped and narrow; transtilla sclerotized, transtilla process well developed; caulis moderately large; sacculus basally and medially broad, with moderately dense sockets basally, continued as row of short setae reaching base of cucullus, medially with patch of dense setae from margin of basal opening to base of cucullus, dorsal margin with large hump bearing a conspicuous tuft of long bristles; cucullus long, dorsal margin slightly curved, apical margin sinuate, narrow at apex, with rounded elbow at base, covered with mixture of dense, short setae and long spiniform setae except for dorsal and dorsoapical margins, with a large, strong spine at ventroapical margin. Aedeagus short and broad, without any cornuti. Female unknown. Material studied. Holotype. ♂, India: Chettalli, Kodagu, Karnataka, 12° 37’ 13’’ N, 75° 83’ 01’’ E, 1002 m, 19 Nov 2014, Shashank, P. R., mercury vapour lamp coll., deposited in National Pusa Collection (NPC), genitalia slide no. L00050395. Etymology. The species is named after type locality, Chettalli, Kodagu, Karnataka, India Distribution: Karnataka (India).Published as part of Naik, Santhosh & Shashank, P. R., 2022, Description of two new species of the genus Baburia Koçak, 1981 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) from India, pp. 173-181 in Zootaxa 5091 (1) on pages 175-178, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5091.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/584071
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
Development, implementation and testing of a GIS & GPS based real-time vehicle tracking system
No full textSanthosh Kumar KadariKlagenfurt, Alpen-Adria-Univ., Master-Arb., 201
Development, implementation and testing of a GIS & GPS based real-time vehicle tracking system
No full textSanthosh Kumar KadariKlagenfurt, Alpen-Adria-Univ., Master-Arb., 201
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