Nirvana, Kirkaldy, 1900
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.2.6 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6009391 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C74B87DF-FF81-C334-C3B8-FECEFA49FBE6 |
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Plazi |
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Nirvana |
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Key to species of Nirvana View in CoL from India (modified from Viraktamath & Wesley 1988)
1 Vertex with median, white stripe and lateral,orange or lemon yellow submarginal stripe ( Viraktamath& Wesley 1988: Figs. 225, 226)............................................................................... pallida Melicher View in CoL
- Vertex with black line or lines or with orange, submarginal stripes traversing onto pronotum,scutellum and forewing...... 2
2 Vertex, pronotum, scutellum traversed by pair of orange stripes ( Viraktamath & Wesley 1988: Fig. 256); male pygofer caudally produced into an acute, dorsally curved process ( Viraktamath& Wesley 1988: Fig. 261); anal tube with two stout spines ( Viraktamath & Wesley 1988: Fig. 262)................................................ pecularis Viraktamath & Wesley View in CoL
- Vertex, pronotum, and scutellum traversed by black lines or stripes; male pygofer and anal tube unarmed (not known in pseudommatos View in CoL ).......................................................................................3
3 Vertex, pronotum, scutellum, and anal margin of forewing traversed by single or pair of, black stripes................... 4
- Vertex of head and pronotum traversed by three black stripes; scutellum by a median, black line; apex of vertex with blackish brown spot connected by the stripes.................................................... pseudommatos Kirkaldy View in CoL
4 Vertex, pronotum and scutellum, with pair of black stripes, aedeagus with short spinelike processes on dorsal apodeme ( Rao 1989: Figs. 17–18 View FIGURE 1 – 17 View FIGURE 18 – 27 )........................................................................s hillongensis Rao
- Vertex, pronotum and scutellum, with single black stripe......................................................5
5 Median stripe with irregular margins ( Viraktamath & Wesley 1988: Figs. 233, 234); spot on second apical cell of forewing small ( Viraktamath & Wesley 1988: Fig. 243); dorsal apodeme of aedeagus simple ( Viraktamath & Wesley 1988: Fig. 240).6
- Median stripe with an even margin ( Viraktamath & Wesley 1988: Fig. 244); spot on second apical cell of forewing large (Fig. 248) extending to first apical cell; dorsal apodeme of aedeagus with a basal, short process (Fig. 254).................................................................................................. striata Viraktamath & Wesley View in CoL
6 Aedeagus with two short subapical process ( Figs. 41–42 View FIGURE 38 – 43 ),pygofer with ventral process dorsally directed with acute apex ( Figs. 38 View FIGURE 38 – 43 )................................................................................. subsuturalis View in CoL sp. nov.
- Aedeagus without any process ( Viraktamath & Wesley 1988: Fig. 240); pygofer without ventral process ( Viraktamath & Wesley 1988: Fig. 237)....................................................................... suturalis Melicher View in CoL
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