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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
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
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Megischus ranjithi Binoy, Santhosh & Girish Kumar 2020, sp. nov.
No full textMegischus ranjithi Binoy, Santhosh & Girish Kumar sp. nov. (Figs 57–71) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 729938C3-25E2-4364-8C95-672EFF775570 Type material. Holotype ♀, India: Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, TNAU Campus (11°0’28”N & 76°56’14”E, 47 m), Coll. M. Ranjith, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.14031. Diagnosis. Head in dorsal view with smooth and shiny area past eyes, pronotum anteriorly with three strong carinae, posteriorly smooth with scattered setigerous pits; mesoscutum densely and obliquely punctate; scutellum and axillae smooth with scattered pits; ovipositor sheath with a subapical ivory band 0.4× as long as the apical dark part. The new species falls out from the first couplet of key to old world Megischus (van Achterberg 2002) in having narrowed part of hind tibia 0.4× as long as hind tibia; ivory part of ovipositor sheath 0.52× as long as its dark apical part; area behind eyes in dorsal view smooth; mesopleuron smooth with setigerous pits. The new species runs close to M. ptosimae in key to Chinese Megischus (Hong et al. 2010) in having temple slightly convex behind eye; head largely blackish or dark brown; widened part of hind tibia of female distinctly concave ventrally. But it differs from M. ptosimae in having vein 1-M of fore wing 6.8× as long as 1-SR and 0.8× as long as vein m-cu (in M. ptosimae 1-M 4.2–5.5× as long as vein 1-SR and 1.1–1.3× vein m-cu); ovipositor sheath with subapical ivory band 0.52× dark apical band (in M. ptosimae subapical ivory band 0.7–2× dark apical band). The new species varies from the previously reported Indian specimen M. alveolifer van Achterberg, 2004 in having head black (in M. alveolifer, head orange red); head in frontal view with striae subparallel, converging medioventrally from sides); vertex with two strong and two weak more or less straight carinae (in M. alveolifer vertex with three deeply emarginated carinae); hind coxa robust (in M. alveolifer hind coxa rather slender, spindleshaped); subapical ivory part of ovipositor sheath 0.52× as long as dark apical part (in M. alveolifer ivory part 1.3× as long as dark apical part); and petiole reddish brown (in M. alveolifer petiole brownish black). Description. Holotype, ♀. Body length 17.06 mm; ovipositor length 3.93 mm; fore wing length 9.64 mm. Colour. Black with the following parts as follows: tegulae apically with a reddish brown patch; fore and mid coxae black with a reddish tint apically; fore and mid trochanters, femur, tibia and tarsi deep reddish; hind trochanters, tibia and tarsi red; petiole basally and apically brownish red with medial portion bright reddish; apex of second metasomal tergite reddish brown; ovipositor sheath black with subapical ivory band. Head. Antenna with 41 distinct antennomeres; first antennal segment 1.6× as long as wide and 2× as long as second segment; clypeus rugose with moderate pubescence; mandibles strong with thick setae arising from above and below teeth; ventrally more setose; three anterior coronal teeth large and acute, both posterior ones short and wider; frons finely and transversely rugate; rugae sub parallel sided almost forming a medial carina on lower face; coronal area with smooth areolate rugose channels enclosing the anterior ocellus (Fig. 60); vertex rugose-carinate with three carinae beyond the posterior ocelli; area behind the eye in dorsal view, smooth and shiny; temples non angulate (Fig. 61); face with scattered golden yellow setae along vertex and frons; clypeus rugate with moderate pubescence; thick yellowish brown setae arising from above and below mandibles; gena smooth with dense setigerous micropunctures halfway up the temple (Fig. 59). Mesosoma. Pronotum stout with neck less emarginate, weakly convex in level with middle part of pronotum (Fig. 62); anteriorly with three strong carinae (prominent laterally), posteriorly smooth with few setigerous punctures, laterally produced as shoulders, ending near propleura as buttressing ridges (Fig. 63); propleura with a row of setae along the margin; mesoscutum with oblique rows of irregular punctae forming with a median bare foveate line; scutellum and axillae smooth, shiny with few punctae; axillae separated by a large fovea; mesopleura smooth with scattered setigerous pits, more concentrated ventrally, dorso posteriorly smooth and shiny; metapleura dorsally and ventrally smooth and shiny, medially with irregular setigerous areola (Fig. 63); propodeum two thirds foveolate with inside of fovea and interstices smooth, a median rugose stripe present, posteriorly fovea turning into irregular rugae (Fig. 62); fore wing with vein 2-1 A and 3-CU 1 present; pterostigma elongate and acutely ending posteriorly; 1-M straight, 6.8× as long as vein 1-SR, 0.8× vein m-cu (Fig. 64); hind coxa smooth, strong broken striae to tuberculate sculpture anteriorly, posteriorly trans striate with thick setae arising from strong pits along the length (Fig. 65); hind femur smooth, with many setigerous pits on outer and inner disc, setae arising from the pits long and variable in colour (brown and white), a pair of strong tooth ventrally, basal one wider, a denticle near the ventral apex; hind tibia robust, narrowed part 0.45× as long as hind tibia; expanded part micropitted with long setae similar to that on hind femur, below widened part distinctly concave (Fig. 66); apex of hind tibia and hind tarsi ventrally densely setose with thick yellow setae extending till the second tarsal segment; hind telotarsi almost bare (Fig. 67). Metasoma. First metasomal tergite anteriorly rugose carinate, regularly annulated along the length with a medio-lateral groove, sparsely setose ventrally (Fig. 68); 9.8× as long as its maximum width, 2.98× as long as second tergite and 1.3× as long as remainder of metasoma; post-petiolar tergites largely smooth to weakly reticulate, scattered setae ventro-laterally; seventh and eighth tergites microreticulate (Fig. 69); pygidial area distinctly differentiated, pygidial impression moderate, reverse V-shaped with a pair of nodes with three pairs of setae arising from it (Fig. 70); length of ovipositor sheath 0.54× as long as body length, with a subapical ivory band, 0.52× apical dark part (Fig. 71). Male. Unknown. Distribution. Oriental: India (Tamil Nadu). Host. Unknown. Etymology. The species is named after M. Ranjith (Research Scholar, Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga), who collected the type specimen.Published as part of Binoy, C., Achterberg, C. Van, Kumar, P. Girish, Santhosh, S. & Sheela, S., 2020, A review of Stephanidae (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea) from India, with the description of five new species, pp. 1-51 in Zootaxa 4838 (1) on pages 31-35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4838.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/440336
FIGURES 73–80 in Review of Indian Dasyproctus Lepeletier & Brullé 1835 (Hymenoptera Crabronidae) with description of four new species
No full textFIGURES 73–80. Dasyproctus niger Binoy, Santhosh & Girish Kumar, sp. nov. Holotype ♂. 73. Habitus, lateral view; 74. Head, lateral view; 75. Head, frontal view; 76. Clypeus; 77. Head, dorsal view; 78. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 79. Mesosoma, lateral view; 80. Fore wing.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 486, 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.
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