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AH)
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEE7E48FF6A9605FE95F8E4" bold="true" box="[199,335,1872,1899]" pageId="20" pageNumber="491">Repository.</emphasis>
The type specimens are deposited in the
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEE7E48FF6A96CDFE98F83C" bold="true" box="[199,322,1944,1971]" pageId="20" pageNumber="491">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEE7E48FEE596CCFDD2F83C" box="[328,520,1945,1971]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="491">Mesovelia tenuia</emphasis>
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can be identified by the slender male paramere (
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); the presence of the dark brown, almost straight spiniform setal tuft, usually with 36 spiniform setae, on male abdominal sternum
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); and the flexor region of the fore and mid femora bearing a single subapical spine.
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEF7E49FF6A91CDFE8BFF3C" bold="true" box="[199,337,152,179]" pageId="21" pageNumber="492">Description</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEF7E49FF6A91E9FEAFFF58" bold="true" box="[199,373,188,215]" pageId="21" pageNumber="492">Apterous male</emphasis>
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, CH). Body length 2.11 (2.052.11, n=3); body width at metanotum 0.60 (0.570.60, n=3), body width at tergum IV 0.56 (0.550.56).
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEF7E49FF3A964FFE8CF8BC" bold="true" box="[151,342,1818,1843]" pageId="21" pageNumber="492">FIGURES 8AH.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEF7E49FEF0964FFDD6F8BD" box="[349,524,1818,1842]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="492">Mesovelia tenuia</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEF7E49FDB9964FFDBFF8BD" bold="true" box="[532,613,1818,1842]" pageId="21" pageNumber="492">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(A, CH holotype; B, paratype): A, apterous male, dorsal view; B, apterous female, dorsal view; C, abdominal tip of apterous male, ventral view; D, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; E, same, dorsal view; F, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, lateral view; G, proctiger of apterous male, ventral view; H, paramere of apterous male, lateral view (dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="BC353684FFEC7E4AFF3A9619FDD6F87A" blockId="22.[151,1437,1868,2037]" pageId="22" pageNumber="493">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEC7E4AFF3A9619FE8CF8EA" bold="true" box="[151,342,1868,1893]" pageId="22" pageNumber="493">FIGURES 9AH.</emphasis>
Distribution of
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEC7E4AFE509619FD19F8EB" box="[509,707,1868,1892]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="493">Mesovelia horvathi</emphasis>
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species complex in India: A, Map of India; B, Meghalaya with
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFEC7E4AFAF09618FF3EF807" authority="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus, 2019" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bispinosa" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEC7E4AFAF09618FF3EF807" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="493">M. bispinosa</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEC7E4AFF419624FEE4F806" bold="true" box="[236,318,1905,1929]" pageId="22" pageNumber="493">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
in red triangles,
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFEC7E4AFE439624FD8BF807" authority="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus, 2019" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[494,593,1904,1928]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevia" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEC7E4AFE439624FD8BF807" box="[494,593,1904,1928]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="493">M. brevia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEC7E4AFDF49624FD70F806" bold="true" box="[601,682,1905,1929]" pageId="22" pageNumber="493">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
in green square,
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFEC7E4AFCF39624FC6DF807" authority="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus, 2019" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[862,951,1905,1928]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="isiasi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEC7E4AFCF39624FC6DF807" box="[862,951,1905,1928]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="493">M. isiasi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEC7E4AFC139624FBD5F806" bold="true" box="[958,1039,1905,1929]" pageId="22" pageNumber="493">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
in green cross; C, Meghalaya with
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFEC7E4AFA2C9624FF3CF823" authority="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus, 2019" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dilatata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEC7E4AFA2C9624FF3CF823" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="493">M. dilatata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEC7E4AFF4096C0FEE7F822" bold="true" box="[237,317,1941,1965]" pageId="22" pageNumber="493">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
in blue circles; D, Tamil Nadu with
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFEC7E4AFD1C96C0FCC4F823" authority="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus, 2019" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[689,798,1940,1964]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="occulta" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEC7E4AFD1C96C0FCC4F823" box="[689,798,1940,1964]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="493">M. occulta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEC7E4AFC8896C0FCAFF822" bold="true" box="[805,885,1941,1965]" pageId="22" pageNumber="493">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
in green circles,
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFEC7E4AFB8996C0FB5FF823" authority="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus, 2019" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[1060,1157,1941,1964]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenuia" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEC7E4AFB8996C0FB5FF823" box="[1060,1157,1941,1964]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="493">M. tenuia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEC7E4AFB2196C0FB07F822" bold="true" box="[1164,1245,1941,1965]" pageId="22" pageNumber="493">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
in pink square,
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFEC7E4AFA2C96C0FF0DF85F" authority="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus, 2019" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevia" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEC7E4AFA2C96C0FF0DF85F" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="493">M. brevia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEC7E4AFF7096ECFEF4F85E" bold="true" box="[221,302,1977,2001]" pageId="22" pageNumber="493">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
in green squares; E, Tamil Nadu with
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFEC7E4AFD1996ECFCFFF85F" authority="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus, 2019" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[692,805,1976,2000]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dilatata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEC7E4AFD1996ECFCFFF85F" box="[692,805,1976,2000]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="493">M. dilatata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEC7E4AFC8696ECFCA6F85E" bold="true" box="[811,892,1977,2001]" pageId="22" pageNumber="493">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
in blue circles; F, Andaman and Nicobar Islands with
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFEC7E4AFF3A9688FEFEF87B" authority="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus, 2019" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[151,292,2012,2036]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andamana" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEC7E4AFF3A9688FEFEF87B" box="[151,292,2012,2036]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="493">M. andamana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="95CD57EDFFEC7E4AFE879688FEA1F87A" box="[298,379,2013,2037]" pageId="22" pageNumber="493" rank="species">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFEC7E4AFE879688FEA1F87A" bold="true" box="[298,379,2013,2037]" pageId="22" pageNumber="493">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
in red circles.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="BC353684FFED7E4BFF3A9666FBC5F837" blockId="23.[151,1437,1843,1976]" pageId="23" pageNumber="494">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFED7E4BFF3A9666FEF7F8C3" bold="true" box="[151,301,1843,1868]" pageId="23" pageNumber="494">FIGURES 10.</emphasis>
AB.
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFED7E4BFEC09661FE0FF8C3" box="[365,469,1844,1868]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="494">Mesovelia</emphasis>
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFED7E4BFE779661FD96F8C3" box="[474,588,1844,1868]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="494">melanesica</emphasis>
Polhemus &amp; Polhemus. A
</taxonomicName>
, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, lateral view; B, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; C, Distribution of confirmed populations of
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFED7E4BFBF7960DFAFAF8FF" box="[1114,1312,1880,1904]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="494" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="horvathi">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFED7E4BFBF7960DFAFAF8FF" box="[1114,1312,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="494">Mesovelia horvathi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
on Sumatra and Java. Data from
<bibRefCitation id="D81B4B75FFED7E4BFEC5962EFDC9F81B" author="Lundblad, O." box="[360,531,1915,1940]" pageId="23" pageNumber="494" pagination="263 - 489" refId="ref18928" refString="Lundblad, O. (1933) Zur Kenntnis der aquatilen und semi-aquatilen Hemipteren von Sumatra, Java und Bali auf Grund des Materials der Deutschen Limnologischen Sunda-Expedition, nebst Revision einiger anderer, indoaustralischer Arten. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, Supplement b and 12 (Tropische Binnengewasser IV), 1 - 195, 263 - 489." type="journal article" year="1933">Lundblad (1933)</bibRefCitation>
and subsequent surveys by J. T. and D. A. Polhemus in 1985 and 1991; D and E, fore and mid femora apterous male, ventral view, D,
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFED7E4BFDF896F4FD1CF837" authority="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus, 2019" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[597,710,1952,1976]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="494" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dilatata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFED7E4BFDF896F4FD1CF837" box="[597,710,1952,1976]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="494">M. dilatata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFED7E4BFD6196F5FCC6F837" bold="true" box="[716,796,1952,1976]" pageId="23" pageNumber="494">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, E,
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFED7E4BFCEB96F4FC12F837" authority="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus, 2019" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[838,968,1952,1976]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="494" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bispinosa" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFED7E4BFCEB96F4FC12F837" box="[838,968,1952,1976]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="494">M. bispinosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="95CD57EDFFED7E4BFC6296F5FBC5F837" box="[975,1055,1952,1976]" pageId="23" pageNumber="494" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</caption>
<paragraph id="BC353684FFE27E44FF6A91CCFD4AFE90" blockId="24.[151,1437,153,1439]" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFE27E44FF6A91CCFECCFF3C" box="[199,278,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">Colour</emphasis>
. Brown; dorsum of body covered with minute brown setae; thorax and abdominal terga IIV with brown marks; antenna brown to black; legs yellowish brown; femora of all legs subapically with brown hue; apex of tibia and first and last tarsomeres of all legs brown to black; claws, setiform spines on appendages black, spiniform setal tufts on abdominal sternum
<collectionCode id="DA9BAE41FFE27E44FE7C9050FDDBFE90" box="[465,513,261,287]" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">VIII</collectionCode>
dark brown.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BC353684FFE27E44FF6A907CFD30FE04" blockId="24.[151,1437,153,1439]" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFE27E44FF6A907CFE18FECC" box="[199,450,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">Structural characters.</emphasis>
Frontoclypeal region with 67 thick setae. Head length 0.32, head width across eyes 0.48; synthlipsis 0.20; eye length 0.19, eye width 0.11. Head in front of middle pair of trichobothria with few setae. Lengths of antennomeres IIV 0.43, 0.34, 0.70, 0.63.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BC353684FFE27E44FF6A90C0FA52FDB0" blockId="24.[151,1437,153,1439]" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">Pronotal length 0.18, width 0.52; mesonotal length 0.20, width 0.57; metanotal length 0.13, width 0.60. Lengths of leg segments: foreleg: femur 0.59, tibia 0.60, tarsomeres IIII 0.02, 0.06, 0.08; mid leg: femur 0.84, tibia 0.85, tarsomeres IIII 0.04, 0.16, 0.13; hind leg: femur 1.04, tibia 1.43, tarsomeres IIII 0.06, 0.25, 0.15. Widths of fore, mid, hind femora 0.11, 0.12, 0.13. Flexor region of fore and mid femora subapically with single spine; hind tibia sparsely clothed with medium sized spines; flexor region of second hind tarsomere with three almost evenly spaced thin, short setae.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BC353684FFE27E44FF6A931CFADFFC44" blockId="24.[151,1437,153,1439]" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">
Dorsal abdominal length 1.39; intersegmental suture between terga IIII visible; terga IVIII 0.14, 0.16, 0.12, 0.15, 0.13, 0.16, 0.23, 0.23; sterna VIVIII 0.14, 0.19, 0.12. Combined length of abdominal sterna VIVII 0.33. Basal region of sternum
<collectionCode id="DA9BAE41FFE27E44FE0893C4FE0FFD24" box="[421,469,657,683]" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">VIII</collectionCode>
sublaterally with pair of dark brown spiniform setal tufts, each setal tuft with 46 spiniform setae arranged irregularly (
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFE27E44FDAD93E0FD82FD40" box="[512,600,693,719]" captionStart="FIGURES 8" captionStartId="21.[151,264,1818,1843]" captionTargetBox="[173,1420,282,1792]" captionTargetId="figure@21.[151,1436,272,1798]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="FIGURES 8AH. Mesovelia tenuia sp. nov. (A, CH holotype; B, paratype): A, apterous male, dorsal view; B, apterous female, dorsal view; C, abdominal tip of apterous male, ventral view; D, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; E, same, dorsal view; F, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, lateral view; G, proctiger of apterous male, ventral view; H, paramere of apterous male, lateral view (dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363392/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">Fig. 8C</figureCitation>
); sternum
<collectionCode id="DA9BAE41FFE27E44FD6093E0FD27FD40" box="[717,765,693,719]" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">VIII</collectionCode>
midlaterally at the level of posterior margin with very small tubercle (more evident in alcohol after dissection), posterolaterally excavated; inner length of spiniform setal tuft on sternum
<collectionCode id="DA9BAE41FFE27E44FF5593A8FEF2FC98" box="[248,296,765,791]" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">VIII</collectionCode>
0.06, basal width 0.03, width between two tufts 0.14; without any space between posterior margin of abdominal sternum VII and anterior margin of spiniform setal tuft. Terminalia: length of pygophore 0.24, anterior part of proctiger longer than bowl-shaped posterior part, clothed with long setae posteriorly, median lateral process long with acute tip, posterior part ventromedially convex, not excavated (
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFE27E44FC67923CFBF9FC0C" box="[970,1059,873,899]" captionStart="FIGURES 8" captionStartId="21.[151,264,1818,1843]" captionTargetBox="[173,1420,282,1792]" captionTargetId="figure@21.[151,1436,272,1798]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="FIGURES 8AH. Mesovelia tenuia sp. nov. (A, CH holotype; B, paratype): A, apterous male, dorsal view; B, apterous female, dorsal view; C, abdominal tip of apterous male, ventral view; D, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; E, same, dorsal view; F, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, lateral view; G, proctiger of apterous male, ventral view; H, paramere of apterous male, lateral view (dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363392/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">Fig. 8G</figureCitation>
); paramere slightly broad basally, medially not twisted, apical part, long, curved (
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFE27E44FD0792D8FCDEFC28" box="[682,772,909,935]" captionStart="FIGURES 8" captionStartId="21.[151,264,1818,1843]" captionTargetBox="[173,1420,282,1792]" captionTargetId="figure@21.[151,1436,272,1798]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="FIGURES 8AH. Mesovelia tenuia sp. nov. (A, CH holotype; B, paratype): A, apterous male, dorsal view; B, apterous female, dorsal view; C, abdominal tip of apterous male, ventral view; D, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; E, same, dorsal view; F, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, lateral view; G, proctiger of apterous male, ventral view; H, paramere of apterous male, lateral view (dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363392/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">Fig. 8H</figureCitation>
), paramere when attached to pygophore apical part slightly curved and directed laterad in lateral view (
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFE27E44FDD392E4FD0FFC44" box="[638,725,945,971]" captionStart="FIGURES 8" captionStartId="21.[151,264,1818,1843]" captionTargetBox="[173,1420,282,1792]" captionTargetId="figure@21.[151,1436,272,1798]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="FIGURES 8AH. Mesovelia tenuia sp. nov. (A, CH holotype; B, paratype): A, apterous male, dorsal view; B, apterous female, dorsal view; C, abdominal tip of apterous male, ventral view; D, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; E, same, dorsal view; F, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, lateral view; G, proctiger of apterous male, ventral view; H, paramere of apterous male, lateral view (dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363392/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">Fig. 8D</figureCitation>
) and in dorsal view tip directed anterad (
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFE27E44FB0C92E4FB22FC44" box="[1185,1272,945,971]" captionStart="FIGURES 8" captionStartId="21.[151,264,1818,1843]" captionTargetBox="[173,1420,282,1792]" captionTargetId="figure@21.[151,1436,272,1798]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="FIGURES 8AH. Mesovelia tenuia sp. nov. (A, CH holotype; B, paratype): A, apterous male, dorsal view; B, apterous female, dorsal view; C, abdominal tip of apterous male, ventral view; D, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; E, same, dorsal view; F, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, lateral view; G, proctiger of apterous male, ventral view; H, paramere of apterous male, lateral view (dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363392/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">Fig. 8E</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BC353684FFE27E44FF6A9281FD34FB48" blockId="24.[151,1437,153,1439]" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFE27E44FF6A9281FE51FC60" bold="true" box="[199,395,980,1007]" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">Apterous female</emphasis>
(
<typeStatus id="63318826FFE27E44FE349280FDDBFC60" box="[409,513,981,1007]" pageId="24" pageNumber="495" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
): (
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFE27E44FDB69280FDA8FC60" box="[539,626,981,1007]" captionStart="FIGURES 8" captionStartId="21.[151,264,1818,1843]" captionTargetBox="[173,1420,282,1792]" captionTargetId="figure@21.[151,1436,272,1798]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="FIGURES 8AH. Mesovelia tenuia sp. nov. (A, CH holotype; B, paratype): A, apterous male, dorsal view; B, apterous female, dorsal view; C, abdominal tip of apterous male, ventral view; D, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; E, same, dorsal view; F, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, lateral view; G, proctiger of apterous male, ventral view; H, paramere of apterous male, lateral view (dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363392/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">Fig. 8B</figureCitation>
). Colour: similar to apterous male. Body length 2.42, width across metanotum 0.68, width across tergum IV 0.92, head length 0.36, head width 0.50, eye length 0.18, eye width 0.13, synthlipsis 0.24; lengths of antennomeres IIV 0.39, 0.33, 0.64, 0.67; pronotal length 0.17, width 0.56, mesonotal length 0.20, width 0.62, metanotal length 0.13, width 0.68. Lengths of leg segments: foreleg: femur 0.66, tibia 0.60, tarsomeres IIII 0.04, 0.06, 0.10; mid leg: femur 0.80, tibia 0.82, tarsomeres IIII 0.04, 0.18, 0.13; hind leg: femur 1.05, tibia 1.47, tarsomeres IIII 0.05, 0.27, 0.16. Widths of fore, mid, hind femora 0.10, 0.11, 0.13. Flexor region of fore and mid femora subapically with single spine.
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<paragraph id="BC353684FFE27E44FF6A9584FBCFFAD8" blockId="24.[151,1437,153,1439]" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">
Dorsal abdominal length 1.60, lengths of abdominal terga IVIII, 0.16, 0.19, 0.17, 0.17, 0.16, 0.21, 0.23, 0.17; proctiger 0.10, dorsal gonoplac length 0.03, abdominal sterna VVII, 0.14, 0.11, 0.17, abdominal length from sternum
<collectionCode id="DA9BAE41FFE27E44FF62944CFF25FABC" box="[207,255,1305,1331]" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">VIII</collectionCode>
to abdominal tip 0.50; combined length of abdominal sterna VVII 0.41; maximum connexivum width at tergum V 0.21, ventral abdominal length from sternum V to abdominal tip 0.92.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BC353684FFE27E44FF6A9435FB39FAF4" blockId="24.[151,1437,153,1439]" box="[199,1251,1376,1403]" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFE27E44FF6A9435FEBBFAF4" bold="true" box="[199,353,1376,1403]" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">Distribution.</emphasis>
Presently known only from Kanyakumari District,
<collectingRegion id="7E4EF866FFE27E44FC0C9434FBF2FAF4" box="[929,1064,1377,1403]" country="India" name="Tamil Nadu" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">Tamil Nadu</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="C49D7614FFE27E44FB999434FBB4FAF4" box="[1076,1134,1377,1403]" name="India" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">India</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFE27E44FBD19434FB0DFAF4" box="[1148,1239,1377,1403]" captionStart="FIGURES 9" captionStartId="22.[151,264,1868,1893]" captionTargetBox="[235,1374,185,1831]" captionTargetId="figure@22.[199,1388,166,1848]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="FIGURES 9AH. Distribution of Mesovelia horvathi species complex in India: A, Map of India; B, Meghalaya with M. bispinosa sp. nov. in red triangles, M. brevia sp. nov. in green square, M. isiasi sp. nov. in green cross; C, Meghalaya with M. dilatata sp. nov. in blue circles; D, Tamil Nadu with M. occulta sp. nov. in green circles, M. tenuia sp. nov. in pink square, M. brevia sp. nov. in green squares; E, Tamil Nadu with M. dilatata sp. nov. in blue circles; F, Andaman and Nicobar Islands with M. andamana sp. nov. in red circles." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363394/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">Fig. 9D</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BC353684FFE27E44FF6A94D1FC19FA10" blockId="24.[151,1437,153,1439]" box="[199,963,1412,1439]" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFE27E44FF6A94D1FE6BFA10" bold="true" box="[199,433,1412,1439]" pageId="24" pageNumber="495">Comparative notes.</emphasis>
See under comparative notes of
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<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFE27E44FCB294D3FC65FA10" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[799,959,1413,1439]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="495" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andamana">M. andamana</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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