Janohyphella indica Selvakumar, Sivaramakrishnan & Jacobus
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.1.4 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1504C2B6-221E-4B7E-928B-3C5E78004C97 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6125813 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C5297D5A-FF89-FFFC-1CE6-65C9114FF99A |
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Janohyphella indica Selvakumar, Sivaramakrishnan & Jacobus |
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sp. nov. |
Janohyphella indica Selvakumar, Sivaramakrishnan & Jacobus , n. sp.
Figs. 2–20 View FIGURES 2 – 13 View FIGURES 14 – 20 .
Materials examined. Holotype: Female larva, India, Tamilnadu, Tirunelveli, Nambiyar river, Nambikovil, 8°26’01.22” N, 77°29’55.07” E, 412 m, 23.II.2012, Colls. C. Selvakumar & K. G. Sivaramakrishnan [ZSI-I/E 9]. Paratype: One larva, India, Karnataka, Sringeri, Nanthinihole, 13°23’23.52” N, 75°10’47.02” E, 640 m, 03.V.2013, Colls. C. Selvakumar & K. G. Sivaramakrishnan [UM].
Description. Larva.
Body length 4.0 – 4.5 mm; cerci length 2.0 mm. Ratio of body length versus cerci>1.3. General colouration yellowish brown to dark brown markings dorsally, pale ventrally.
Head: Markings variable, in general yellowish brown, paler between compound eyes and immediately anterior to median ocellus. Ratio of head width to antenna length <1.0.
Thorax: Femora with dark maculae dorsally; marginal armature consisting of moderately long, sharp, spinelike setae; fore femora with single macula dorsally ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 2 – 13 ); mid- and hind femora with two maculae dorsomedially and two maculae dorsodistally ( Fig. 11, 13 View FIGURES 2 – 13 ); transverse row of setae only present on midfemur, pattern of arrangement as in Fig. 12 View FIGURES 2 – 13 . Tibiae with maculae; tarsi with median transverse band; claws yellowish brown, sharply curved, without denticles.
Abdomen: Terga reddish brown, paler medially with paired black round maculae on tergum 6 anterolaterally ( Fig. 20 View FIGURES 14 – 20 ).
Etymology. The new species is named after the country of holotype origin, India.
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