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Eusynnada, a resurrected genus of Ochyromerina (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Tychiini), with description of a second species from India and Thailand
No full textKojima, Hiroaki, Ayri, Shaloo, Ramamurthy, V. V. (2016): Eusynnada, a resurrected genus of Ochyromerina (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Tychiini), with description of a second species from India and Thailand. Zootaxa 4066 (4): 469-476, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4066.4.
Description of a new evacanthine leafhopper species Sophonia chandrai sp. nov., with new record of Chudania axona (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from India
No full textMeshram, Naresh M., Ramamurthy, V. V. (2013): Description of a new evacanthine leafhopper species Sophonia chandrai sp. nov., with new record of Chudania axona (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from India. Zootaxa 3717 (2): 224-230, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3717.2.
Egg Morphology of Twelve Species of Melolonthinae and Rutelinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
No full textSreedevi, Kolla, Tyagi, Sakshi, Ramamurthy, V. V. (2015): Egg Morphology of Twelve Species of Melolonthinae and Rutelinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 69 (3): 426-434, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065x-69.3.426, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-69.3.42
Aceria Keifer 1944
No full textGenus Aceria Keifer, 1944 Type species: Eriophyes tulipae Keifer 1938:185.Published as part of Joshi, S., Menon, P. & Ramamurthy, V. V., 2011, A New Eriophyid, Aceria Madhucae N. Sp. (Acari: Eriophyidae) From India, pp. 295-301 in Acarologia 51 (3) on page 297, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20112014, http://zenodo.org/record/466706
Eusynnada canariumi Kojima, Ayri & Ramamurthy, 2016, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Eusynnada canariumi</i> sp. nov. <p>(Figs. 3, 4, 7, 8, 13, 24–30)</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Male. Length: 4.4–4.8 mm; width: 1.9–2.0 mm.</p> <p> Male. Very similar to <i>E. plaxioides</i> except derm concolorous reddish brown except antennae and tarsi slightly paler; rostrum slightly shorter than pronotum (9: 10); antennae inserted at middle in female; prothorax 1.3 times as wide as long; elytra 1.6 times as long as wide; front tibiae slightly dentate ventrally near apex; aedeagal body truncate at caudal margin, apodemes short, about 1/3 of aedeagal body.</p> <p>Female. Resembles male except rostrum longer than pronotum (13–15: 10); antennae inserted at middle of rostrum.</p> <p> <b>Type series.</b> Holotype: male, Doi Suthep-Doi Pui, Thailand, 4–7.vii.1995, H. Kojima (TUA). Paratypes, 3 males and 2 females, same data as the holotype; 1 male and 5 females, Port Blair, S. Andaman, India, 16.xii.1991, Venna (NPC) [teneral].</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> This species is named after the plant genus <i>Canarium</i> on which weevils were collected.</p> <p> <b>Biology.</b> Weevils were collected from <i>Canarium euphyllum</i> Kurz. (Burseraceae) on Andaman Island. Weevils were also captured on a flowering tree probably belonging to <i>Neolamarckia</i> sp. (Rubiaceae) in Thailand by using an insect net with a long handle, which is about 6 m in length.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Andaman Island (India), Thailand.</p> <p> <b>Comment.</b> This new species is easily separable from the type species by the coloration.</p>Published as part of <i>Kojima, Hiroaki, Ayri, Shaloo & Ramamurthy, V. V., 2016, Eusynnada, a resurrected genus of Ochyromerina (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Tychiini), with description of a second species from India and Thailand, pp. 469-476 in Zootaxa 4066 (4)</i> on pages 474-475, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4066.4.7, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/270556">http://zenodo.org/record/270556</a>
Descriptions of three new species of Strattis Pascoe, 1883 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae) from the Indian subcontinent
No full textDevi, Salam Rita, Ray, D. C., Ramamurthy, V. V. (2016): Descriptions of three new species of Strattis Pascoe, 1883 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae) from the Indian subcontinent. Zootaxa 4085 (2): 199-218, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4085.2.
FIGURES 9–13 in Flea weevils of the genus Megorchestes Kojima (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae, Rhamphini), with description of a second species from India
No full textFIGURES 9–13. Megorchestes deccanensis sp. nov. Head, 9–10. dorsal and lateral view, 11. antenna, 12. pro- and mesocoxae, 13. hind femora.Published as part of Ayri, Shaloo, Kojima, Hiroaki & Ramamurthy, V. V., 2014, Flea weevils of the genus Megorchestes Kojima (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae, Rhamphini), with description of a second species from India, pp. 392-398 in Zootaxa 3814 (3) on page 396, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3814.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/23023
FIGURES 5–8 in Flea weevils of the genus Megorchestes Kojima (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae, Rhamphini), with description of a second species from India
No full textFIGURES 5–8. Megorchestes deccanensis sp. nov. SEM images, 5. elytra lateral view, 6–7. abdomen, 8. tarsi.Published as part of Ayri, Shaloo, Kojima, Hiroaki & Ramamurthy, V. V., 2014, Flea weevils of the genus Megorchestes Kojima (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae, Rhamphini), with description of a second species from India, pp. 392-398 in Zootaxa 3814 (3) on page 395, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3814.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/23023
Sophonia chandrai Meshram & Ramamurthy, 2013, sp. nov.
No full textSophonia chandrai sp. nov. (Figs. 1–13) Yellow. Forewing hyaline, yellowish, with pale brown stripe along anal margin rarely reaching apex of clavus, claval apex brown; second apical cell with black spot. Head angularly produced. Anterior margin of pronotum not extending beyond eyes. Anteclypeus not exceeding facial margin (Fig. 4). Frontoclypeus broad with distinct transverse ridges and face with distinct median carina. Frontal suture extending onto vertex, terminating laterad of ocelli (Fig. 4). Ocelli near lateral margins of crown, distance between eye and ocellus 3 X diameter of ocellus. Crown broadly concave and with irregular sculpturing anteriorly. Antennae situated somewhat at level with upper margin of eye in facial view. Scutellum 1.5 X as long as pronotum, transverse depression distinct and nearly reaching lateral margin. Pronotum 0.35 X longer than broad and 0.64 X longer than crown (Fig. 5). Forewing without appendix (Fig. 6). Male genitalia. Pygofer triangular, slightly pointed at apex, with several macrosetae at posterior margin, ventral process long, thin with pointed apex (Fig. 12). Subgenital plate broader at base than at apex, with median row of stout macrosetae (Fig. 8). Style preapical lobe robust, apophysis slender, apex with short, beaklike extension (Fig. 7). Connective Y-shaped with stem 3 X as long as arms, apex expanded (Fig. 11). Aedeagus robust, membranous. Dorsal apodeme robust with one pair of long, recurved apical process about as long as dorsal apodeme in lateral view; two pairs of lateral shorter, spinelike processes, one basolaterally and one near apex; aedeagal shaft curved ventrally in proximal 0.33, posteriorly in middle 0.33 and dorsally in distal 0.33 region; apex flared and rounded (Figs. 9 & 10). Female genitalia. Hind margin of seventh sternite almost straight, with median bilobed short extension (Fig. 13), ovipositor extending well beyond pygofer. Measurements. Male 4.8 mm long, 1.1 mm wide across eyes, 0.83 mm wide across hind margin of pronotum. Female 5.5 mm long, 1.33 mm wide across eyes, 1.2 mm wide across hind margin of pronotum Type material. Holotype ♂, INDIA: Manipur: Tupul (25 ° 6 ' 29 "N 92 ° 21 ' 42 "E, 1379 M), 07.vii. 2012, Mercury vapour lamp, Roni, K. Paratypes 3 ♂ & 4 ♀, same data as Holotype (NPC). Etymology. The species is named after Dr. C A. Viraktamath in recognition of his invaluable contributions to the taxonomy of leafhoppers. Remarks. Sophonia chandrai sp. nov. resembles S. complicata Viraktamath & Wesley, but can be distinguished by the shape of the aedeagus (features of S. complicata in parentheses): Pygofer ventral process long, thin with pointed apex without spinelike branch at base (slender process arises, directed caudally, upcurved at right angles at midlength, apex slightly hooked, bearing spinelike branch at base). Dorsal apodeme of aedeagus robust with one pair of long, recurved, apical process about as long as dorsal apodeme in lateral view; two pairs of lateral shorter, spinelike processes, one basolaterally and one near apex (two arms of dorsal apodemes well separated, wing like, completely covering entire length of shaft laterally, each arm with dorsomedian, caudal, and caudoventral, long processes). Sophonia complicata Viraktamath & Wesley Sophonia complicata Viraktamath & Wesley 1988: 210, Figs. 208–220 Material examined. Paratype ♂ & 1 ♀, INDIA: Mizorum: Aizawl, 18.xi. 1981, C. S. Wesley Coll. (NPC). In the key to the species of Sophonia by Viraktamath and Wesley (1988), the new species runs to Sophonia complicata Viraktamath & Wesley, but the male genitalia characters do not agree. Couplet 10 can be modified as follows to include the new species 10. Vertex with median, broad, orange stripe continued on pronotum, anteriorly narrowed; posterior half on pronotum broadned and blackish, scutellum blackish (Viraktamath & Wesley 1988: Figs 154–155); pygofer process short, blade-like, and pointed at apex Viraktamath & Wesley 1988: Fig. 159); aedeagus shaft tubular with apical, ventrally directed, platelike process (Viraktamath & Wesley 1988: Figs 162–163)...................................................... illuminata (Distant) - Vertex, pronotum, and scutellum whitish yellow; pygofer process long, slender and elbowed (Fig. 12); aedegus not as above.................................................................................................... 11 11. Two arms of dorsal apodeme well separated, winglike, completely covering entire length of shaft laterally Viraktamath & Wesley 1988: Figs 218–220)).................................................... complicata Viraktamath & Wesley - Dorsal apodeme robust with one pair of long, recurved, apical process about as long as dorsal apodeme in lateral view; two pairs of lateral shorter, spinelike processes, one basolaterally and one near apex (Fig. 9 & 10)............. chandrai sp. nov.Published as part of Meshram, Naresh M. & Ramamurthy, V. V., 2013, Description of a new evacanthine leafhopper species Sophonia chandrai sp. nov., with new record of Chudania axona (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from India, pp. 224-230 in Zootaxa 3717 (2) on pages 225-227, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3717.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/22307
A new species of Cofana associated with grasses from India (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae)
No full textMeshram, Naresh M., Ramamurthy, Vilayanoor V. (2014): A new species of Cofana associated with grasses from India (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) 54 (1): 57-64, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.446822
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