Microleptes gowrishankari Ranjith & Humala, 2024
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Microleptes gowrishankari Ranjith & Humala |
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Microleptes gowrishankari Ranjith & Humala sp. nov.
Figs 5 View Figure 5 , 6 View Figure 6
Material examined.
Holotype • female, India: Karnataka, Chamarajanagar, Biligiri Ranganathaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve, Gombekallu , 11°54.363'N, 77°11.235'E, evergreen forest, Malaise trap, 3.iv–16.v.2006, coll. Priyadarsanan, D. R. ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.27407 GoogleMaps . Paratype, 1 female with same data as holotype ( AIMB) GoogleMaps .
Description.
Holotype, female. Body length 5.6 mm, fore wing length 3.6 mm.
Head. Head 1.3 × as wide as long in frontal and dorsal views (Fig. 5 B, C View Figure 5 ); face flat, punctate, elevated anteriorly below antennal sockets, setose, 2.4 × as wide as long, 0.6 × as wide as head (Fig. 5 B View Figure 5 ); clypeus strongly transverse, smooth with lower margin convex (Fig. 5 B View Figure 5 ); tentorial pits transverse (Fig. 5 B View Figure 5 ); malar space strongly reduced, 0.3 × basal width of mandible (Fig. 5 B View Figure 5 ); mandible broad with single broad tooth (Fig. 5 B View Figure 5 ); temple smooth, sparsely setose (Fig. 5 A View Figure 5 ); frons and vertex smooth and sparsely setose (Fig. 5 C View Figure 5 ); eye glabrous, 1.2 × as long as temple in dorsal view (Fig. 5 A – C View Figure 5 ); OOL: diameter of lateral ocellus: POL = 2.0: 1.0: 1.4; antenna with 14 flagellomeres, scape subcylindrical, pedicel bulb-shaped (Fig. 5 A, B View Figure 5 ); medial flagellomeres strongly transverse; first flagellomere 1.8 × as long as second flagellomere, 1.3 × as long as wide apically; second flagellomere 0.6 × as long as wide.
Mesosoma. Mesosoma 2.1 × as long as high (Fig. 5 E View Figure 5 ); dorsal part of pronotum transversely striate medially (Fig. 5 D View Figure 5 ), pronotum laterally smooth and polished (Fig. 5 E View Figure 5 ); mesoscutum flat in lateral view (Fig. 5 E View Figure 5 ), smooth with setiferous punctures, and a pair of elongate pits postero-laterally (Fig. 5 D View Figure 5 ); notaulus present anteriorly (Fig. 5 D View Figure 5 ); scuto-scutellar groove smooth without wrinkles (Fig. 5 D View Figure 5 ); scutellum smooth, setose (Fig. 5 D View Figure 5 ); mesopleuron smooth, setose (Fig. 5 E View Figure 5 ); mesopleural furrow narrowly crenulated (Fig. 5 E View Figure 5 ); epicnemial carina present, joining with subtegular ridge and forming an interrupted, faintly crenulated groove anteriorly (Fig. 5 E View Figure 5 ); metapleuron smooth with transverse wrinkles medially, sparsely setose (Fig. 5 E View Figure 5 ); propodeum smooth basally, irregularly punctate laterally, rugose in posterior half; area superomedia parallel-sided, smooth in anterior half, irregularly transversely striate posteriorly; costula lacking; posterior transverse carina present, pleural carina complete (Fig. 5 F View Figure 5 ).
Legs. Femora robust (Fig. 5 A View Figure 5 ); hind coxa smooth; hind femur 2.8 × as long as wide; hind tibia 3.4 × as long as wide; hind basitarsus 3.8 × as long as wide.
Wings. Wings hyaline (Fig. 6 D View Figure 6 ); pterostigma 2.6 × as long as wide; fore wing vein 2 r & RS joining to middle of pterostigma, 1.6 × as long as 2 rs-m; vein 2 rs-m 2.0 × as long as portion of M between 2 rs-m and 2 m-cu, and 0.6 × as long as 2 mc-u; vein 1 cu-a distinctly postfurcal (Fig. 6 D View Figure 6 ); hind wing with nervellus (vein CU) intercepted in middle.
Metasoma. First tergite faintly sculptured medially, setose, with indistinct dorsal carina, 1.7 × as long as its maximum width; spiracle situated at middle of tergite (Fig. 6 A, B View Figure 6 ); second tergite with distinct thyridium, smooth, setose, 0.9 × as long as wide posteriorly (Fig. 6 B View Figure 6 ); third tergite smooth, setose, 0.75 × as long as wide posteriorly (Fig. 6 B View Figure 6 ); tergites 4–7 smooth, setose (Fig. 6 B View Figure 6 ); hypopygium straight posteriorly, with long setae (Fig. 6 C View Figure 6 ); ovipositor hardly exposed, its sheath setose, 0.2 × as long as hind tibia (Fig. 6 A – C View Figure 6 ).
Colour. Body predominantly black; antenna, mandible, tegula; pterostigma, wing veins, coxae, metasoma dark brown; maxillary and labial palps and legs (except coxae) yellow.
Male. Unknown.
Distribution.
India.
Etymology.
The new species is named after Dr. P. Gowri Shankar, founder director of Kalinga Foundation, Karnataka, India for his exceptional and unparalleled works, contributions to the study of the King Cobra over the past two decades, his contributions towards to the advancement of herpetology and his unwavering support to APR during Siang Expedition 2022.
Comparative diagnosis.
Apart from the differences given in the key, the new species can be distinguished from M. chiani sp. nov. by the following characters: head 1.3 × as wide as long in anterior view (1.6 × in M. chiani sp. nov.), face 2.4 × as wide as long (1.7 × in M. chiani sp. nov.), epicnemial area with incomplete groove behind epicnemial carina (with complete groove in M. chiani sp. nov.) and area dentipara of propodeum wider than long (longer than wide in M. chiani sp. nov.).
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