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<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B40204A08ECF946FE41F8ED" bold="true" box="[151,403,1788,1814]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="491">Signocoris nilgiricus</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="842F4D1C8B40204A08ECF8A5FEE7F8CC" blockId="3.[151,469,1788,1847]" box="[151,309,1823,1847]" pageId="3" pageNumber="491">(Figs. 7,910)</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="CC8A1E978B40204A08ECF8DCFE52F83C" pageId="3" pageNumber="491" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="842F4D1C8B40204A08ECF8DCFE52F83C" blockId="3.[151,1436,1894,2028]" pageId="3" pageNumber="491">
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B40204A08ECF8DCFE50F884" bold="true" box="[151,386,1894,1919]" pageId="3" pageNumber="491">Material examined.</emphasis>
<typeStatus id="5B2BF3BE8B40204A09F1F8DDFE20F884" box="[394,498,1895,1919]" pageId="3" pageNumber="491" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
male labelled:
<collectingCountry id="FC870D8C8B40204A0AD9F8DDFD0EF884" box="[674,732,1895,1919]" name="India" pageId="3" pageNumber="491">India</collectingCountry>
(Madras) / Nilgiri, Hubical près Coonoor /
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, tamisages en forêt /
<date id="F02E6BDC8B40204A0970F831FE43F858" box="[267,401,1931,1955]" pageId="3" pageNumber="491" value="1972-11-22">22 XI 1972</date>
leg.C.Besuchet (44) // deposited in MHNG. This specimen is designated as
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and labelled accordingly.
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<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B40204A08BCF868FE93F810" bold="true" box="[199,321,2002,2027]" pageId="3" pageNumber="491">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
This new species is easily recognized and differs from the only known species of the genus
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<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B47204D08ECFF22FEBDFF4B" box="[151,367,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="492">Signocoris kaszabi</emphasis>
Hoberlandt 1958
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by its smooth surface of fused anteriorly sloping mtg I+II, raised along posterior margin (there 4 large elevations in
<taxonomicName id="4390369F8B47204D0AEEFF07FCD5FF2F" box="[661,775,188,212]" class="Insecta" family="Aradidae" genus="Signocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="492" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kaszabi">
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B47204D0AEEFF07FCD5FF2F" box="[661,775,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="492">S. kaszabi</emphasis>
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), by smooth surface of strongly posteriorly sloping tergal disk showing a triangular median elevation which overlaps mtgI+II anteriorly (rugose with a large subrectangular elevation and straight suture separating tergal plate from mtg I+II in S.
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<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B47204D0B9FFEBEFBEAFEE7" box="[996,1080,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="492">kaszabi</emphasis>
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), by rounded postocular lobes (dentiform in
<taxonomicName id="4390369F8B47204D0941FE92FE7FFEBB" box="[314,429,296,320]" class="Insecta" family="Aradidae" genus="Signocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="492" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kaszabi">
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B47204D0941FE92FE7FFEBB" box="[314,429,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="492">S. kaszabi</emphasis>
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), and by spiracle II placed dorsolaterally on reflexed vltg II and visibible from above (lateral on a tubercle at a lower level, not visible). Compare figures 9,10 and 11,12.
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<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B47204D08ECFC39FECCFC62" bold="true" box="[151,286,899,922]" pageId="4" pageNumber="492">FIGURES 7</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B47204D0950FC39FEECFC63" bold="true" box="[299,318,899,920]" pageId="4" pageNumber="492">8.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B47204D0933FC3EFE67FC62" box="[328,437,900,921]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="492">Signocoris</emphasis>
species.
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B47204D0A63FC3EFDF6FC62" bold="true" box="[536,548,900,921]" pageId="4" pageNumber="492">7</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B47204D0A45FC3EFCC4FC62" box="[574,790,899,921]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="492">Signocoris nilgiricus</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="ADD72C758B47204D0B5BFC3EFC8FFC62" box="[800,861,900,921]" pageId="4" pageNumber="492" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, head and pronotum;
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B47204D0C31FC39FB84FC63" bold="true" box="[1098,1110,899,920]" pageId="4" pageNumber="492">8</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4390369F8B47204D0C0BFC3EFAE1FC62" box="[1136,1331,899,921]" class="Insecta" family="Aradidae" genus="Signocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="492" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kaszabi">
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B47204D0C0BFC3EFAE1FC62" box="[1136,1331,899,921]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="492">Signocoris kaszabi</emphasis>
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, topotype male, head and pronotum. Scale 0.5mm.
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<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B47204D08BCFC65FE8BFC03" bold="true" box="[199,345,991,1016]" pageId="4" pageNumber="492">Description.</emphasis>
Apterous male, coloration of body blackish brown, antennae and legs light brown; surface smooth and submat at middle, lateral parts with rugosities and granulate elevations.
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<paragraph id="842F4D1C8B47204D08BCFB92FB18FAC0" blockId="4.[151,1436,991,2024]" pageId="4" pageNumber="492">
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B47204D08BCFB92FEDCFBBB" bold="true" box="[199,270,1064,1088]" pageId="4" pageNumber="492">Head.</emphasis>
Distinctly wider than long (34/26); clypeus narrow with a round dorsal tubercle, anteriorly free and as long as antennal segment I; genae thin, produced laterally of clypeus not exceeding its apex; antenniferous lobes short, lateral margins parallel, apex rounded reaching ½ of antennal segment I; antennae short 1.09x as long as width of head (37/34), segment I strongly bent at base and thickest, II club-shaped and shorter, III thinner as long as II, IV longest and fusiform with pilose apex; length of antennal segments I/II/III/IV = 9/
<date id="F02E6BDC8B47204D0CD0FB0DFB21FB34" box="[1195,1267,1207,1231]" pageId="4" pageNumber="492" value="2011-08-08">8/8/11</date>
; granular eyes inserted in head; postocular lobes with a small round tubercle then roundly converging to constricted neck; vertex raised and rugose at middle, laterally delimited by carinate margins and a deep oval impression at a lower level. Rostrum arising from a slit-like atrium shorter than head, rostral groove deep closed posteriorly.
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<paragraph id="842F4D1C8B47204D08BCFAF2FED8FA0B" blockId="4.[151,1436,991,2024]" pageId="4" pageNumber="492">
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B47204D08BCFAF2FE92FA9B" bold="true" box="[199,320,1352,1376]" pageId="4" pageNumber="492">Pronotum</emphasis>
. About 4.5x as wide as long (67/15); fused to mesonotum but separated by a deep transverse sulcus; disk smooth with 2 deep sublateral depressions, posteriorly elevated with 2 small round elevations, anterior margin ring-like laterally separated from anterolateral edge of carinate lateral margins by deep incisions; lateral margins posteriorly with a larger granulate lobe at a higher and a smaller one at a lower level, concavely converging anteriorly.
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<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B47204D08BCFA46FE8EF9EF" bold="true" box="[199,348,1532,1556]" pageId="4" pageNumber="492">Mesonotum.</emphasis>
Fused to metanotum; fusion line marked by a deep groove only lateral of large median hump-like elevation overlapping pronotum, this with a median longitudinal sulcus on granulate anterior face and smooth surface on posterior face sloping to a saddle-like depression of metanotum; lateral sclerites with punctures and rugosities, lateral margins raised and granulate seemingly doubled by an upper and a lower lobe.
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<paragraph id="842F4D1C8B47204D08BCF936FF2AF910" blockId="4.[151,1436,991,2024]" pageId="4" pageNumber="492">
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B47204D08BCF936FE88F95F" bold="true" box="[199,346,1676,1700]" pageId="4" pageNumber="492">Metanotum.</emphasis>
Fused to mtg I+II, a thin transverse suture indicating fusion line; median saddle-like depression smooth and fused to elevated hump of mesonotum; lateral sclerites rugose with granulate raised and doubled lateral margins.
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<paragraph id="842F4D1C8B47204D08BCF942FB3DF8EB" blockId="4.[151,1436,991,2024]" box="[199,1263,1784,1808]" pageId="4" pageNumber="492">
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B47204D08BCF942FEE5F8EB" bold="true" box="[199,311,1784,1808]" pageId="4" pageNumber="492">Mtg I+II.</emphasis>
Completely fused to a smooth plate, at middle elevated posteriorly, sloping laterally.
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<paragraph id="842F4D1C8B47204D08BCF8A1FE0DF813" blockId="4.[151,1436,991,2024]" pageId="4" pageNumber="492">
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B47204D08BCF8A1FE91F8CF" bold="true" box="[199,323,1819,1844]" pageId="4" pageNumber="492">Abdomen.</emphasis>
Tergal plate strongly raised and fused to mtg I+II anteriorly but separated by a distinct furrow, a triangular elevation overlaps mtg I+II; surface smooth sloping posteriorly, lateral apodemal impressions marked by deep pits; deltg II+III fused, IIIVII separated by sutures, their surface roundly depressed at middle, lateral margins granulate; vltg IIIVII reflexed dorsally and visible as a rim along lateral margins; tergite VII strongly raised medially for reception of pygophore, spiracles IIVII placed lateral on reflexed vltg IIVII visible from above, VIII terminal on paratergites VIII.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B46204C08ECF80BFEC9F83C" bold="true" box="[151,283,1969,1992]" pageId="5" pageNumber="493">FIGURES 9</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B46204C0952F808FE9AF83C" bold="true" box="[297,328,1970,1991]" pageId="5" pageNumber="493">12.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B46204C092BF809FE6EF833" box="[336,444,1971,1992]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="493">Signocoris</emphasis>
species.
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B46204C0A67F808FDFBF83C" bold="true" box="[540,553,1970,1991]" pageId="5" pageNumber="493">9</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B46204C0A4EF808FD9CF83C" bold="true" box="[565,590,1970,1991]" pageId="5" pageNumber="493">10</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4390369F8B46204C0A13F809FCEFF833" box="[616,829,1970,1992]" class="Insecta" family="Aradidae" genus="Signocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nilgiricus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B46204C0A13F809FCEFF833" box="[616,829,1970,1992]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="493">Signocoris nilgiricus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B46204C0B3EF808FCA8F83C" bold="true" box="[837,890,1970,1991]" pageId="5" pageNumber="493">n. sp</emphasis>
.
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;
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B46204C0BF4F808FC74F83C" bold="true" box="[911,934,1970,1991]" pageId="5" pageNumber="493">11</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B46204C0BCEF808FC1CF83C" bold="true" box="[949,974,1970,1991]" pageId="5" pageNumber="493">12</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4390369F8B46204C0B93F809FB7AF833" box="[1000,1192,1970,1992]" class="Insecta" family="Aradidae" genus="Signocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kaszabi">
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B46204C0B93F809FB7AF833" box="[1000,1192,1970,1992]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="493">Signocoris kaszabi</emphasis>
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, topotype male;
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B46204C0D23F808FA51F83C" bold="true" box="[1368,1411,1970,1991]" pageId="5" pageNumber="493">9,11</emphasis>
— dorsal view;
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B46204C0961F86EFE81F812" bold="true" box="[282,339,2004,2025]" pageId="5" pageNumber="493">10,12</emphasis>
—lateral view.
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<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B45204F08BCFF22FECBFF4B" bold="true" box="[199,281,152,176]" pageId="6" pageNumber="494">Venter.</emphasis>
Surface of fused median parts of pro-, meso-,metasternum and sternites II+III smooth, prosternum with a deep pit followed by elevated ridge on anterior half; sternites IVVII separated by transverse sutures, their surface smooth at middle, rugose laterally; large sternite VII without pits or tubercles.
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<paragraph id="842F4D1C8B45204F08BCFEBEFDF1FEC4" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,788]" pageId="6" pageNumber="494">
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B45204F08BCFEBEFED4FEE7" bold="true" box="[199,262,260,284]" pageId="6" pageNumber="494">Legs.</emphasis>
Slender and unarmed, femora and tibiae straight, trochanters fused to femora; preapical protibial comb developed; claws with thin pulvilli.
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<paragraph id="842F4D1C8B45204F08BCFEF1FB2AFE7C" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,788]" pageId="6" pageNumber="494">
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B45204F08BCFEF1FE6FFE9F" bold="true" box="[199,445,331,356]" pageId="6" pageNumber="494">Genitalic structures.</emphasis>
Pygophore declivous posteriorly, exposed surface granulate, paratergites VIII truncate posteriorly as long as pygophore. The single specimen was not dissected for the study of parameres.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="842F4D1C8B45204F08BCFE2EFCA8FE34" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,788]" pageId="6" pageNumber="494">
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B45204F08BCFE2EFEAFFE57" bold="true" box="[199,381,404,428]" pageId="6" pageNumber="494">Measurements.</emphasis>
Length
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; width of mesonotum 84, of metanotum 86; width of abdomen acrosse tergite
<date id="F02E6BDC8B45204F08ECFE02FF31FE34" box="[151,227,439,463]" bridgedPair="-" pageId="6" pageNumber="494" value="1989-02">II 89</date>
,
<date id="F02E6BDC8B45204F0894FE0DFE94FE34" box="[239,326,439,463]" pageId="6" pageNumber="494" value="1984-03">III—84</date>
,
<date id="F02E6BDC8B45204F092AFE0DFE7BFE34" box="[337,425,439,463]" pageId="6" pageNumber="494" value="1976-04">IV—76</date>
,
<date id="F02E6BDC8B45204F09CEFE0DFDD6FE34" box="[437,516,439,463]" pageId="6" pageNumber="494" value="1966-05">V—66</date>
,
<date id="F02E6BDC8B45204F0A74FE0DFDBBFE34" box="[527,617,439,463]" pageId="6" pageNumber="494" value="1955-06">VI—55</date>
; width of pygophore 15.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="CC8A1E978B45204F08BCFE66FA4FFE0F" box="[199,1437,476,501]" pageId="6" pageNumber="494" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="842F4D1C8B45204F08BCFE66FA4FFE0F" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,788]" box="[199,1437,476,501]" pageId="6" pageNumber="494">
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B45204F08BCFE66FE9CFE0F" bold="true" box="[199,334,476,500]" pageId="6" pageNumber="494">Etymology.</emphasis>
Refers to Nilgiri hills, the mountain range in Southern
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where this new species was collected.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="CC8A1E978B45204F08BCFE45FEAFFCEF" pageId="6" pageNumber="494" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="842F4D1C8B45204F08BCFE45FCA2FD7F" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,788]" pageId="6" pageNumber="494">
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B45204F08BCFE45FE9EFDE3" bold="true" box="[199,332,511,536]" pageId="6" pageNumber="494">Discussion.</emphasis>
The conspicuous body structures of this new species with humps and elevations on thorax and abdomen resemble those of other apterous Oriental
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:
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B45204F0B0EFD9FFBF5FDC7" box="[885,1063,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="494">Vientnamaptera</emphasis>
Zhang et al. 2010 with 4 species recorded from
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and Southern
<collectingCountry id="FC870D8C8B45204F0A1AFDFDFD76FDA4" box="[609,676,583,607]" name="China" pageId="6" pageNumber="494">China</collectingCountry>
(Bai, Heiss &amp; Cai 2011) and the monotypic genus
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B45204F0D5FFDF2FA4EFDA4" box="[1316,1436,584,607]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="494">Signocoris</emphasis>
Hoberlandt 1958 with
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<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B45204F09EFFDD7FDD1FD7F" box="[404,515,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="494">S. kaszabi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Madura in Southern
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="842F4D1C8B45204F08BCFD35FEAFFCEF" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,788]" pageId="6" pageNumber="494">
Although the different general habitus and several characters mentioned in the diagnosis not shared by
<taxonomicName id="4390369F8B45204F0DFCFD2AFF39FD37" class="Insecta" family="Aradidae" genus="Signocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="494" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kaszabi">
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B45204F0DFCFD2AFF39FD37" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="494">S. kaszabi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, these might be sufficient for the erection of a new genus for
<taxonomicName id="4390369F8B45204F0BE4FD0FFBFAFD37" box="[927,1064,692,716]" class="Insecta" family="Aradidae" genus="Signocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="494" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nilgiricus">
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B45204F0BE4FD0FFBFAFD37" box="[927,1064,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="494">S. nilgiricus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
n.sp.. We refrain here to propose this new genus, and assign the new species tentatively to
<emphasis id="B6E4910E8B45204F0B34FD62FC15FD14" box="[847,967,728,751]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="494">Signocoris</emphasis>
until more specimens are available for comparative studies.
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