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<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF06FF93FF5CCF4161889C51" bold="true" box="[151,390,1302,1327]" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">Material examined.</emphasis>
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. ♂, (mac.):
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, Meghalaya, East Khasi Hills District, Shillong, Botanical Garden,
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[
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,
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<date id="30661055AF06FF93FCA5CF6D63FF9C2D" box="[878,1009,1338,1363]" pageId="3" pageNumber="66" value="1960-07-30">30.vii.1960</date>
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, Coll. S.N. Prasad.
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. Same data as that of
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1 (mac.) ♀, 2 (apt.) ♀;
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, Meghalaya, Ri-Bhoi District, Barapani (near Khwan Village) between mile stone 57-58 on Guwahati-Shillong Road, (ca
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away from Shillong) from a stream,
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, 1 (apt.) ♂, 3 (apt.) ♀ Coll: J.K. Sen.
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<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF06FF93FF0CCF9D614F9C9D" bold="true" box="[199,321,1482,1507]" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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Incrassated male fore femur with a small single tooth in the middle of indentation between two protuberances on the inner sub apex, inner margin of fore femur distinctly bisinuated (
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<figureCitation id="DCE32A10AF06FF93FBA1CFB964CC9F79" box="[1130,1218,1518,1543]" captionStart="FIGURES 2 A – L" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1879,1902]" captionTargetBox="[249,1343,203,1852]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[239,1361,193,1858]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 2 A – L. Metrocoris shillongensis sp. nov.: A, apterous female, dorsal view; B, macropterous female, dorsal view; C, macropterous male endosomal sheath, dorsal view; D, apterous female, left lateral view; E, left fore femur showing notch and tooth; F, male genital capsule, lateral view; G, macropterous male endosoma showing sclerites; H, macropterous male left paramere, lateral view; I, male dissected eighth abdominal segment, lateral view; J, macropterous male proctiger, dorsal view; K, apterous female abdominal tip, ventral view showing seventh sternal process; L, apterous female genitalia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/285184/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">Fig. 2E</figureCitation>
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); fore tibia of male inwardly curved; distinctive male paramere (
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<figureCitation id="DCE32A10AF06FF93FD51CC45630F9F55" box="[666,769,1554,1579]" captionStart="FIGURES 2 A – L" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1879,1902]" captionTargetBox="[249,1343,203,1852]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[239,1361,193,1858]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 2 A – L. Metrocoris shillongensis sp. nov.: A, apterous female, dorsal view; B, macropterous female, dorsal view; C, macropterous male endosomal sheath, dorsal view; D, apterous female, left lateral view; E, left fore femur showing notch and tooth; F, male genital capsule, lateral view; G, macropterous male endosoma showing sclerites; H, macropterous male left paramere, lateral view; I, male dissected eighth abdominal segment, lateral view; J, macropterous male proctiger, dorsal view; K, apterous female abdominal tip, ventral view showing seventh sternal process; L, apterous female genitalia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/285184/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">Figs. 2H</figureCitation>
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); distinctly shaped male proctiger (
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<figureCitation id="DCE32A10AF06FF93FB53CC4564E29F55" box="[1176,1260,1554,1579]" captionStart="FIGURES 2 A – L" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1879,1902]" captionTargetBox="[249,1343,203,1852]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[239,1361,193,1858]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 2 A – L. Metrocoris shillongensis sp. nov.: A, apterous female, dorsal view; B, macropterous female, dorsal view; C, macropterous male endosomal sheath, dorsal view; D, apterous female, left lateral view; E, left fore femur showing notch and tooth; F, male genital capsule, lateral view; G, macropterous male endosoma showing sclerites; H, macropterous male left paramere, lateral view; I, male dissected eighth abdominal segment, lateral view; J, macropterous male proctiger, dorsal view; K, apterous female abdominal tip, ventral view showing seventh sternal process; L, apterous female genitalia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/285184/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">Fig. 2J</figureCitation>
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); finger-shaped projection on postero-lateral margin of female sternum VII (
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).
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<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF06FF93FF5CCC0D62159F0D" bold="true" box="[151,539,1626,1651]" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">Description. Macropterous male</emphasis>
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(
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). (
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<figureCitation id="DCE32A10AF06FF93FD7ECC0D633E9F0D" box="[693,816,1626,1651]" captionStart="FIGURES 2 A – L" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1879,1902]" captionTargetBox="[249,1343,203,1852]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[239,1361,193,1858]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 2 A – L. Metrocoris shillongensis sp. nov.: A, apterous female, dorsal view; B, macropterous female, dorsal view; C, macropterous male endosomal sheath, dorsal view; D, apterous female, left lateral view; E, left fore femur showing notch and tooth; F, male genital capsule, lateral view; G, macropterous male endosoma showing sclerites; H, macropterous male left paramere, lateral view; I, male dissected eighth abdominal segment, lateral view; J, macropterous male proctiger, dorsal view; K, apterous female abdominal tip, ventral view showing seventh sternal process; L, apterous female genitalia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/285184/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">Figs. 2E–J</figureCitation>
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) n=1, Body length 6.61, width (across mesoacetabula) 3.2.
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<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF06FF93FF0CCCF5612E9FC5" bold="true" box="[199,288,1698,1723]" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">Colour.</emphasis>
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Yellowish brown with prominent black stripe; interocular rectangular dark stripe anteriorly bifid, posteriorly connected to dark stripe of inner margin of eyes; antennal sockets, tylus and posterior part of rostrum, lateral region of fore coxa, anterior region of mesosternum near fore trochanter, along anterior portion of mesoacetabular suture piceous; antenna dark brown except at base of first segment yellow; legs dark brown, middle and hind femur with dark longitudinal stripe on lateral margin; external face of fore femur with large dark mark, connected to apical dark ring posteriorly, and anterior portion yellowish brown; body venter yellowish brown; antero-lateral margin of pronotum near to posterior margin of eye with yellow hue; anterior margin of pronotum with transverse piceous stripe, curving downwards laterally and reaches upto humeral angle, in dorsal aspect lateral stripe appearing interrupted above humeral angle; pronotal lobe with median longitudinal stripe and pair of broad lateral stripe confluent near apex, its free end running beyond humeral angle; longitudinal stripe of mesopleuron long, not connected with anterior margin and short mesoacetabular stripe; posterior part of pronotal lobe slightly ridged along median stripe; wings dark brown.
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<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF01FF94FF0CCB5361C09863" bold="true" box="[199,462,260,285]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">Structural characters.</emphasis>
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Head length 0.75, width 1.84, minimum interocular width 0.7; eye width 0.8, posterior eye width 0.55; antennal length I–IV 2.62, 1.33, 0.99, 0.71; rostral length III, IV 0.7, 0.31; pronotal lobe length 3.66, width 2.8.
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<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF01FF94FE9DCB1A6233981A" box="[342,573,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">Legs measurements:</emphasis>
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Fore femur length 3.38, width 0.83; inner margin of fore trochanter, inner margin of basal margin of fore femur and posterior part of inner fore tibia fringed with numerous short hairs; fore tibial length 2.56; fore tarsus I 0.15; fore tarsus II 1.11; hind trochanter length 0.83, hind trochanter without conspicuous long brown hairs (other leg parts broken); posterior margin of abdominal segment eight without prominent fringe of long hairs (
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<figureCitation id="DCE32A10AF01FF94FDCECB8B6258988A" box="[517,598,476,501]" captionStart="FIGURES 2 A – L" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1879,1902]" captionTargetBox="[249,1343,203,1852]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[239,1361,193,1858]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 2 A – L. Metrocoris shillongensis sp. nov.: A, apterous female, dorsal view; B, macropterous female, dorsal view; C, macropterous male endosomal sheath, dorsal view; D, apterous female, left lateral view; E, left fore femur showing notch and tooth; F, male genital capsule, lateral view; G, macropterous male endosoma showing sclerites; H, macropterous male left paramere, lateral view; I, male dissected eighth abdominal segment, lateral view; J, macropterous male proctiger, dorsal view; K, apterous female abdominal tip, ventral view showing seventh sternal process; L, apterous female genitalia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/285184/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">
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Fig.
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||
<date id="30661055AF01FF94FDF7CB8B6258988A" box="[572,598,476,500]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">2I</date>
|
||
</figureCitation>
|
||
), length of abdominal tergites VIII 0.66, width 1.06; paramere falciform with blunt tip (
|
||
<figureCitation id="DCE32A10AF01FF94FEF6CBA861999B66" box="[317,407,511,536]" captionStart="FIGURES 2 A – L" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1879,1902]" captionTargetBox="[249,1343,203,1852]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[239,1361,193,1858]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 2 A – L. Metrocoris shillongensis sp. nov.: A, apterous female, dorsal view; B, macropterous female, dorsal view; C, macropterous male endosomal sheath, dorsal view; D, apterous female, left lateral view; E, left fore femur showing notch and tooth; F, male genital capsule, lateral view; G, macropterous male endosoma showing sclerites; H, macropterous male left paramere, lateral view; I, male dissected eighth abdominal segment, lateral view; J, macropterous male proctiger, dorsal view; K, apterous female abdominal tip, ventral view showing seventh sternal process; L, apterous female genitalia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/285184/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">Fig. 2H</figureCitation>
|
||
); endosoma as in
|
||
<figureCitation id="DCE32A10AF01FF94FD94CBA862B69B66" box="[607,696,511,536]" captionStart="FIGURES 2 A – L" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1879,1902]" captionTargetBox="[249,1343,203,1852]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[239,1361,193,1858]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 2 A – L. Metrocoris shillongensis sp. nov.: A, apterous female, dorsal view; B, macropterous female, dorsal view; C, macropterous male endosomal sheath, dorsal view; D, apterous female, left lateral view; E, left fore femur showing notch and tooth; F, male genital capsule, lateral view; G, macropterous male endosoma showing sclerites; H, macropterous male left paramere, lateral view; I, male dissected eighth abdominal segment, lateral view; J, macropterous male proctiger, dorsal view; K, apterous female abdominal tip, ventral view showing seventh sternal process; L, apterous female genitalia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/285184/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">Fig. 2G</figureCitation>
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||
; length of basal part of hemelytra 3.77.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="44673695AF01FF94FF0CC87364BF9B43" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1904]" box="[199,1201,548,573]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF01FF94FF0CC873617B9B43" bold="true" box="[199,373,548,573]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">Apterous male</emphasis>
|
||
(
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||
<typeStatus id="9B638837AF01FF94FE4FC87361F69B42" box="[388,504,548,572]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
). (n=1), Body length 5.66, width (across mesoacetabula) 2.57.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="44673695AF01FF94FF0CC81065359ADA" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1904]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">
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||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF01FF94FF0CC810612E9B1E" bold="true" box="[199,288,583,608]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">Colour.</emphasis>
|
||
General colour as macropterous, some exceptions and the thoracic colour pattern of apterous form is given here: interocular dark mark posteriorly connected to longitudinal dark mark of pronotum and laterally to dark stripe of inner margin of eyes; anterior margin of pronotum near to posterior eye yellow, pronotum with T-shaped stripe, lateral pronotal stripe very broad, confluent to lateral stripe of mesonotum in lateral aspect; mesonotum with median longitudinal stripe, broad sublateral stripe not connected to transverse stripe of anterior region of metanotum, lateral pronotal stripe very broad, confluent to lateral stripe of metanotum; longitudinal stripe of mesopleuron long, running throughout its length, not interrupted adjacent to metathoracic spiracle; anterior transverse stripe of metanotum laterally confluent with posterior stripe of metanotum; yellow mark of metacetabulum not interrupted; external face of fore femur with large black mark, connected to apical dark ring posteriorly; abdominal tergum one with pair of yellow stripe, segments three to eight lower region yellow.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="44673695AF01FF94FF0CC9F865779D6E" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1904]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">
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||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF01FF94FF0CC9F861DF9AB6" bold="true" box="[199,465,943,968]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">Structural characters.</emphasis>
|
||
Head length 0.73, width 1.62, minimum interocular width 0.6; eye length 0.75, eye width 0.37, posterior eye width 0.42, eyes overlapping more than 1/3 of propleura; antennal length I-IV 2.02, 1.07, 0.77, 0.55; rostral length III, IV 0.62, 0.2; head with seven to nine long brown setae along inner margin of eyes.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="44673695AF01FF94FF0CCE4B63FB9D03" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1904]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">
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||
Pronotal length 0.62, width 1.64;
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF01FF94FD9ACE4A63369D4A" box="[593,824,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">Legs measurements:</emphasis>
|
||
fore femur length 2.7, width 0.65; fore tibial length 2.23; fore tarsus I 0.1; fore tarsus II 1.04; hind trochanter length 0.59; hind femur length 6.63, width 0.18; length of abdominal tergites VIII 0.77, width 1.1. Other characters similar to
|
||
<typeStatus id="9B638837AF01FF94FC40CE3363FF9D03" box="[907,1009,1124,1149]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="44673695AF01FF94FF0CCED0655E9D96" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1904]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF01FF94FF0CCED061819DDE" bold="true" box="[199,399,1159,1184]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">Apterous female</emphasis>
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||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="DCE32A10AF01FF94FE6ACED062769DDE" box="[417,632,1159,1184]" captionStart="FIGURES 2 A – L" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1879,1902]" captionTargetBox="[249,1343,203,1852]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[239,1361,193,1858]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 2 A – L. Metrocoris shillongensis sp. nov.: A, apterous female, dorsal view; B, macropterous female, dorsal view; C, macropterous male endosomal sheath, dorsal view; D, apterous female, left lateral view; E, left fore femur showing notch and tooth; F, male genital capsule, lateral view; G, macropterous male endosoma showing sclerites; H, macropterous male left paramere, lateral view; I, male dissected eighth abdominal segment, lateral view; J, macropterous male proctiger, dorsal view; K, apterous female abdominal tip, ventral view showing seventh sternal process; L, apterous female genitalia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/285184/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">Figs. 2A, D, K, L</figureCitation>
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||
). The measurements are given as mean value of
|
||
<specimenCount id="52DEFD1CAF01FF94FB73CED065139DDE" box="[1208,1309,1159,1184]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67" type="female">5 female</specimenCount>
|
||
specimens followed by range in square brackets. Body length 5.09 [4.76–5.24], width (across mesoacetabula) 2.95 [2.83– 3.17]. Colour and structural characters similar to
|
||
<typeStatus id="9B638837AF01FF94FD75CE98632E9D96" box="[702,800,1231,1256]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
and apterous male with the following exceptions:
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="44673695AF01FF94FF0CCEA3626F9CBE" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1904]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">
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||
Body length of females little smaller than males; fore femur linear; lower margin of fore trochanter with four long setae and lower margin of fore femur with nine long setae from base up to middle; seventh abdominal sternum of female longer than combined length of preceding abdominal segments, tergum II to VII yellowish brown on posterior region, yellowish brown hue on tergite seven in middle intruded anteriorly over the black mark (
|
||
<figureCitation id="DCE32A10AF01FF94FAFFCF0865809C06" box="[1332,1422,1375,1400]" captionStart="FIGURES 2 A – L" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1879,1902]" captionTargetBox="[249,1343,203,1852]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[239,1361,193,1858]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 2 A – L. Metrocoris shillongensis sp. nov.: A, apterous female, dorsal view; B, macropterous female, dorsal view; C, macropterous male endosomal sheath, dorsal view; D, apterous female, left lateral view; E, left fore femur showing notch and tooth; F, male genital capsule, lateral view; G, macropterous male endosoma showing sclerites; H, macropterous male left paramere, lateral view; I, male dissected eighth abdominal segment, lateral view; J, macropterous male proctiger, dorsal view; K, apterous female abdominal tip, ventral view showing seventh sternal process; L, apterous female genitalia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/285184/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">Fig. 2A</figureCitation>
|
||
); tergite VIII black; specimens collected in the year 1961 having a pair of reddish brown broad stripes on mesosternum of both males and females.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="44673695AF01FF94FF0CCF9B616B9E7A" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1904]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">
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||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF01FF94FF0CCF9B61DB9C9B" bold="true" box="[199,469,1484,1509]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">Structural characters.</emphasis>
|
||
Head length 0.7, width 1.58, minimum interocular width 0.62; eye length 0.7, eye width 0.4, posterior eye width 0.45; antennal length I-IV 1.11, 0.8, 0.75, 0.55; rostral length III, IV 0.53, 0.22; pronotal length 0.49, width 1.6.
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF01FF94FDCCCC4262FE9F52" box="[519,752,1557,1580]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">Legs measurements:</emphasis>
|
||
Fore femur length 2.21 [2.05–2.45], width 0.3 [0.27–0.36]; fore tibial length 1.8 [1.69–1.94]; fore tarsus I 0.12 [0.1–0.15]; fore tarsus II 0.82 [0.64–0.93]; mid femur length 5.99 [5.72–6.5], width 0.26 [0.21–0.3]; mid tibia 4.56 [4.01–5.12]; mid tarsus I 1.87 [0.74–2.54]; mid tarsus II 0.29 [0.27–0.3]; hind trochanter length 0.6 [0.53–0.64]; hind femur length 5.59 [5.32–6.09], width 0.22 [0.2– 0.25]; hind tibia 3.75 [3.35–4.36]; hind tarsus I 0.32 [0.25–0.41]; hind tarsus II 0.28 [0.2–0.38]; metasternal length 0.18 [0.16–0.23], combined length of abdominal sternites II–VI 0.61; sternite VI 0.17; sternite VII 0.8; sternite VIII 0.07.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="44673695AF01FF94FF0CCD58627F9E56" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1904]" box="[199,625,1807,1832]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">
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||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF01FF94FF0CCD5861CB9E56" bold="true" box="[199,453,1807,1832]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">Macropterous female</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="DCE32A10AF01FF94FE1ECD5862389E56" box="[469,566,1807,1832]" captionStart="FIGURES 2 A – L" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1879,1902]" captionTargetBox="[249,1343,203,1852]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[239,1361,193,1858]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 2 A – L. Metrocoris shillongensis sp. nov.: A, apterous female, dorsal view; B, macropterous female, dorsal view; C, macropterous male endosomal sheath, dorsal view; D, apterous female, left lateral view; E, left fore femur showing notch and tooth; F, male genital capsule, lateral view; G, macropterous male endosoma showing sclerites; H, macropterous male left paramere, lateral view; I, male dissected eighth abdominal segment, lateral view; J, macropterous male proctiger, dorsal view; K, apterous female abdominal tip, ventral view showing seventh sternal process; L, apterous female genitalia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/285184/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">Figs. 2B</figureCitation>
|
||
) n=1
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="44673695AF01FF94FF0CCD63631D9E32" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1904]" box="[199,787,1844,1869]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">Body length 5.1, width (across mesoacetabula) 2.93.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="44673695AF01FF94FF0CCD00627D9E0E" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1904]" box="[199,627,1879,1904]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">
|
||
Similar colour pattern as for
|
||
<typeStatus id="9B638837AF01FF94FDC1CD00627E9E0E" box="[522,624,1879,1904]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="10A7661DAF00FF95FF5CCD0064E09E96" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/285184/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="68" targetBox="[249,1343,203,1852]" targetPageId="5">
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||
<paragraph id="44673695AF00FF95FF5CCD0064E09E96" blockId="5.[151,1436,1879,2024]" pageId="5" pageNumber="68">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF00FF95FF5CCD00615F9E12" bold="true" box="[151,337,1879,1902]" pageId="5" pageNumber="68">FIGURES 2A–L.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83D84D16AF00FF95FE9DCD0E625E9E13" box="[342,592,1879,1902]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shillongensis" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF00FF95FE9DCD0E625E9E13" box="[342,592,1879,1902]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="68">Metrocoris shillongensis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="6D9F57FCAF00FF95FD9CCD0F62A99E13" box="[599,679,1880,1901]" pageId="5" pageNumber="68" rank="species">
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||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF00FF95FD9CCD0F62A99E13" bold="true" box="[599,679,1880,1901]" pageId="5" pageNumber="68">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
: A, apterous female, dorsal view; B, macropterous female, dorsal view; C, macropterous male endosomal sheath, dorsal view; D, apterous female, left lateral view; E, left fore femur showing notch and tooth; F, male genital capsule, lateral view; G, macropterous male endosoma showing sclerites; H, macropterous male left paramere, lateral view; I, male dissected eighth abdominal segment, lateral view; J, macropterous male proctiger, dorsal view; K, apterous female abdominal tip, ventral view showing seventh sternal process; L, apterous female genitalia.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="44673695AF03FF96FF0CCAC0635398D2" blockId="6.[151,1436,151,536]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF03FF96FF0CCAC061C199CE" bold="true" box="[199,463,151,176]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">Structural characters.</emphasis>
|
||
Head length 0.78, width 1.65, minimum interocular width 0.64; eye length 0.74; eye width 0.42, posterior eye width 0.45; antennal length I–IV 0.95, 0.89, 0.82, 0.55; rostral length III, IV 0.65, 0.21; pronotal lobe length 3.3, width 2.4.
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF03FF96FDEECAB663079986" box="[549,777,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">Legs measurements:</emphasis>
|
||
Fore femur length 2.37, width 0.33; fore tibial length 1.97; fore tarsus I 0.18; fore tarsus II 0.92; mid femur length 6.29, width 0.29; mid tibia 4.77; mid tarsus I 2.22; mid tarsus II 0.29; hind trochanter length 0.55; hind femur length 6.02, width 0.25; hind tibia 4.38; hind tarsus I 0.37; hind tarsus II 0.34; metasternal length 0.18; combined length of abdominal sternites II–VI 0.59; sternite VI 0.18; sternite VII 0.82; sternite VIII 0.07; length of anterolateral margin of pronotum 1.08; length of posterolateral margin of pronotum 2.54; length of basal part of hemelytra 3.2.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="44673695AF03FF96FF0CCBE0628F988B" blockId="6.[151,1436,151,536]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF03FF96FF0CCBE0614198AE" bold="true" box="[199,335,439,464]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">Repository.</emphasis>
|
||
The
|
||
<typeStatus id="9B638837AF03FF96FE58CBEF61CD98AE" box="[403,451,440,464]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">type</typeStatus>
|
||
specimens are deposited in the CEL, ZSI, Kolkata.
|
||
<typeStatus id="9B638837AF03FF96FBF1CBE064AC98AE" box="[1082,1186,439,464]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
Reg. No. 3038/H15,
|
||
<typeStatus id="9B638837AF03FF96FF5CCB8A610A988B" box="[151,260,477,501]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
Reg. No. 3039/H15 to 3040/H15.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="0CC2651EAF03FF98FF0CCBA86105988B" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="71" pageId="6" pageNumber="69" type="etymology">
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||
<paragraph id="44673695AF03FF96FF0CCBA864CC9B66" blockId="6.[151,1436,151,536]" box="[199,1218,511,536]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF03FF96FF0CCBA861409B66" bold="true" box="[199,334,511,536]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">Etymology.</emphasis>
|
||
This species is named after the collection locality, Shillong, in northeast
|
||
<collectingCountry id="3CCF7605AF03FF96FB4BCBA864B39B66" box="[1152,1213,511,536]" name="India" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">India</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="10A7661DAF03FF96FF5CCD2A617C9ECC" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/285185/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="69" targetBox="[266,1323,592,1893]" targetPageId="6">
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||
<paragraph id="44673695AF03FF96FF5CCD2A617C9ECC" blockId="6.[151,1436,1917,1970]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF03FF96FF5CCD2A612E9EED" bold="true" box="[151,288,1917,1940]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">FIGURES 3.</emphasis>
|
||
Distribution of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83D84D16AF03FF96FE0ACD2862759EEA" box="[449,635,1919,1940]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="morsei" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF03FF96FE0ACD2862759EEA" box="[449,635,1919,1940]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">Metrocoris morsei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="6D9F57FCAF03FF96FD4ACD2962DE9EED" box="[641,720,1918,1939]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF03FF96FD4ACD2962DE9EED" bold="true" box="[641,720,1918,1939]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
: The triangles denote the distribution of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83D84D16AF03FF96FBA7CD2865299EEA" box="[1132,1319,1919,1940]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="morsei" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF03FF96FBA7CD2865299EEA" box="[1132,1319,1919,1940]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">Metrocoris morsei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="6D9F57FCAF03FF96FAE7CD2965729EED" box="[1324,1404,1918,1939]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF03FF96FAE7CD2965729EED" bold="true" box="[1324,1404,1918,1939]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
on Great Nicobar Island.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="10A7661DAF02FF97FF5CCDE5647E9E92" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/285186/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="70" targetBox="[156,1434,185,1949]" targetPageId="7">
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||
<paragraph id="44673695AF02FF97FF5CCDE5647E9E92" blockId="7.[151,1435,1970,2028]" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF02FF97FF5CCDE5615F9EB6" bold="true" box="[151,337,1970,1993]" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">FIGURES 4A–B.</emphasis>
|
||
Distribution of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83D84D16AF02FF97FE38CDE362E39EB7" box="[499,749,1971,1993]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shillongensis" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF02FF97FE38CDE362E39EB7" box="[499,749,1971,1993]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Metrocoris shillongensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="6D9F57FCAF02FF97FD3FCDE4634A9EB6" box="[756,836,1971,1992]" pageId="7" pageNumber="70" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF02FF97FD3FCDE4634A9EB6" bold="true" box="[756,836,1971,1992]" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
: A, marked area denotes the north-eastern part of India; B, the triangles denote the distribution of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83D84D16AF02FF97FDD4CD8063179E92" box="[543,793,2006,2028]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shillongensis" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF02FF97FDD4CD8063179E92" box="[543,793,2006,2028]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Metrocoris shillongensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="6D9F57FCAF02FF97FCD4CD80637E9E92" box="[799,880,2007,2028]" pageId="7" pageNumber="70" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF02FF97FCD4CD80637E9E92" bold="true" box="[799,880,2007,2028]" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
on Meghalaya, Shillong.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="44673695AF0DFF98FF0CCAC06105988B" blockId="8.[151,1436,151,501]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF0DFF98FF0CCAC061BC99CE" bold="true" box="[199,434,151,176]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Comparative notes.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83D84D16AF0DFF98FE70CACE627A99CE" box="[443,628,152,176]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shillongensis" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF0DFF98FE70CACE627A99CE" box="[443,628,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">M. shillongensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="6D9F57FCAF0DFF98FDB7CAC062D699CE" box="[636,728,151,176]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF0DFF98FDB7CAC062D699CE" bold="true" box="[636,728,151,176]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
is closely related to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83D84D16AF0DFF98FC0CCACE655F99CE" authority="Chen & Nieser, 1993" authorityName="Chen & Nieser" authorityYear="1993" box="[967,1361,151,176]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="obscurus">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF0DFF98FC0CCACE645D99CE" box="[967,1107,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">M. obscurus</emphasis>
|
||
Chen & Nieser, 1993
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. In
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83D84D16AF0DFF98FAB6CACE60F299AA" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="obscurus">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF0DFF98FAB6CACE60F299AA" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">M. obscurus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the first antennal segment is subequal to the length of the remaining three segments together, but in the new species the first segment is distinctly less that the remaining three segments together. The fore femoral tooth is distal to the notch in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83D84D16AF0DFF98FE4ECB52621E9862" box="[389,528,260,284]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="obscurus">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF0DFF98FE4ECB52621E9862" box="[389,528,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">M. obscurus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
but in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83D84D16AF0DFF98FDABCB5263169862" box="[608,792,260,284]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shillongensis" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF0DFF98FDABCB5263169862" box="[608,792,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">M. shillongensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="6D9F57FCAF0DFF98FCD4CB5363779863" box="[799,889,260,285]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF0DFF98FCD4CB5363779863" bold="true" box="[799,889,260,285]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
the tooth is on the middle of the inner subapical notch. In
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83D84D16AF0DFF98FEC9CB7E6182983E" box="[258,396,296,320]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="obscurus">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF0DFF98FEC9CB7E6182983E" box="[258,396,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">M. obscurus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the interocular dark mark is bifid at both anterior and posterior ends, but in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83D84D16AF0DFF98FB2FCB7E6592983E" box="[1252,1436,296,320]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shillongensis" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF0DFF98FB2FCB7E6592983E" box="[1252,1436,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">M. shillongensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="6D9F57FCAF0DFF98FF5CCB1B60FF981B" box="[151,241,332,357]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF0DFF98FF5CCB1B60FF981B" bold="true" box="[151,241,332,357]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
only the anterior end is bifid. Tergite one has a pair of yellow marks in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83D84D16AF0DFF98FBD4CB1A64D9981A" box="[1055,1239,332,356]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shillongensis" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF0DFF98FBD4CB1A64D9981A" box="[1055,1239,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">M. shillongensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="6D9F57FCAF0DFF98FB14CB1B6537981B" box="[1247,1337,332,357]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF0DFF98FB14CB1B6537981B" bold="true" box="[1247,1337,332,357]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
, but this mark is absent in
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF0DFF98FEA7CB26620C98F6" box="[364,514,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83D84D16AF0DFF98FEA7CB2661F398F6" box="[364,509,368,392]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="obscurus">M. obscurus</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
In
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83D84D16AF0DFF98FDE5CB2662B398F6" box="[558,701,368,392]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="obscurus">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF0DFF98FDE5CB2662B398F6" box="[558,701,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">M. obscurus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the eye width is larger than the posterior eye width but in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83D84D16AF0DFF98FAB6CB26612798D2" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shillongensis" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF0DFF98FAB6CB26612798D2" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">M. shillongensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="6D9F57FCAF0DFF98FEFACBC3618298D3" box="[305,396,404,429]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF0DFF98FEFACBC3618298D3" bold="true" box="[305,396,404,429]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
the eye width is less than the posterior eye. The distal outer margin of the male paramere is protruded medially in
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF0DFF98FE56CBEE623C98AE" box="[413,562,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83D84D16AF0DFF98FE56CBEE622098AE" box="[413,558,440,464]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="obscurus">M. obscurus</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
but in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83D84D16AF0DFF98FD46CBEE634798AE" box="[653,841,440,464]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shillongensis" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF0DFF98FD46CBEE634798AE" box="[653,841,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">M. shillongensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="6D9F57FCAF0DFF98FC9FCBE063BC98AE" box="[852,946,439,464]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF0DFF98FC9FCBE063BC98AE" bold="true" box="[852,946,439,464]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
the distal outer margin is simple and not protruded.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="0CC2651EAF0DFF98FF5CC81064FE9DE1" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="44673695AF0DFF98FF5CC81061719B1E" blockId="8.[151,383,583,608]" box="[151,383,583,608]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">
|
||
<emphasis id="76ACEA87AF0DFF98FF5CC81061719B1E" bold="true" box="[151,383,583,608]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Acknowledgements</emphasis>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="44673695AF0DFF98FF5CC8D864FE9DE1" blockId="8.[151,1437,655,1184]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">
|
||
The authors are thankful to the Director, Dr. K. Venkataraman, Zoological Survey of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="3CCF7605AF0DFF98FBA9C8D864909BD6" box="[1122,1182,655,680]" name="India" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">India</collectingCountry>
|
||
, Kolkata, for facilities and encouragement. The authors are thankful to MOEF, New Delhi, for funding the project on Great
|
||
<collectingCountry id="3CCF7605AF0DFF98FA8AC8E365959BB3" box="[1345,1435,692,717]" name="India" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Nicobar</collectingCountry>
|
||
Biosphere Reserve. We are grateful to Dr. C. Raghunathan, Officer-in-Charge, Andaman and
|
||
<collectingCountry id="3CCF7605AF0DFF98FB18C88065239B8E" box="[1235,1325,727,752]" name="India" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Nicobar</collectingCountry>
|
||
Regional Centre, ZSI, for support rendered for field trips. We are thankful to Dr. Herbert Zettel, International Research Institute of Entomology, Natural History Museum, Vienna,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="3CCF7605AF0DFF98FC8EC94863959A46" box="[837,923,799,824]" name="Austria" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Austria</collectingCountry>
|
||
; Dr. Nico Nieser, Tiel,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="3CCF7605AF0DFF98FB60C94865659A46" box="[1195,1387,799,824]" name="Netherlands" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">The Netherlands</collectingCountry>
|
||
; Dr. Dan A. Polhemus, Department of Natural Sciences, Bishop Museum, Honolulu,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="3CCF7605AF0DFF98FB9BC91364859A22" box="[1104,1163,836,860]" name="United States of America" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">USA</collectingCountry>
|
||
; Miss. Srimoyee Basu, Research Scholar, ZSI Kolkata, for providing some literature on the group. Our sincere thanks are due to Dr. John C. Morse, Emeritus Professor and Emeritus Director, Clemson University Arthropod Collection, South Carolina,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="3CCF7605AF0DFF98FF5CC9E760DC9AB6" box="[151,210,944,968]" name="United States of America" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">USA</collectingCountry>
|
||
, for collecting literature and encouragement. We are also grateful to Mr. R. Deepak, Miss. G. Padmavathi, Mr. S. Rajesh Kumar, and Mr. V. Rangaswamy, Research Scholars from Andaman and
|
||
<collectingCountry id="3CCF7605AF0DFF98FB89C98364929A93" box="[1090,1180,980,1005]" name="India" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Nicobar</collectingCountry>
|
||
Regional Centre, ZSI, Port Blair, for accompanying us in the field. Our thanks are due to Dr. P. Girish Kumar, Zoological Assistant, Hymenoptera Section, ZSI, Kolkata and Dr. S. Sheela, Officer-in-Charge, Central Entomological Laboratory, ZSI, Kolkata, for locating the material from Shillong for the study. We are thankful to Dr. Carl W. Schaefer, Emeritus Professor, University of Connecticut, Storrs (UConn), for linguistic review and editing the manuscript. We are also thankful to Mr. Angshuman Raha, Research Scholar, ZSI, Kolkata, for preparing distribution maps.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |