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(1 ♁), Darjeeling Govt. College, May, 1968, Coll. P.K. Chaudhuri.
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The only species in the Aterinervis group with the following suite of characters: Poststigmatic pale spot not extending posteriorly to touch but not cross vein M
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; anal cell with elongate distal pale spot; posterior margin of tergum IX ending just before the apex of the gonocoxite.
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). Antenna with SCo on flagellomeres 1, 9–13. Third palpal segment slender, medially swollen bearing capitate sensilla without sensory pit; second segment slender, first, fourth, fifth segments short, stout.
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a) head; b) mandibular teeth; c) maxillary palp; d) hind tibial spines; e) mid tarsis; f) wing; g) spermathecae with ring; h) male genitalia and i) paramere
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Scutum pale brown; lateral margin dark brown with two dark lateral, pale median streaks; postscutellum dark brown.
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). Brownish; fore femora with pale apical and mid femora with basal and apical pale bands, fore and mid tibiae with basal pale bands, hind femora with pale basal bands, hind tibia with pale basal and apical bands; hind tibial comb with 6 spines, second longest; spur tip frayed; claws equal.
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). Pale spot over r-m crossvein crossing vein M; distal portion of 2
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with two pale spots, distal one elongate, not reaching wing margin; distal pale spot in cell m
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; dark marking in anal angle; distal pale spot broadly tapering to posterior wing margin. Macrotrichia numerous on distal part of the wing.
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Fig.
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). Dark streaks on terga; spermatheca two, subequal, ovoid, well developed, brown with sclerotized, oblique necks; rudimentary spermatheca present; small ring present.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,267,439,465]" pageId="7" pageNumber="412">Male.</emphasis>
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Similar to female with usual sexual differences.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,309,474,500]" pageId="7" pageNumber="412">Genitalia</emphasis>
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(
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). Caudomedian excavation shallow, U shaped. Tergum IX without apicolateral processes, posterior margin of tergum IX ending before the apex of the gonocoxite; gonocoxite with well developed dorsal root; gonostylus elongate, medially curved with blunt tip. Aedeagus V shaped with small, bent basal arms, stem broad at basal half, narrow end. Parameres with stout basal arms, stem broad basally.
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<paragraph blockId="7.[151,1437,150,969]" box="[199,455,619,645]" pageId="7" pageNumber="412">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,338,619,645]" pageId="7" pageNumber="412">Immatures.</emphasis>
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Unknown
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="7.[151,1437,150,969]" box="[199,497,654,681]" pageId="7" pageNumber="412">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,380,654,681]" pageId="7" pageNumber="412">Larval habitat.</emphasis>
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Unknown
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection box="[199,716,690,717]" pageId="7" pageNumber="412" type="distribution">
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<paragraph blockId="7.[151,1437,150,969]" box="[199,716,690,717]" pageId="7" pageNumber="412">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,353,690,716]" pageId="7" pageNumber="412">Distribution.</emphasis>
|
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<collectingCountry box="[359,417,691,717]" name="India" pageId="7" pageNumber="412">India</collectingCountry>
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(Darjeeling,
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||
<collectingRegion box="[565,708,691,717]" country="India" name="West Bengal" pageId="7" pageNumber="412">West Bengal</collectingRegion>
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||
)
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
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<subSubSection pageId="7" pageNumber="412" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="7.[151,1437,150,969]" pageId="7" pageNumber="412">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,308,727,753]" pageId="7" pageNumber="412">Remarks</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[325,469,727,753]" class="Insecta" family="Ceratopogonidae" genus="Culicoides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="isoregalis">
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||
<emphasis box="[325,469,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="412">C. isoregalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[625,777,727,753]" class="Insecta" family="Ceratopogonidae" genus="Culicoides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subregalis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[625,777,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="412">C. subregalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in possessing dark area at anal angle, pale spot over r-m crossvein narrow. It differs as it possesses an elongate distal pale spot in cell m
|
||
<subScript attach="left" box="[1058,1066,781,795]" fontSize="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="412">1</subScript>
|
||
, triangular pale spot in cell cua
|
||
<subScript attach="left" box="[1428,1436,781,795]" fontSize="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="412">1</subScript>
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||
and a pale brown scutum. These two species share many similarities and have overlapping morphometric data so may in fact be a single, variable species but this requires further validation to confirm.
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1133,1243,835,861]" class="Insecta" family="Ceratopogonidae" genus="Culicoides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="regalis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1133,1243,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="412">C. regalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is also similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[151,293,871,897]" class="Insecta" family="Ceratopogonidae" genus="Culicoides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="isoregalis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[151,293,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="412">C. isoregalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
but differs in antennal ratio, palpal ratio and in the number of mandibular teeth (
|
||
<tableCitation box="[1199,1283,871,897]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,244,771,799]" captionText="TABLE 1. Morphometric characters of female specimens of Indian species belonging to the Aterinervis group of subgenus Hoffmania" pageId="7" pageNumber="412">Table 1</tableCitation>
|
||
), presence of pale spot over r-m crossvein broad, pale area of wing base extending to posterior wing margin of anal cell and distal pale spot of anal cell bilobed.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
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||
</treatment>
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||
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