Glaberana purva, Meshram, 2019
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4653.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FCDFD71B-D7AD-480D-A8CA-18297FD8D5EC |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5191072 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CD4987FE-4A63-E00D-FF0C-F909FF75FDD1 |
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Glaberana purva |
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sp. nov. |
Glaberana purva View in CoL sp. nov.
Figs. 2 A View FIGURES 2 , 5 A View FIGURES 5 , 7 P View FIGURES 7 , 27 View FIGURES 27 A–H.
Male. Head ochraceous. Eyes grey, ocelli black. Face yellow with black band along inner margins of frontal suture. Pronotum and forewings brown speckled with minute golden yellow spots, with narrow hyaline band across forewing in distal ¾ length ( Figs. 2 A View FIGURES 2 , 5 A View FIGURES 5 , 7 P View FIGURES 7 ). Thoracic sternites and pleurites dark brown. Bases of setae on hind legs and claws darker.
Male genitalia. Pygofer oval in basal 1/3 with caudodorsal prolongation forming caudodorsal process, with macrosetae arranged in a row in basal ¾, apical margin crenulate ( Fig. 27 H View FIGURES 27 ); with short ventral digitate process ( Fig. 27 G View FIGURES 27 ). Subgenital plate broadest at slightly distad of midlength and narrowed towards apex, terminated by apical spine ( Fig. 27 D View FIGURES 27 ). Style short, broad at basal ½ and apophysis narrowed apically ( Fig. 27 E View FIGURES 27 ). Connective about as long as basal width ( Fig. 27 F View FIGURES 27 ). Aedeagus with shaft subapically broadened, with a patch of fine spicules ventrad of gonopore on dorsal margin, gonopore subapical ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 27 A–D).
Measurements. Male 8.3 mm long, 2.0 mm wide across eyes and 2.4 mm wide across posterolateral angles of pronotum.
Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂, INDIA: Manipur: Ukhrul , 25 0 06.485’ N, 94 0 21.022’ E, 1647m, 28.viii.2014, Sweep net, Yeshwanth, H.M. ( UASB). GoogleMaps
Etymology: The species name (Sanskrit: purva meaning East) refers to the Eastern region of India where the species lives.
Remarks. Glaberana purva sp. nov. is similar to G. aproboscidea (Zhang) and G. mengshuengensis (Zhang) from China but differs in the shape of the pygofer prolongation which is smoothly rounded with apical crenulations.
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University of Agricultural Sciences |
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