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(
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)
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<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC0FFDFFEB6FD7CFE00FD7A" bold="true" box="[264,425,718,744]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Distribution.</emphasis>
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(Kerala).
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<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC0FFDFFE86FD44FE7AFC82" bold="true" box="[312,467,758,784]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Host plants.</emphasis>
?
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sp. (
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),
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<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC0FFDFFC2FFD45FB3CFC82" box="[913,1173,759,784]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Microlepia speluncae</emphasis>
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(L.) Moore (
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) and
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC0FFDFFD9CFCADFCE3FCAA" box="[546,842,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Stenochalaena palaustris</emphasis>
(Burm.) Bedd. (
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).
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<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC0FFDFFE86FCF4FE60FCF2" bold="true" box="[312,457,838,864]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Description</emphasis>
. Colour variable. Reddish brown with varying shades of black on dorsal side (
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) and hind femora. Sometimes sternites also tainted black. Five distal antennomeres always black. Two specimens resemble
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in colour: entirely reddish brown except five distal antennomeres that are black. In general elytron black with a reddish patch in middle, pronotum reddish with a black patch along posterior margin. One specimen has reddish elytron with four black spots including one on humerus. Anterior pronotal callosity, labrum, clypeus, first antennomere sometimes yellowish brown.
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<paragraph id="8BD4AA58FFC0FFDFFE86FBEDFC3EFAFB" blockId="13.[264,1325,718,1905]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">In lateral view proximal end of frons slightly higher than vertex. Margin of vertex with frontal calli distinctly depressed. Vertex moderately flat, minutely punctate. Area surrounding supraorbital pore depressed. Antennal calli transverse, highly convex, narrowly separated from each other, low along margin with vertex. Midfrontal depression extremely short and narrow hence appears as if absent. Frontal ridge without median longitudinal carina. Frontal ridge proximally distinctly convex and punctate. Maxillary palpus with preapical palpomere longer than half of apical.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD4AA58FFC0FFDFFE86FAC5FD5DF9A3" blockId="13.[264,1325,718,1905]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Third antennomere distinctly longer than second; fourth subequal to or slightly longer than third; fifth subequal to fourth or slightly shorter; sixth slightly shorter than fifth, not distinctly thicker than fifth; seventh longer and thicker than sixth; eighth shorter than seventh; eighth to tenth subequal in length; eleventh two times as long as tenth; width of tenth antennomere more than half of its length.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD4AA58FFC0FFDFFE86F98DFAA6F8E3" blockId="13.[264,1325,718,1905]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Pronotum distinctly narrower proximally than distally. Lateral margin strongly curved. Anterolateral callosity moderately low, forming blunt obtuse denticle at pore. Disc shiny, covered with small punctures distinctly larger than those on vertex. Antebasal transverse impression with punctures stronger than those on rest of pronotum. Scutellum shiny, extremely minutely punctate, wider than long, apex widely rounded. Elytron with well developed humeral callus, with depression posteriorly, maximum width at proximal 1/4. Interstices flat with a mixture of small to moderate sized punctures. Width of interstices subequal to 46 times diameter of a puncture. Epipleuron horizontal, not reaching apex.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC3FFDCFEB6F959FE66F891" bold="true" box="[264,463,1771,1795]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">FIGURES 2435.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC3FFDCFE6BF95EFD19F891" box="[469,688,1772,1795]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFC3FFDCFE6BF95EFD05F891" box="[469,684,1772,1795]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vaishakha">Phaelota vaishakha</taxonomicName>
.
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24&amp;25, variation in elytral pattern; 26, last abdominal sternite of male; 27, median lobe of aedeagus, ventral view; 28, median lobe of aedeagus, lateral view; 29, median lobe of aedeagus, dorsal opening; 30, tegmen; 31, spermatheca; 32, vaginal palpi; 33, tignum; 34, metafemur of male, ventral view; 35, metafemur of female, ventral view.
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Metatibia apparently straight in lateral view; slightly curved from dorsal view; distal half dorsally flat, rest of surface convex. Claw subequal to metatibial spur in length. Ridge along mesal edge of metafemur in male with a denticle in middle followed by emargination, serrulation not prominent (
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).
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Last abdominal sternite of male with a rectangular lobe in middle of posterior margin (
<figureCitation id="1350B6DDFFC2FFDDFEAFFE56FEC0FE6C" box="[273,361,484,510]" captionStart="FIGURES 24 35" captionStartId="14.[264,383,1771,1795]" captionTargetBox="[266,1291,315,1771]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[264,1323,307,1771]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 24 35. Phaelota vaishakha. 24 &amp; 25, variation in elytral pattern; 26, last abdominal sternite of male; 27, median lobe of aedeagus, ventral view; 28, median lobe of aedeagus, lateral view; 29, median lobe of aedeagus, dorsal opening; 30, tegmen; 31, spermatheca; 32, vaginal palpi; 33, tignum; 34, metafemur of male, ventral view; 35, metafemur of female, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157824/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Fig. 26</figureCitation>
). In ventral view median lobe of aedeagus widened at distal 1/3, apex conical, lateral margins slightly emarginate preapically; ventral side moderately convex (
<figureCitation id="1350B6DDFFC2FFDDFB7FFDBEFAB4FDB4" box="[1217,1309,524,550]" captionStart="FIGURES 24 35" captionStartId="14.[264,383,1771,1795]" captionTargetBox="[266,1291,315,1771]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[264,1323,307,1771]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 24 35. Phaelota vaishakha. 24 &amp; 25, variation in elytral pattern; 26, last abdominal sternite of male; 27, median lobe of aedeagus, ventral view; 28, median lobe of aedeagus, lateral view; 29, median lobe of aedeagus, dorsal opening; 30, tegmen; 31, spermatheca; 32, vaginal palpi; 33, tignum; 34, metafemur of male, ventral view; 35, metafemur of female, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157824/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Fig. 27</figureCitation>
). Distal 2/3 nearly straight in lateral view (
<figureCitation id="1350B6DDFFC2FFDDFD43FD86FCF1FDDC" box="[765,856,564,590]" captionStart="FIGURES 24 35" captionStartId="14.[264,383,1771,1795]" captionTargetBox="[266,1291,315,1771]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[264,1323,307,1771]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 24 35. Phaelota vaishakha. 24 &amp; 25, variation in elytral pattern; 26, last abdominal sternite of male; 27, median lobe of aedeagus, ventral view; 28, median lobe of aedeagus, lateral view; 29, median lobe of aedeagus, dorsal opening; 30, tegmen; 31, spermatheca; 32, vaginal palpi; 33, tignum; 34, metafemur of male, ventral view; 35, metafemur of female, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157824/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Fig. 28</figureCitation>
). Dorsal opening partially covered by two laminae (
<figureCitation id="1350B6DDFFC2FFDDFE16FDEEFDA9FDE4" box="[424,512,604,630]" captionStart="FIGURES 24 35" captionStartId="14.[264,383,1771,1795]" captionTargetBox="[266,1291,315,1771]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[264,1323,307,1771]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 24 35. Phaelota vaishakha. 24 &amp; 25, variation in elytral pattern; 26, last abdominal sternite of male; 27, median lobe of aedeagus, ventral view; 28, median lobe of aedeagus, lateral view; 29, median lobe of aedeagus, dorsal opening; 30, tegmen; 31, spermatheca; 32, vaginal palpi; 33, tignum; 34, metafemur of male, ventral view; 35, metafemur of female, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157824/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Fig. 29</figureCitation>
). Arms of tegmen slightly shorter than stem (
<figureCitation id="1350B6DDFFC2FFDDFBA3FDEEFBDCFDE4" box="[1053,1141,604,630]" captionStart="FIGURES 24 35" captionStartId="14.[264,383,1771,1795]" captionTargetBox="[266,1291,315,1771]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[264,1323,307,1771]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 24 35. Phaelota vaishakha. 24 &amp; 25, variation in elytral pattern; 26, last abdominal sternite of male; 27, median lobe of aedeagus, ventral view; 28, median lobe of aedeagus, lateral view; 29, median lobe of aedeagus, dorsal opening; 30, tegmen; 31, spermatheca; 32, vaginal palpi; 33, tignum; 34, metafemur of male, ventral view; 35, metafemur of female, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157824/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Fig. 30</figureCitation>
). Receptacle of spermatheca subeqaul to pump in length, internal and external sides moderately convex; oblong, longer than wide with maximum width below middle. Pump with horizontal part longer than vertical. Pump and receptacle not differentiated by distinct rim. Duct nearly twice as long as receptacle, not coiled, forms loop away from receptacle (
<figureCitation id="1350B6DDFFC2FFDDFBDAFD4EFB13FC84" box="[1124,1210,764,790]" captionStart="FIGURES 24 35" captionStartId="14.[264,383,1771,1795]" captionTargetBox="[266,1291,315,1771]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[264,1323,307,1771]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 24 35. Phaelota vaishakha. 24 &amp; 25, variation in elytral pattern; 26, last abdominal sternite of male; 27, median lobe of aedeagus, ventral view; 28, median lobe of aedeagus, lateral view; 29, median lobe of aedeagus, dorsal opening; 30, tegmen; 31, spermatheca; 32, vaginal palpi; 33, tignum; 34, metafemur of male, ventral view; 35, metafemur of female, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157824/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Fig. 31</figureCitation>
). Medial margin of vaginal palpus narrowed at distal 1/3; proximal sclerotization lighter than distal sclerotization, both subequal, shorter than unsclerotized area in middle. Posterior sclerotization not emarginate at apex. Lateral margin does not form angle with medial margin (
<figureCitation id="1350B6DDFFC2FFDDFEAFFC2EFEC7FC24" box="[273,366,924,950]" captionStart="FIGURES 24 35" captionStartId="14.[264,383,1771,1795]" captionTargetBox="[266,1291,315,1771]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[264,1323,307,1771]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 24 35. Phaelota vaishakha. 24 &amp; 25, variation in elytral pattern; 26, last abdominal sternite of male; 27, median lobe of aedeagus, ventral view; 28, median lobe of aedeagus, lateral view; 29, median lobe of aedeagus, dorsal opening; 30, tegmen; 31, spermatheca; 32, vaginal palpi; 33, tignum; 34, metafemur of male, ventral view; 35, metafemur of female, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157824/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Fig. 32</figureCitation>
). Tignum slightly curved and narrowed proximally. Sclerotized part of apex slightly widened (
<figureCitation id="1350B6DDFFC2FFDDFE65FC76FD9AFC4C" box="[475,563,964,990]" captionStart="FIGURES 24 35" captionStartId="14.[264,383,1771,1795]" captionTargetBox="[266,1291,315,1771]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[264,1323,307,1771]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 24 35. Phaelota vaishakha. 24 &amp; 25, variation in elytral pattern; 26, last abdominal sternite of male; 27, median lobe of aedeagus, ventral view; 28, median lobe of aedeagus, lateral view; 29, median lobe of aedeagus, dorsal opening; 30, tegmen; 31, spermatheca; 32, vaginal palpi; 33, tignum; 34, metafemur of male, ventral view; 35, metafemur of female, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157824/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Fig. 33</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD4AA58FFC2FFDDFE86FC5EFD98FB34" blockId="15.[264,1325,284,1878]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC2FFDDFE86FC5EFE46FB94" bold="true" box="[312,495,1004,1030]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Measurements</emphasis>
(all values in mm; n=10). Length 3.405.00 (4.13); width 2.683.95 (3.26); length of pronotum 1.051.75 (1.3); width of pronotum 2.203.00 (2.46); width across eyes 1.101.50 (1.25); distance between eyes 0.530.69 (0.58); distance between antennal sockets 0.170.22 (0.19); length of aedeagus 1.9; length of vaginal palpus 0.80; length of receptacle 0.18.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD4AA58FFC2FFDDFE86FB06FEC7FAD4" blockId="15.[264,1325,284,1878]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<typeStatus id="54D014FAFFC2FFDDFE86FB06FED7FB5C" box="[312,382,1204,1230]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC2FFDDFE86FB06FED7FB5C" bold="true" box="[312,382,1204,1230]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Types</emphasis>
</typeStatus>
.
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ɗ. Labels 1)
<collectingCountry id="F37CEAC8FFC2FFDDFD1BFB06FD4FFB5C" box="[677,742,1204,1230]" name="India" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">India</collectingCountry>
: Kerala Ponmudi
<date id="FFD58C98FFC2FFDDFC03FB06FB9CFB5C" box="[957,1077,1204,1230]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" value="2003-05-10">10.V.2003</date>
Prathapan Coll. 2)
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFC2FFDDFEB6FB6EFE5FFB67" box="[264,502,1244,1269]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vaishakha" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC2FFDDFEB6FB6EFE5FFB67" box="[264,502,1244,1269]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Phaelota vaishakha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22CCB31FFC2FFDDFDBAFB6EFDCFFB64" box="[516,614,1244,1270]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
Prathapan &amp; Viraktamath, 2003 3)
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(BMNH).
<typeStatus id="54D014FAFFC2FFDDFEB6FAB6FED6FA8C" box="[264,383,1284,1310]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
: 8ɗ, 6Ψ. The same data as
<typeStatus id="54D014FAFFC2FFDDFD73FAB6FC9AFA8C" box="[717,819,1284,1310]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
(1 NHMB, 5 PKDC, 4 PNC, 2 UASB, 2 USNM).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C371F9D3FFC2FFDDFE86FAE9FDDAFA0C" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BD4AA58FFC2FFDDFE86FAE9FDDAFA0C" blockId="15.[264,1325,284,1878]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC2FFDDFE86FAE9FE14FAE7" bold="true" box="[312,445,1371,1397]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Etymology</emphasis>
. Date of collection of the
<typeStatus id="54D014FAFFC2FFDDFD42FAEEFC93FAE4" box="[764,826,1372,1398]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">types</typeStatus>
according to the
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC2FFDDFBB3FAEEFBEFFAE7" box="[1037,1094,1372,1397]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Saka</emphasis>
era is 20th
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC2FFDDFB6DFAEEFE9BFA0F" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Va is h akha</emphasis>
, 1924 and hence the name.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C371F9D3FFC2FFC2FE86FA19FE97FE6C" lastPageId="16" lastPageNumber="17" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BD4AA58FFC2FFC2FE86FA19FE97FE6C" blockId="15.[264,1325,284,1878]" lastBlockId="16.[264,1324,284,510]" lastPageId="16" lastPageNumber="17" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC2FFDDFE86FA19FE03FA57" bold="true" box="[312,426,1451,1477]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Remarks</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFC2FFDDFE07FA1EFD0BFA57" box="[441,674,1452,1477]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vaishakha">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC2FFDDFE07FA1EFD0BFA57" box="[441,674,1452,1477]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Phaelota vaishakha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
closely resembles
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFC2FFDDFC3FFA1EFBA6FA57" box="[897,1039,1452,1477]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sindhoori">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC2FFDDFC3FFA1EFBA6FA57" box="[897,1039,1452,1477]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">P. sindhoori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Colour in
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFC2FFDDFB28FA1EFA82FA57" box="[1174,1323,1452,1477]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vaishakha">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC2FFDDFB28FA1EFA82FA57" box="[1174,1323,1452,1477]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">P. vaishakha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is variable and some specimens are coloured exactly like
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFC2FFDDFC7FFA66FBF9FA7F" box="[961,1104,1492,1517]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sindhoori">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC2FFDDFC7FFA66FBF9FA7F" box="[961,1104,1492,1517]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">P. sindhoori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. But they can be separated based on the following characters. In lateral view, frontal ridge joins vertex at a higher level in
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFC2FFDDFE02F996FDF9F9AF" box="[444,592,1572,1597]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vaishakha">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC2FFDDFE02F996FDF9F9AF" box="[444,592,1572,1597]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">P. vaishakha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
while in
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFC2FFDDFD7FF996FCE6F9AF" box="[705,847,1572,1597]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sindhoori">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC2FFDDFD7FF996FCE6F9AF" box="[705,847,1572,1597]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">P. sindhoori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
they are in the same plane.
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFC2FFDDFB22F996FA83F9AF" box="[1180,1322,1572,1597]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sindhoori">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC2FFDDFB22F996FA83F9AF" box="[1180,1322,1572,1597]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">P. sindhoori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a distinct midfrontal depression reaching well below the level of antennal sockets while midfrontal depression is extremely short and appears as if absent in
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<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC2FFDDFB30F9C6FA8BF91F" box="[1166,1314,1652,1677]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">P. vaishakha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Frontal calli are transverse in
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFC2FFDDFDD6F92EFD55F927" box="[616,764,1692,1717]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vaishakha">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC2FFDDFDD6F92EFD55F927" box="[616,764,1692,1717]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">P. vaishakha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(oblique and longer than wide in
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFC2FFDDFB32F92EFAB0F927" box="[1164,1305,1692,1717]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sindhoori">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC2FFDDFB32F92EFAB0F927" box="[1164,1305,1692,1717]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">P. sindhoori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). In
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC2FFDDFE96F976FE6AF94F" box="[296,451,1732,1757]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFC2FFDDFE96F976FE16F94F" box="[296,447,1732,1757]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vaishakha">P. vaishakha</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
the sixth antennomere is not distinctly thicker than fifth while in the other three species the sixth antennomere is distinctly thicker than the preceding one. Aedeagus of
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFC2FFDDFE97F8A6FE14F8BF" box="[297,445,1812,1837]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vaishakha">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC2FFDDFE97F8A6FE14F8BF" box="[297,445,1812,1837]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">P. vaishakha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(distinctly widened at distal 2/
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ventral view) is distinct from that of
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFC2FFDDFAABF8A6FEF7F8C7" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="jacobyi">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC2FFDDFAABF8A6FEF7F8C7" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">P. jacobyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFC2FFDDFE22F88EFD82F8C7" box="[412,555,1852,1877]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sindhoori">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC2FFDDFE22F88EFD82F8C7" box="[412,555,1852,1877]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">P. sindhoori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(not widened at distal 2/
<quantity id="4C9307BDFFC2FFDDFCE5F88EFC21F8C4" box="[859,904,1852,1878]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.62" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" unit="in" value="3.0">3 in</quantity>
ventral view) and the distal end is covered by two laminae (covered by a single lamina in
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFDDFFC2FC0DFEAEFB80FEA7" box="[947,1065,284,309]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="jacobyi">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFDDFFC2FC0DFEAEFB80FEA7" box="[947,1065,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">P. jacobyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFDDFFC2FBD7FEAEFB50FEA7" box="[1129,1273,284,309]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sindhoori">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFDDFFC2FBD7FEAEFB50FEA7" box="[1129,1273,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">P. sindhoori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFDDFFC2FAABFEAEFED6FECF" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vaishakha">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFDDFFC2FAABFEAEFED6FECF" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">P. vaishakha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
resembles
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFDDFFC2FDBBFEF6FD1FFECF" box="[517,694,324,349]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="semifasciata">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFDDFFC2FDBBFEF6FD1FFECF" box="[517,694,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">P. semifasciata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
especially in the shape of the antennal calli which is wider than long and strongly curved lateral margin of prothorax. But
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<emphasis id="B91F764AFFDDFFC2FBFEFEDEFB7CFE17" box="[1088,1237,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">P. vaishakha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be separated from
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<emphasis id="B91F764AFFDDFFC2FE03FE26FDC2FE3F" box="[445,619,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">P. semifasciata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on the well developed humeral callus (humerus is flat in
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFDDFFC2FE98FE0EFE7FFE47" box="[294,470,444,469]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="semifasciata">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFDDFFC2FE98FE0EFE7FFE47" box="[294,470,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">P. semifasciata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and lack of carina along middle of frons (carina present in
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<emphasis id="B91F764AFFDDFFC2FB29FE0EFE84FE6F" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">P. semifasciata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
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