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,
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Material examined.
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.
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♂ (brapt.):
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,
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,
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, Cherukole village,
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[
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],
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,
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,
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, Coll: E. Eyarin Jehamalar. Allotype. 1 ♀ (brapt.), same data as for
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.
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. 3 ♀ (brapt.), same data as for
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; 1 ♀ (mac.), Nagercoil, Pond in Scott Christian College campus,
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,
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,
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, Coll: E. E. Jehamalar;
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(mac.), same locality data as for
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,
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, Coll: E. Hallings Raja Deasingh;
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(brapt.), Chithiramcode,
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,
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,
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,
<date id="F7491040FFBDFF89AC11018BFD4087DC" box="[528,643,1506,1530]" pageId="8" pageNumber="509" value="2012-10-23">23.x.2012</date>
, Coll. E. E. Jehamalar &amp; E.H.R. Deasingh.
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The
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specimens are deposited in the
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,
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, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal,
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.
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Reg. No. 3228/H15, Allotype Reg. No. 3229/H15 and
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Reg. No. 3230/H15 to 3233/H15.
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<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBDFF89AEC60224FE8D8440" bold="true" box="[199,334,1613,1638]" pageId="8" pageNumber="509">Etymology.</emphasis>
The name
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refers to the
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locality Cherukole Village.
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can easily be recognized by the presence of broad, parallelsided, medially depressed, anteriorly concave anteclypeus; maxillary plates well extended in front of the anteclypeus, convergent, and rugose in dorsal aspect (
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).
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with seventh sternum of a pair of lateral setal patches three quarters distance from anterior margin; a pair of sub-basolateral setal tufts of the eighth sternum in males (
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,
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); lateral wing of abdominal segment IX inconspicuous; postero-lateral corners of abdominal segment VIII smiple, not angulated (
<figureCitation id="1BCC2A05FFBDFF89AC36034CFD5A8518" box="[567,665,1829,1854]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 A H" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1977,2000]" captionTargetBox="[200,1387,218,1912]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[174,1410,193,1941]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 A H. Hydrometra spp. genital segments, dorsal view: A, H. butleri male; B, same, female; C, H. cherukolensis sp. nov. male; D, same, female; E, H. greeni male; F, same, female; G, H. nicobarensis male; H, same, female." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/227627/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="509">Figs. 3C</figureCitation>
,
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,
<figureCitation id="1BCC2A05FFBDFF89ACD7034CFD388518" box="[726,763,1829,1854]" captionStart="FIGURES 5 A H" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1961,1984]" captionTargetBox="[202,1390,217,1911]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[175,1411,193,1941]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 5 A H. Hydrometra spp. genital segments, lateral view: A, H. butleri male; B, same, female; C, H. cherukolensis sp. nov. male; D, same, female; E, H. greeni male; F, same, female; G, H. nicobarensis male; H, same, female." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/227629/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="509">5C</figureCitation>
). Females usually more colourful than males (
<figureCitation id="1BCC2A05FFBDFF89AB06034CFA4C8518" box="[1287,1423,1829,1854]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 A H" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1943,1966]" captionTargetBox="[206,1360,198,1863]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[182,1387,193,1897]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1 A H. Hydrometra spp. habitus, dorsal view: A, H. butleri mac. male; B, same, female; C, H. cherukolensis sp. nov. mac. male; D, same, brapt. female; E, H. greeni mac. male; F, same, female; G, H. nicobarensis brapt. male; H, same, female." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/227625/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="509">Figs. 1C, D</figureCitation>
); seventh sternum of female projected postero-medially, covering base of gonocoxae medially (
<figureCitation id="1BCC2A05FFBDFF89AAD90320FAF58544" box="[1240,1334,1865,1890]" captionStart="FIGURES 4 A H" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1961,1984]" captionTargetBox="[202,1389,215,1911]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[175,1411,193,1941]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 4 A H. Hydrometra spp. genital segments, ventral view: A, H. butleri male; B, same, female; C, H. cherukolensis sp. nov. male; D, same, female; E, H. greeni male; F, same, female; G, H. nicobarensis male; H, same, female." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/227628/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="509">Fig. 4D</figureCitation>
). Caudal process long, pointed in both sexes; directed slightly dorsocaudad in males (
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), straight caudad in females (
<figureCitation id="1BCC2A05FFBDFF89AE9E03F8FF3A858C" box="[159,249,1937,1962]" captionStart="FIGURES 5 A H" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1961,1984]" captionTargetBox="[202,1390,217,1911]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[175,1411,193,1941]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 5 A H. Hydrometra spp. genital segments, lateral view: A, H. butleri male; B, same, female; C, H. cherukolensis sp. nov. male; D, same, female; E, H. greeni male; F, same, female; G, H. nicobarensis male; H, same, female." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/227629/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="509">Fig. 5D</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBDFF89AEC603DCFD2B85E8" bold="true" box="[199,744,1973,1998]" pageId="8" pageNumber="509">
Description. Brachypterous male:
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</emphasis>
: (
<figureCitation id="1BCC2A05FFBDFF89AD0603DCFCB185E8" box="[775,882,1973,1998]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 A H" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1977,2000]" captionTargetBox="[200,1387,218,1912]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[174,1410,193,1941]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 A H. Hydrometra spp. genital segments, dorsal view: A, H. butleri male; B, same, female; C, H. cherukolensis sp. nov. male; D, same, female; E, H. greeni male; F, same, female; G, H. nicobarensis male; H, same, female." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/227627/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="509">Figs. 3C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="1BCC2A05FFBDFF89AD8703DFFC6A85E8" box="[902,937,1974,1998]" captionStart="FIGURES 4 A H" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1961,1984]" captionTargetBox="[202,1389,215,1911]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[175,1411,193,1941]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 4 A H. Hydrometra spp. genital segments, ventral view: A, H. butleri male; B, same, female; C, H. cherukolensis sp. nov. male; D, same, female; E, H. greeni male; F, same, female; G, H. nicobarensis male; H, same, female." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/227628/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="509">4C</figureCitation>
,
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). Body length 9.58 (
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9.82); maximum body width (across metacetabula) 0.55 (
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0.59).
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<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBCFF88AEC604FEFEE78296" bold="true" box="[199,292,151,176]" pageId="9" pageNumber="510">Colour:</emphasis>
Dark brown to black both dorsal and ventral; head anterior and posterior region yellow to brown; antenna dark brown, except base of IIII segments, yellow; eyes, antennal tubercles and anteclypeus dark brown and shiny; rostrum and legs yellow and shiny, apices of femora, tibiae and whole tarsi dark brown; pronotal lobe with a distinct median white stripe extends anteriorly near posterior margin of eyes; sublateral region of pronotal lobe with a narrow longitudinal yellow hue on each side; wing pads brownish with central longitudinal white stripe without interruption, except at cross veins; medio-tergites dark brown to black and shiny; setal patch on sternum VII dark brown to black; setal tuft on sternum VIII pale brown; tergum VII paler than the preceding segments; base of each latero-tergites with white pruinose mark; ninth abdominal sternum dark brown to black and shiny.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBCFF88AEC605DEFE1383F6" bold="true" box="[199,464,439,464]" pageId="9" pageNumber="510">Structural characters:</emphasis>
Head length
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, maximum head width across eyes
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; head width across antennal tubercle 0.38; anteocular length 1.77; post ocular length 0.86; head anterior region with two pairs of trichobothria (
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), posterior region with one pair of trichobothrium; antennal length, segment IIV 0.32, 0.70, 1.83, 1.64; anteclypeus transverse, parallel sided, medially depressed, anteriorly sinuated margin (
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), length of anteclypeus along midline 0.11, width 0.20; maxillary plate depressed in lateral view, extended well in front of anteclypeus and gular lobe (
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); distance of maxillary plate extending in front of anteclypeus in dorsal aspect 0.08; minimum space between maxillary plates in dorsal aspect 0.04; gular lobe well developed, outer margin rounded, fully covers the base of rostrum in lateral aspect; antennal tubercle length 0.12, width 0.07; rostrum at rest reaching sub-basal region of head leaving a little more the length of eyes 0.24, eye width 0.14, dorsal minimum distance between eyes 0.10. Prothorax with a ring of punctures surrounds the anterior region of pronotum, more prominent ventrally; acetabula with few pits; posterior part of pronotum laterally with a longitudinal row of punctures on each side, pronotal lobe length 1.39; distance between procoxa and mesocoxa 0.82, distance between mesocoxa and metacoxa 1.51; prosternal length 0.44, mesosternal length 0.84, metasternal length 1.25; wing strap surpassing base of third tergite.
<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBCFF88AD1407E4FC898182" box="[789,842,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="510">Legs</emphasis>
(length,
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values given in parenthesis). Fore leg: femur 2.74 (2.99), tibia 2.37 (3.21), tarsus IIII 0.05 (0.06), 0.26 (0.28), 0.18 (0.20); mid leg: femur 3.03 (3.32), tibia 3.24 (3.61), tarsus IIII 0.05 (0.03), 0.35 (0.38), 0.18 (0.23), MTaI 1.94 (1.65); hind leg: femur 3.60 (4.04), tibia 3.43 (4.69), tarsus IIII 0.05 (0.06), 0.33 (0.33), 0.14 (0.24). Abdomen: long and slender, length 4.37; tergite V length 0.65, anterior width of tergite V 0.40; connexivum without characteristic pilosity, connexival corners simple, without characteristic pilosity; posterior margin of tergite VII fringed with golden hairs (
<figureCitation id="1BCC2A05FFBCFF88AB350056FA54867E" box="[1332,1431,1087,1112]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 A H" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1977,2000]" captionTargetBox="[200,1387,218,1912]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[174,1410,193,1941]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 A H. Hydrometra spp. genital segments, dorsal view: A, H. butleri male; B, same, female; C, H. cherukolensis sp. nov. male; D, same, female; E, H. greeni male; F, same, female; G, H. nicobarensis male; H, same, female." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/227627/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="510">Figs. 3C</figureCitation>
,
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), tergite VII and VIII clothed with short golden hairs pronounced on tergite VII, postero-lateral corners of sternum VII with few long setae; tergite VII length 0.49, anterior width of medio-tergite VII 0.17, posterior width of medio-tergite VII 0.28; seventh sternum of male three quarters way from anterior margin laterally bearing a pair of oval-shaped prominent setal patch with a single erected long setae (
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,
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), setal patch length 0.07, width 0.03; sternum VIII length along mid line 0.40; sternum VIII depressed ventro-laterally, base of sternum VIII with a pair of setal tuft laterally on each side, setal tuft length 0.04; tergite VIII length including caudal process 0.67; caudal process slightly dorsocaudad.
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<paragraph id="83483680FFBCFF88AEC60136FC7787C3" blockId="9.[151,1436,151,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="510">
<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBCFF88AEC60136FE77875E" bold="true" box="[199,436,1375,1400]" pageId="9" pageNumber="510">Macropterous male</emphasis>
(n=1): (
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). Similar to
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. Body length 9.92, width 0.55; antennal length, segments IIV 0.58, 1.07, 2.73, broken.
<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBCFF88AC6301ECFD5D87BA" box="[610,670,1413,1436]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="510">Legs.</emphasis>
Fore legs broken; mid leg, femur 2.92, tibia 3.16, tarsus IIII 0.06, 0.26, 0.20, MTaI 1.30; hind leg, femur 3.85, tibia 4.56, tarsus broken; wings surpassing anterior region of tergite VI, wings with a central longitudinal white stripe, without interruption.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="83483680FFBCFF8BAEC60186FA9282F3" blockId="9.[151,1436,151,2013]" lastBlockId="10.[151,1436,151,896]" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="511" pageId="9" pageNumber="510">
<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBCFF88AEC60186FE0E842E" bold="true" box="[199,461,1519,1544]" pageId="9" pageNumber="510">Brachypterous female</emphasis>
: (
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). Similar to
<typeStatus id="5C4C8822FFBCFF88ACC90186FCEE842E" box="[712,813,1519,1544]" pageId="9" pageNumber="510" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
, (range of
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is given in parenthesis). Usually bright coloured, little larger than males, body length 10.50 (range 10.5011.24), width at metacetabula 0.65 (0.65 0.67), head length 3.01 (3.013.25), width at eyes (0.400.44), and antennal tubercles (0.400.43) same 0.40, anteocular length 1.84 (1.842.02), postocular length 0.91 (0.910.98), dorsal minimum width between eyes 0.11, antennal segments IIV 0.44, 0.95, 2.42, 1.43; rostrum reaching halfway between lower margin of eye and anterior margin of pronotum; pronotal lobe length 1.47, distance between procoxa and mesocoxa 0.93 and between mesocoxa and metacoxa 1.54; acetabula with few pits.
<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBCFF88AD1302A0FC8D84C6" box="[786,846,1737,1760]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="510">Legs.</emphasis>
Fore leg, femur 2.53 (2.533.02), tibia 2.91 (2.91 3.26), tarsus IIII 0.05 (0.050.07), 0.24 (0.220.27), 0.17 (0.170.20); mid leg, femur 3.06 (3.063.30), tibia 3.21, tarsus IIII 0.05 (0.05-0.06), 0.37 (0.290.42), 0.21 (0.21-0.22), MTaI 1.76 (1.381.90); hind leg, femur 3.71 (3.714.03), tibia 4.10 (4.104.71), tarsus IIII 0.06 (0.050.06), 0.35 (0.300.37), 0.21 (0.210.22); wings surpassing anterior margin of tergite III (
<figureCitation id="1BCC2A05FFBCFF88AC85033EFD208556" box="[644,739,1879,1904]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 A H" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1943,1966]" captionTargetBox="[206,1360,198,1863]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[182,1387,193,1897]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1 A H. Hydrometra spp. habitus, dorsal view: A, H. butleri mac. male; B, same, female; C, H. cherukolensis sp. nov. mac. male; D, same, brapt. female; E, H. greeni mac. male; F, same, female; G, H. nicobarensis brapt. male; H, same, female." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/227625/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="510">Fig. 1D</figureCitation>
). Abdominal length 5.08, abdominal venter with a central longitudinal bare line; tergite V length 0.78, anterior width 0.57; tergite VII and VIII clothed with golden hairs; connexival corners not produced; tergite VII raised posteriorly, postero median margin with arc-shaped slight depression (
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,
<figureCitation id="1BCC2A05FFBCFF88AF8403ADFE6985FB" box="[389,426,1988,2013]" captionStart="FIGURES 5 A H" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1961,1984]" captionTargetBox="[202,1390,217,1911]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[175,1411,193,1941]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 5 A H. Hydrometra spp. genital segments, lateral view: A, H. butleri male; B, same, female; C, H. cherukolensis sp. nov. male; D, same, female; E, H. greeni male; F, same, female; G, H. nicobarensis male; H, same, female." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/227629/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="510">5D</figureCitation>
), sternite VII produced postero-medially, covering half of gonocoxae medially (
<figureCitation id="1BCC2A05FFBCFF88AB3203ADFA4D85FA" box="[1331,1422,1988,2013]" captionStart="FIGURES 4 A H" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1961,1984]" captionTargetBox="[202,1389,215,1911]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[175,1411,193,1941]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 4 A H. Hydrometra spp. genital segments, ventral view: A, H. butleri male; B, same, female; C, H. cherukolensis sp. nov. male; D, same, female; E, H. greeni male; F, same, female; G, H. nicobarensis male; H, same, female." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/227628/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="510">Fig. 4D</figureCitation>
); tergite VII length 0.46, anterior width of medio-tergite VII 0.21, posterior width of medio-tergite VII 0.30; tergite VIII length including caudal process 0.60; sternite VII length 0.72; length of gonocoxae along midline 0.06.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="83483680FFBFFF8BAEC604B6FCAF83F6" blockId="10.[151,1436,151,896]" pageId="10" pageNumber="511">
<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBFFF8BAEC604B6FE0882DE" bold="true" box="[199,459,223,248]" pageId="10" pageNumber="511">Macropterous female</emphasis>
(n=1): Similar to
<typeStatus id="5C4C8822FFBFFF8BACAD04B6FCCD82DE" box="[684,782,223,248]" pageId="10" pageNumber="511" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
and brachypterous female. Body length 11.4, width at metacetabula 0.73; maximum head width at eyes 0.48; head width at antennal tubercle 0.44; eye length 0.28, width 0.18; pronotal lobe length 1.81; distance between procoxa and mesocoxa 1.18, between mesocoxa and metacoxa 1.83;
<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBFFF8BAED70524FED08342" box="[214,275,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="511">Legs.</emphasis>
Fore leg, femur 3.11, tibia 3.18, tarsus IIII 0.07, 0.28, 0.20; mid leg, femur 3.45, tibia 3.71, tarsus IIII 0.06, 0.41, 0.21, MTaI 1.95; hind leg, femur 4.27, tibia 5.03, tarsus IIII 0.07, 0.37, 0.23; wings surpassing anterior margin of tergite VI; abdomen length 5.05; anterior width of medio-tergite VII 0.23, posterior width of mediotergite VII 0.39; sternite VII length 0.75; gonocoxae length 0.09.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="83483680FFBFFF8BAEC605B5FEFB811E" blockId="10.[151,1436,151,896]" pageId="10" pageNumber="511">
<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBFFF8BAEC605B5FE7283D3" bold="true" box="[199,433,476,501]" pageId="10" pageNumber="511">Comparative notes.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="44F74D03FFBFFF8BAFB905B5FD2183D2" box="[440,738,476,500]" class="Insecta" family="Hydrometridae" genus="Hydrometra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="511" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cherukolensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBFFF8BAFB905B5FD2183D2" box="[440,738,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="511">Hydrometra cherukolensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBFFF8BACEB05B5FC8783D3" bold="true" box="[746,836,476,501]" pageId="10" pageNumber="511">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="AAB057E9FFBFFF8BACEB05B5FC8783D3" box="[746,836,476,501]" pageId="10" pageNumber="511" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is closely related to
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<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBFFF8BAA2F05B4FB5B83D2" box="[1070,1176,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="511">H. julieni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="44F74D03FFBFFF8BAAD105B4FAB283D2" box="[1232,1393,476,500]" class="Insecta" family="Hydrometridae" genus="Hydrometra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="511" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="julienoidea">
<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBFFF8BAAD105B4FAB283D2" box="[1232,1393,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="511">H. julienoidea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, by shares the character of having setal patch on sternum VII and the appressed setal patch on sternum VIII in males and the shape of anteclypeus, gular lobe and maxillary plate. However, in
<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBFFF8BAA00064CFB04801A" box="[1025,1223,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="511">
<taxonomicName id="44F74D03FFBFFF8BAA00064CFB00801A" box="[1025,1219,548,572]" class="Insecta" family="Hydrometridae" genus="Hydrometra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="511" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cherukolensis">H. cherukolensis</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
in addition to the appressed setal patch, a pair of setal tufts occur on the sub-basal region of sternum VIII laterally, which is absent in both
<taxonomicName id="44F74D03FFBFFF8BAED00604FEFE80A2" box="[209,317,620,644]" class="Insecta" family="Hydrometridae" genus="Hydrometra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="511" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="julieni">
<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBFFF8BAED00604FEFE80A2" box="[209,317,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="511">H. julieni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBFFF8BAF770604FDDC80A2" box="[374,543,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="511">
<taxonomicName id="44F74D03FFBFFF8BAF770604FDDF80A2" box="[374,540,620,644]" class="Insecta" family="Hydrometridae" genus="Hydrometra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="511" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="julienoidea">H. julienoidea</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
The anteriorly convergent maxillary plate of
<taxonomicName id="44F74D03FFBFFF8BAA260604FB2680A2" box="[1063,1253,620,644]" class="Insecta" family="Hydrometridae" genus="Hydrometra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="511" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cherukolensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBFFF8BAA260604FB2680A2" box="[1063,1253,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="511">H. cherukolensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBFFF8BAAEF0605FA8A80A3" bold="true" box="[1262,1353,620,645]" pageId="10" pageNumber="511">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="AAB057E9FFBFFF8BAAEF0605FA8A80A3" box="[1262,1353,620,645]" pageId="10" pageNumber="511" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
extend well beyond the anteclypeus and gular lobe, but are short in front of anteclypeus and almost straight in
<taxonomicName id="44F74D03FFBFFF8BAB2B06F8FA57808E" box="[1322,1428,656,680]" class="Insecta" family="Hydrometridae" genus="Hydrometra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="511" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="julieni">
<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBFFF8BAB2B06F8FA57808E" box="[1322,1428,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="511">H. julieni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The caudal process in the females of
<taxonomicName id="44F74D03FFBFFF8BAC4906DCFCC480EA" box="[584,775,692,716]" class="Insecta" family="Hydrometridae" genus="Hydrometra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="511" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cherukolensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBFFF8BAC4906DCFCC480EA" box="[584,775,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="511">H. cherukolensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBFFF8BAD1106DDFCAF80EB" bold="true" box="[784,876,692,717]" pageId="10" pageNumber="511">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="AAB057E9FFBFFF8BAD1106DDFCAF80EB" box="[784,876,692,717]" pageId="10" pageNumber="511" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is directed straight caudad, but in females of
<taxonomicName id="44F74D03FFBFFF8BAB8006DCFF1C80D6" class="Insecta" family="Hydrometridae" genus="Hydrometra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="511" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="julieni">
<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBFFF8BAB8006DCFF1C80D6" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="511">H. julieni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBFFF8BAF1806B0FE7880D6" box="[281,443,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="511">H. julienoidea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the caudal process is directed ventrocaudad. All the members of the
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<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBFFF8BAAD706B0FA8180D6" box="[1238,1346,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="511">H. julieni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group of male having a slight depression on sternum VII; however, sternum VII in the males of
<taxonomicName id="44F74D03FFBFFF8BAAC70694FA418132" box="[1222,1410,764,788]" class="Insecta" family="Hydrometridae" genus="Hydrometra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="511" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cherukolensis">
<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBFFF8BAAC70694FA418132" box="[1222,1410,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="511">H. cherukolensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is not depressed.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="CBED650BFFBFFF8BAEC6072DFC0E81A6" pageId="10" pageNumber="511" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="83483680FFBFFF8BAEC6072DFC0E81A6" blockId="10.[151,1436,151,896]" pageId="10" pageNumber="511">
<emphasis id="B183EA92FFBFFF8BAEC6072DFEA3817B" bold="true" box="[199,352,836,861]" pageId="10" pageNumber="511">Distribution.</emphasis>
Presently, this species is known only from Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu. It is possible that the range of this species extends to the Western Ghats states of
<collectingCountry id="FBE07610FFBFFF8BAD8D070EFC0A81A6" box="[908,969,871,896]" name="India" pageId="10" pageNumber="511">India</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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