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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FF52FF3C96C8FF7C" box="[151,244,181,205]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Tricliona</emphasis>
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Tan 
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2005: 10
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<paragraph id="9679A642B520FFA7FF52FEFF935FFE05" blockId="3.[151,1437,374,1193]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FF52FEFF9715FE21" bold="true" box="[151,297,374,400]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Distribution</emphasis>
. 
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and southern 
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to the 
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(
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). With the transfer of 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FB24FEFE9342FE21" box="[1249,1406,374,400]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">T. foveipennis</emphasis>
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to 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FF52FE139725FE05" box="[151,281,410,436]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Gressittella</emphasis>
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(see below), there is no known species of 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FD30FE139561FE05" box="[757,861,410,436]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Bathseba</emphasis>
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in New 
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, as given by 
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.
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FF02FE3797A0FE69" bold="true" box="[199,412,446,472]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Generic diagnosis</emphasis>
. Body oblong, moderately convex; anterior margin of lateral arms of prosternum strongly convex; compound eyes sinuate at inner side, vertex sulcate above eyes; antennae subfiliform; pronotum broader than long, narrower than elytra with sides entire and rounded; elytra punctate striate; all femora toothed, tooth on anterior femora very prominent and triangular, intermediate and posterior tibiae emarginated preapically without apical tibial spurs; claws bifid.
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FF02FDFB9707FD3D" bold="true" box="[199,315,626,652]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Remarks.</emphasis>
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redescribed and figured the claw of 
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as simple. However, on examination of the 
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specimen, it was observed that there is indeed a shorter and narrower inner lobe of claw as in a few other species of 
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. In the 
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Lankan species of 
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, including a few undescribed ones, the inner lobe of claw is shorter. Evidently the development of the inner lobe of the claw is variable and cannot be used to reliably separate these genera. Apart from this, there is no character to reliably separate 
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from 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FF52FCAF96C3FCF1" box="[151,255,806,832]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Bathseba</emphasis>
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. Genera closely related to 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FDF4FCAF94A5FCF1" box="[561,665,806,832]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Bathseba</emphasis>
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are 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FD0EFCAF957DFCF1" box="[715,833,806,832]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Rhyparida</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="F257DBB3B520FFA7FC8CFCAF95F8FCF1" author="Baly, J. S." box="[841,964,806,832]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" pagination="275 - 302" refId="ref12658" refString="Baly, J. S. (1861) Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophaga. The Journal of Entomology Descriptive and Geographical, 1, 275 - 302." type="journal article" year="1861">Baly, 1861</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FC39FCAF924DFCF1" box="[1020,1137,806,832]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Cleoporus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="F257DBB3B520FFA7FBBCFCAF9326FCF1" author="Lefevre, E." box="[1145,1306,806,832]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" pagination="lxxvi - lxxvii" refId="ref14294" refString="Lefevre, E. (1884) Seancs du 9 Janvier 1884. Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France, 2, lxxvi - lxxvii." type="journal article" year="1884">Lefèvre, 1884</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FAE3FCAF93A0FCF1" box="[1318,1436,806,832]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Rhyparida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is an Australian and Indo-Malayan genus. 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B520FFA7FDBCFCC394DDFCD5" authorityName="Dejean" authorityYear="1836" box="[633,737,842,868]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FDBCFCC394DDFCD5" box="[633,737,842,868]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Bathseba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B520FFA7FCDEFCC395ACFCD5" authorityName="Lefevre" authorityYear="1884" box="[795,912,842,868]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Cleoporus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FCDEFCC395ACFCD5" box="[795,912,842,868]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Cleoporus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are Oriental. All the three belong to the Tribe 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B520FFA7FF52FCE79719FC39" authorityName="Chapuis" authorityYear="1874" box="[151,293,878,904]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Typophorini">Typophorini</taxonomicName>
. 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FEEBFCE797AAFC39" box="[302,406,878,904]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Bathseba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B520FFA7FE0EFCE7947DFC39" authorityName="Baly" authorityYear="1861" box="[459,577,878,904]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Rhyparida" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FE0EFCE7947DFC39" box="[459,577,878,904]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Rhyparida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differ from each other in the following characters: lateral arms of prosternum convex in 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B520FFA7FEC9FC1B9748FC1D" authorityName="Dejean" authorityYear="1836" box="[268,372,914,940]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FEC9FC1B9748FC1D" box="[268,372,914,940]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Bathseba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and concave in 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FDECFC1B9524FC1D" box="[553,792,914,940]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B520FFA7FDECFC1B949EFC1D" authorityName="Baly" authorityYear="1861" box="[553,674,914,940]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Rhyparida" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Rhyparida</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B520FFA7FD75FC1B9524FC1D" authorityName="Dejean" authorityYear="1836" box="[688,792,914,940]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Bathseba</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
has a very large tooth on profemora while 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B520FFA7FB3FFC1B934CFC1D" authorityName="Baly" authorityYear="1861" box="[1274,1392,914,940]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Rhyparida" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FB3FFC1B934CFC1D" box="[1274,1392,914,940]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Rhyparida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a small tooth or no tooth anteriorly on profemora. 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B520FFA7FD1FFC3F9573FC61" authorityName="Lefevre" authorityYear="1884" box="[730,847,950,976]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Cleoporus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FD1FFC3F9573FC61" box="[730,847,950,976]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Cleoporus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a minute or lacks tooth on profemora, while in 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B520FFA7FF52FC5396C3FC45" authorityName="Dejean" authorityYear="1836" box="[151,255,986,1012]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FF52FC5396C3FC45" box="[151,255,986,1012]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Bathseba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the teeth on profemora are well developed. In 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B520FFA7FCD0FC5395B6FC45" authorityName="Lefevre" authorityYear="1884" box="[789,906,986,1012]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Cleoporus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FCD0FC5395B6FC45" box="[789,906,986,1012]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Cleoporus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the lateral margins of pronotum and elytra are deflexed or not visible from above and the ocular sulci are very broad, while in 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B520FFA7FBF5FC7792A4FBA9" authorityName="Dejean" authorityYear="1836" box="[1072,1176,1022,1048]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FBF5FC7792A4FBA9" box="[1072,1176,1022,1048]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Bathseba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the lateral margins of pronotum and elytra are visible from above and the ocular sulci are narrow. These characters are variable with in genera. Currently there are 43 named species of 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B520FFA7FD70FBCF9521FBD1" authorityName="Dejean" authorityYear="1836" box="[693,797,1094,1120]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FD70FBCF9521FBD1" box="[693,797,1094,1120]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Bathseba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see checklist below).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="DEDCF5C9B520FFA7FF02FBE395ADFB19" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="9679A642B520FFA7FF02FBE395ADFB19" blockId="3.[151,1437,374,1193]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FF02FBE39435FB35" bold="true" box="[199,521,1130,1156]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Material examined. Types.</emphasis>
<typeStatus id="497D18E0B520FFA7FDD7FBE294BEFB34" box="[530,642,1131,1157]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Lectotype</typeStatus>
(
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─f). Labels: (1) 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B520FFA7FC6AFBE39229FB35" authorityName="Dejean" authorityYear="1836" box="[943,1045,1130,1156]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Bathseba</taxonomicName>
/ ferruginosa/ Motch./ 
<collectingCountry id="EED1E6D2B520FFA7FADCFBE39351FB35" box="[1305,1389,1130,1156]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Ceylon</collectingCountry>
; (2) 
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/ 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B520FFA7FE94FB07978AFB19" authorityName="Dejean" authorityYear="1836" box="[337,438,1166,1192]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Bathseba</taxonomicName>
/ 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B520FFA7FE7AFB0794A9FB19" authority="Motsch." authorityName="Motsch." box="[447,661,1166,1192]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ferruginea">ferruginea Motsch.</taxonomicName>
/ L. Medvedev design.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="DEDCF5C9B520FFA7FF52FB739420FAA5" box="[151,540,1274,1301]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" type="nomenclature">
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<heading id="CD31112EB520FFA7FF52FB739420FAA5" bold="true" box="[151,540,1274,1301]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" reason="1">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FF52FB739420FAA5" bold="true" box="[151,540,1274,1301]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B520FFA7FF52FB739742FAA5" authority="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan, 2023" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" box="[151,382,1274,1301]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="syzygium" status="new species">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FF52FB739742FAA5" bold="true" box="[151,382,1274,1301]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Bathseba syzygium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BF81C72BB520FFA7FE49FB739420FAA5" box="[396,540,1274,1300]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="DEDCF5C9B520FFA0FF52FA97974BF9E0" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="126" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" type="description">
<paragraph id="9679A642B520FFA7FF52FA979787FA89" blockId="3.[151,1048,1274,1373]" box="[151,443,1310,1337]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">
(
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, 
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B520FFA7FEEFFA979756FA88" box="[298,362,1310,1337]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[152,255,1983,2007]" captionTargetBox="[165,1422,179,1957]" captionTargetId="figure-22@7.[165,1422,179,1957]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. a–c: Bathseba syzygium n. sp. colormorphs; d–g: Male genitalia of Bathseba syzygium n. sp. d. Tegmen, e. Aedeagus lateral view, f. Aedeagus, dorsal view, g. Tergite VIII, sternite VIII &amp; IX." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959861" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959861/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">3 a–g</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B520FFA7FEB3FA97978FFA89" box="[374,435,1310,1336]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="8.[152,255,1889,1913]" captionTargetBox="[198,1389,179,1863]" captionTargetId="figure-18@8.[198,1389,179,1863]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 4. a–d: Female genitalia of Bathseba syzygium n. sp. a. Ventral view, b. Spermathecal capsule, c. Fused 8th sternite and 8th tergite with tignum, d. Ovipositor. (Abbreviations: SpG = Spermathecal gland, SpC = Spermathecal capsule, SpD = Spermathecal duct, MdO = Median oviduct, Vg = Vagina, Ovi = Ovipositor, Tg = Tignum); 4e–g: Pygidium of Bathseba spp. e. B. syzygium n. sp., f. B. bifasciata, g. B. indica." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959865" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959865/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">4 a–e</figureCitation>
)
</paragraph>
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LSID: 
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<paragraph id="9679A642B520FFA7FF52FA039798F911" blockId="3.[151,1437,1418,2021]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FF52FA039752FA15" bold="true" box="[151,366,1418,1444]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Description. Body</emphasis>
length 
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; width 
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; body oblong-ovate, shiny. Color variable: entirely yellow or brown without maculation (
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B520FFA7FD87FA2794AEFA79" box="[578,658,1454,1480]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="6.[152,255,1963,1987]" captionTargetBox="[236,1380,207,1936]" captionTargetId="figure-18@6.[172,1415,179,1937]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 2. Bathseba syzygium n. sp. Habitus (holotype). a. Dorsal view, b. Ventral view, c. Lateral view, d. Head: front view, arrow pointing to dorsal margin of orbital sulcus obtusely angulate above supraorbital pore." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959857" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959857/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Fig. 2a</figureCitation>
) to elytra black or black with yellow wavy transverse band medially, apex yellow, humerus yellow in 
<specimenCount id="80C06DCBB520FFA7FDC7FA5A94A0FA5D" box="[514,668,1490,1517]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" type="generic">one specimen</specimenCount>
with black elytra and transverse yellow band (
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B520FFA7FB60FA5B931FFA5D" box="[1189,1315,1490,1516]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[152,255,1983,2007]" captionTargetBox="[165,1422,179,1957]" captionTargetId="figure-22@7.[165,1422,179,1957]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. a–c: Bathseba syzygium n. sp. colormorphs; d–g: Male genitalia of Bathseba syzygium n. sp. d. Tegmen, e. Aedeagus lateral view, f. Aedeagus, dorsal view, g. Tergite VIII, sternite VIII &amp; IX." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959861" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959861/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Figs 3a, 3c</figureCitation>
), head and pronotum yellow to orange brown (
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B520FFA7FDE2FA7F94ABF9A1" box="[551,663,1526,1552]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="6.[152,255,1963,1987]" captionTargetBox="[236,1380,207,1936]" captionTargetId="figure-18@6.[172,1415,179,1937]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 2. Bathseba syzygium n. sp. Habitus (holotype). a. Dorsal view, b. Ventral view, c. Lateral view, d. Head: front view, arrow pointing to dorsal margin of orbital sulcus obtusely angulate above supraorbital pore." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959857" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959857/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Figs 2a–d</figureCitation>
&amp; 
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B520FFA7FD7EFA7F94C8F9A1" box="[699,756,1526,1552]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[152,255,1983,2007]" captionTargetBox="[165,1422,179,1957]" captionTargetId="figure-22@7.[165,1422,179,1957]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. a–c: Bathseba syzygium n. sp. colormorphs; d–g: Male genitalia of Bathseba syzygium n. sp. d. Tegmen, e. Aedeagus lateral view, f. Aedeagus, dorsal view, g. Tergite VIII, sternite VIII &amp; IX." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959861" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959861/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">3a–c</figureCitation>
); yellow specimens rarely with small black round spot on or behind humerus (
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B520FFA7FE9FF9939791F985" box="[346,429,1562,1588]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[152,255,1983,2007]" captionTargetBox="[165,1422,179,1957]" captionTargetId="figure-22@7.[165,1422,179,1957]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. a–c: Bathseba syzygium n. sp. colormorphs; d–g: Male genitalia of Bathseba syzygium n. sp. d. Tegmen, e. Aedeagus lateral view, f. Aedeagus, dorsal view, g. Tergite VIII, sternite VIII &amp; IX." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959861" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959861/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Fig. 3b</figureCitation>
); head, pronotum, ventral and pleural areas and legs always yellow to orange brown (
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B520FFA7FAAFF99396CDF9E9" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="6.[152,255,1963,1987]" captionTargetBox="[236,1380,207,1936]" captionTargetId="figure-18@6.[172,1415,179,1937]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 2. Bathseba syzygium n. sp. Habitus (holotype). a. Dorsal view, b. Ventral view, c. Lateral view, d. Head: front view, arrow pointing to dorsal margin of orbital sulcus obtusely angulate above supraorbital pore." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959857" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959857/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Figs 2b &amp; 2c</figureCitation>
), antennae and palpi yellow with last two or three antennomeres dorsally dark, mandibles red brown, incisor area and a spot on mesal side black, maxillae and labium light yellow. 
<typeStatus id="497D18E0B520FFA7FC0AF9EB920BF9CD" box="[975,1079,1634,1660]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Holotype</typeStatus>
entirely yellow brown without maculation (
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a−d).
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<paragraph id="9679A642B520FFA0FF02F92395C4FED4" blockId="3.[151,1437,1418,2021]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1437,151,2013]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="126" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FF02F923973BF975" bold="true" box="[199,263,1706,1732]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Head</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B520FFA7FEDDF9239750F975" box="[280,364,1706,1732]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="6.[152,255,1963,1987]" captionTargetBox="[236,1380,207,1936]" captionTargetId="figure-18@6.[172,1415,179,1937]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 2. Bathseba syzygium n. sp. Habitus (holotype). a. Dorsal view, b. Ventral view, c. Lateral view, d. Head: front view, arrow pointing to dorsal margin of orbital sulcus obtusely angulate above supraorbital pore." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959857" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959857/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Fig. 2d</figureCitation>
) inserted, minutely setose with small and minute punctures; coronal sulcus weak but distinct; suprafrontal sulcus weak dorsally; frons and vertex hardly differentiated; supraorbital pore with long seta, supraorbital pore poorly developed, placed inside orbital sulcus adjacent to dorsal margin of eye; orbital sulcus distinct, deep, wide with dorsal margin obtusely angulate above supraorbital pore; antennal calli weak but distinct, nearly subquadrate; frons almost semicircular, concave medially, slopping anteriorly; clypeus much reduced; frontoclypeal suture with row of small setae; labrum broader than long, apical border concave with discontinuous row of setae in middle, pair of widely placed setae medially, anterolateral corners with pair of setae; mandibles deeply bidentate apically; maxillary and labial palpi with three and two palpomeres, each with apical palpomere longest, maxillary palpi with two proximal palpomeres subequal. 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B520FFA7FCB5F8439212F855" bold="true" box="[880,1070,1994,2020]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Compound eyes</emphasis>
deeply emarginate near antennal socket, nearly cordiform, vertical diameter of eye 1.2 times transverse diameter, transverse diameter of eye 1.1 − 1.3 times distance between compound eyes, 1.2 − 1.6 times distance between antennal sockets; maximum width of head 2.3 − 2.4 times transverse diameter of eye, 2.7 − 3 times interoccular space, 3.0 − 3.4 times interantennal space. 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FF21FE8B976BFEAD" bold="true" box="[228,343,258,284]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">Antennae</emphasis>
filiform, extending beyond middle of elytra; first antennomere thick, longer than second, second antennomere thicker than 3 and 4 separately; remaining antennomeres progressively broadened; ratio of length of antennomeres 1 to 11 equals 1: 0.7: 0.5: 0.8: 1: 1: 1.2: 1.1: 1.2: 1.1: 1.3.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9679A642B527FFA0FF02FEE69460FDD0" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FF02FEE6977CFE38" bold="true" box="[199,320,367,393]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">Pronotum</emphasis>
1.7 times broader than long, posteriorly 1.4 times broader than anteriorly, glabrous with small and minute punctures; posterior border obsoletely lobed; anterior border gently convex medially, weakly concave on either side of middle; lateral margins evenly curved; anterolateral callosity broader than long, slightly protruding laterally, posterolateral callosity not protruding laterally. 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FCD1FE52925FFE44" bold="true" box="[788,1123,474,501]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">Lateral arms of prosternum</emphasis>
with few minute punctures. Hypomeron unpunctured, glabrous. 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FDF0FE7694F8FDA8" bold="true" box="[565,708,511,537]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">Prosternum</emphasis>
medially longer than broad, sparsely setose with large shallow punctures; mesosternum longer than broad, sparsely punctate, sparsely setose; metasternum minutely punctate without large punctures, sparsely setose.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9679A642B527FFA0FF02FDE3956BFD34" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,2013]" box="[199,855,618,645]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FF02FDE39703FD35" bold="true" box="[199,319,618,644]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">Scutellum</emphasis>
longer than broad with narrowly rounded apex.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9679A642B527FFA0FF02FD0695B4FCEC" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FF02FD06972FFD18" bold="true" box="[199,275,655,681]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">Elytra</emphasis>
1.2 − 1.3 times longer than broad, punctate striate, punctures small, distance between adjacent punctures 3 − 6 times diameter of punctures in middle of elytral disc, distance between rows of punctures longer than distance between punctures in rows; about 10 countable rows evident in post basal area, punctures indistinct towards apical 2/3 
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, scutellar striae almost thrice as long as scutellum. Humeral calli well developed with depression posteriorly and mesally, basal calli weak, post basal depression weak or obsolete, apical angle subacute. 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FB78FC979309FC89" bold="true" box="[1213,1333,798,824]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">Epipleura</emphasis>
broadest anteriorly, greatest width being subequal to half width of profemur.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9679A642B527FFA0FF02FCEE95E6FB84" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FF02FCEE96C3FC30" bold="true" box="[199,255,871,897]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">Legs</emphasis>
long, femur dilated medially with anterior femora strongly dentate, mid- and hindfemur weakly dentate, tibia longitudinally carinate on all sides with row of setae on either side of carina; tarsomeres ventrally fringed with diverse forms of setae. Probasitarsomere and mesobasitarsomere in males ventrally with closely arranged capitate setae bordered by long pointed setae.All basitarsomeres ventrally in females and metabasitarsomere in males fringed with only pointed setae, second tarsomere with pointed setae, and bilobed third tarsomere with variously shaped setae including triangular, inverted arrowhead-shaped, pointed or truncate.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9679A642B527FFA0FF02FBB797B8FB10" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FF02FBB79781FBE9" bold="true" box="[199,445,1086,1112]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">Abdominal ventrites</emphasis>
finely setose, first ventrite subequal in length to following two combined, ventrites 2 to 4 each shorter than preceeding one, last ventrite subequal to penultimate one. 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FC3BFBEB924DFBCD" bold="true" box="[1022,1137,1122,1148]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">Pygidium</emphasis>
with preapical line near to apical edge (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9679A642B527FFA0FF02FB22953BFAC8" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FF02FB2297CEFB75" bold="true" box="[199,498,1194,1221]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">Male genitalia. Aedeagus</emphasis>
in lateral view (
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B527FFA0FD6EFB2294C7FB74" box="[683,763,1195,1221]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[152,255,1983,2007]" captionTargetBox="[165,1422,179,1957]" captionTargetId="figure-22@7.[165,1422,179,1957]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. a–c: Bathseba syzygium n. sp. colormorphs; d–g: Male genitalia of Bathseba syzygium n. sp. d. Tegmen, e. Aedeagus lateral view, f. Aedeagus, dorsal view, g. Tergite VIII, sternite VIII &amp; IX." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959861" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959861/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">Fig. 3e</figureCitation>
) bent almost at right angle near base, ventral surface feebly concave. In dorsal view (
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B527FFA0FE71FB469438FB58" box="[436,516,1231,1257]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[152,255,1983,2007]" captionTargetBox="[165,1422,179,1957]" captionTargetId="figure-22@7.[165,1422,179,1957]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. a–c: Bathseba syzygium n. sp. colormorphs; d–g: Male genitalia of Bathseba syzygium n. sp. d. Tegmen, e. Aedeagus lateral view, f. Aedeagus, dorsal view, g. Tergite VIII, sternite VIII &amp; IX." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959861" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959861/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">Fig. 3f</figureCitation>
), sides subparallel; dorsal surface with arrowhead-shaped depression preapically; apex narrowed, nipple shaped, apical opening or ostium partially covered with single lamina. 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FB65FB7A92C2FABC" bold="true" box="[1184,1278,1267,1293]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">Tegmen</emphasis>
(
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) with a pair of short anterior arms, parallel sided in middle, posteriorly widened and distinctly lobed. 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FB00FA9F93A0FA80" bold="true" box="[1221,1436,1302,1329]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">Spiculum gastrale</emphasis>
(
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Fig. 
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</figureCitation>
) Y-shaped, median arm subequal to lateral arms, spiculum relictum poorly sclerotized, distal margin of 8 
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tergite with spindle shaped sclerotization on either side.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9679A642B527FFA0FF02FA0A974BF9E0" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FF02FA0A97B2FA2D" bold="true" box="[199,398,1410,1437]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">Female genitalia</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B527FFA0FE5BFA0A97CEFA2C" box="[414,498,1411,1437]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="8.[152,255,1889,1913]" captionTargetBox="[198,1389,179,1863]" captionTargetId="figure-18@8.[198,1389,179,1863]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 4. a–d: Female genitalia of Bathseba syzygium n. sp. a. Ventral view, b. Spermathecal capsule, c. Fused 8th sternite and 8th tergite with tignum, d. Ovipositor. (Abbreviations: SpG = Spermathecal gland, SpC = Spermathecal capsule, SpD = Spermathecal duct, MdO = Median oviduct, Vg = Vagina, Ovi = Ovipositor, Tg = Tignum); 4e–g: Pygidium of Bathseba spp. e. B. syzygium n. sp., f. B. bifasciata, g. B. indica." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959865" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959865/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">Fig. 4a</figureCitation>
). Spermathecal capsule (SpC) (
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B527FFA0FC92FA0A9597FA2C" box="[855,939,1411,1437]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="8.[152,255,1889,1913]" captionTargetBox="[198,1389,179,1863]" captionTargetId="figure-18@8.[198,1389,179,1863]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 4. a–d: Female genitalia of Bathseba syzygium n. sp. a. Ventral view, b. Spermathecal capsule, c. Fused 8th sternite and 8th tergite with tignum, d. Ovipositor. (Abbreviations: SpG = Spermathecal gland, SpC = Spermathecal capsule, SpD = Spermathecal duct, MdO = Median oviduct, Vg = Vagina, Ovi = Ovipositor, Tg = Tignum); 4e–g: Pygidium of Bathseba spp. e. B. syzygium n. sp., f. B. bifasciata, g. B. indica." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959865" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959865/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">Fig. 4b</figureCitation>
) distinctly differentiated into two parts: rod like proximal region with extreme base capitate, flask shaped distal region with concave outer side and convex inner side; pump sickle shaped, longer than receptacle. Bursa copulatrix not distinctly differentiated from vagina. Vaginal wall long, slightly curved proximally. Ovipositor (OP) (
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B527FFA0FCCDFA669565F9B8" box="[776,857,1519,1545]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="8.[152,255,1889,1913]" captionTargetBox="[198,1389,179,1863]" captionTargetId="figure-18@8.[198,1389,179,1863]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 4. a–d: Female genitalia of Bathseba syzygium n. sp. a. Ventral view, b. Spermathecal capsule, c. Fused 8th sternite and 8th tergite with tignum, d. Ovipositor. (Abbreviations: SpG = Spermathecal gland, SpC = Spermathecal capsule, SpD = Spermathecal duct, MdO = Median oviduct, Vg = Vagina, Ovi = Ovipositor, Tg = Tignum); 4e–g: Pygidium of Bathseba spp. e. B. syzygium n. sp., f. B. bifasciata, g. B. indica." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959865" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959865/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">Fig. 4d</figureCitation>
) long, stylus absent. 8 
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sternite and 8 
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tergite fused laterally to 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B527FFA0FED0F99A97DFF99C" box="[277,483,1555,1581]" form="membranous" pageId="4" pageNumber="126" rank="form">form membranous</taxonomicName>
tube with sclerotizations laterally (
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). 8 
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sternite with a long tignum longer than ovipositor (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="DEDCF5C9B527FFADFF02F9D29366FE38" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="131" pageId="4" pageNumber="126" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="9679A642B527FFA0FF02F9D29725F8C1" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FF02F9D29707F9C4" bold="true" box="[199,315,1627,1653]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">Remarks.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B527FFA0FE81F9D29420F9C5" authority="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan, 2023" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" box="[324,540,1627,1653]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="126" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="syzygium" status="n. sp.">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FE81F9D29420F9C5" box="[324,540,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">Bathseba syzygium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FDE0F9D2945AF9C4" bold="true" box="[549,614,1627,1653]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BF81C72BB527FFA0FDE0F9D2945AF9C4" box="[549,614,1627,1653]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
closely resembles 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FC85F9D29223F9C4" box="[832,1055,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">Bathseba bifasciata</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="F257DBB3B527FFA0FBF5F9D292FBF9C4" author="Jacoby, M." box="[1072,1223,1626,1653]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126" pagination="252 - 288" refId="ref13454" refString="Jacoby, M. (1895) Descriptions of the new species of Phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by M Andrewes in India. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 39, 252 - 288." type="journal article" year="1895">Jacoby, 1895</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. The new species can be differentiated from the latter by the orbital sulcus with subacutely angulate dorsal margin above supraorbital pore (
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) (in 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FEACF92A97C4F90C" box="[361,504,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">B. bifasciata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, orbital sulcus with evenly rounded dorsal margin; 
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). Compound eyes are comparatively larger and legs are comparatively longer in the new species, compared to those in 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FAC1F94E93A9F950" box="[1284,1429,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">B. bifasciata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Anterior half of vertex is narrower in the new species than in 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FCA6F96295C7F8B4" box="[867,1019,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B527FFA0FCA6F96295CBF8B4" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Jacoby" baseAuthorityYear="1895" box="[867,1015,1771,1797]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="126" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bifasciata">B. bifasciata</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
The aedeagus is shorter with lateral margins subparallel in the new species where as in 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FD23F8869549F898" box="[742,885,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">B. bifasciata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, it is longer and gently narrowed in the middle. Spermatheca of the new species has pump longer than the receptacle (in 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B527FFA0FC26F8BA924EF8FC" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Jacoby" baseAuthorityYear="1895" box="[995,1138,1843,1869]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="126" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bifasciata">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FC26F8BA924EF8FC" box="[995,1138,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">B. bifasciata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, pump is shorter than the receptacle).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9679A642B527FFA0FF02F8F29486F86C" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">
Another species closely similar to 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B527FFA0FD86F8F294F4F825" authority="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan, 2023" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" box="[579,712,1915,1940]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="126" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="syzygium" status="n. sp.">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FD86F8F294F4F825" box="[579,712,1915,1940]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">B. syzygium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FD08F8F29537F824" bold="true" box="[717,779,1915,1941]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BF81C72BB527FFA0FD08F8F29537F824" box="[717,779,1915,1941]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B527FFA0FCECF8F2924BF824" authority="(Jacoby, 1908)" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" baseAuthorityYear="2023" box="[809,1143,1915,1941]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="126" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inconspicua">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FCECF8F295F2F825" box="[809,974,1915,1940]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">B. inconspicua</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="F257DBB3B527FFA0FC1EF8F29253F824" author="Jacoby, M." box="[987,1135,1915,1941]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126" refId="ref13692" refString="Jacoby, M. (1908) Coleoptera. Chrysomelidae. Vol. 1. In: Bingham, C. T. (Ed.), The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor &amp; Francis, London, pp. 1 - 534." type="book" year="1908">Jacoby, 1908</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
where the anterior portion of vertex is narrower than that in 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FDCDF81694B1F809" box="[520,653,1951,1976]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">B. syzygium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FD56F81694EDF808" bold="true" box="[659,721,1951,1977]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BF81C72BB527FFA0FD56F81694EDF808" box="[659,721,1951,1977]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
Pronotum is more weakly punctured in 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FB4BF8169328F809" box="[1166,1300,1951,1976]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">B. syzygium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FADCF816936BF808" bold="true" box="[1305,1367,1951,1977]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BF81C72BB527FFA0FADCF816936BF808" box="[1305,1367,1951,1977]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
while the same is almost impunctate in 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B527FFA0FDC9F84A948FF86D" box="[524,691,1987,2012]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">B. inconspicua</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9679A642B526FFA1FF5DF83394B4F847" blockId="5.[151,1436,1978,2039]" pageId="5" pageNumber="127">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B526FFA1FF5DF8339726F863" bold="true" box="[152,282,1978,2002]" pageId="5" pageNumber="127">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B526FFA1FEE7F83394B3F863" authority="Motschulsky." authorityName="Motschulsky. Medvedev" authorityYear="2006" box="[290,655,1978,2002]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ferruginosa">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B526FFA1FEE7F83397C2F863" box="[290,510,1978,2002]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="127">Bathseba ferruginosa</emphasis>
Motschulsky.
</taxonomicName>
Lectotype 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B526FFA1FCC6F833952AF863" bold="true" box="[771,790,1978,2002]" pageId="5" pageNumber="127">a.</emphasis>
Dorsal view, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B526FFA1FC62F8339587F863" bold="true" box="[935,955,1978,2002]" pageId="5" pageNumber="127">b.</emphasis>
Ventral view, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B526FFA1FB94F8339260F863" bold="true" box="[1105,1116,1978,2002]" pageId="5" pageNumber="127">c</emphasis>
. male genitalia lateral view, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B526FFA1FA4DF83393AAF863" bold="true" box="[1416,1430,1978,2002]" pageId="5" pageNumber="127">d</emphasis>
. male genitalia dorsal view, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B526FFA1FE68F85797F2F847" bold="true" box="[429,462,2014,2038]" pageId="5" pageNumber="127">e–f</emphasis>
. Lectotype labels.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="9679A642B525FFA2FF5DF822927FF857" blockId="6.[151,1436,1963,2023]" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B525FFA2FF5DF8229724F872" bold="true" box="[152,280,1963,1987]" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B525FFA2FEDBF82297E3F872" authority="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan, 2023" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" box="[286,479,1963,1987]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="128" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="syzygium" status="n. sp.">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B525FFA2FEDBF82297E3F872" box="[286,479,1963,1987]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">Bathseba syzygium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B525FFA2FE20F8229422F872" bold="true" box="[485,542,1963,1987]" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BF81C72BB525FFA2FE20F8229422F872" box="[485,542,1963,1987]" pageId="6" pageNumber="128" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
Habitus (holotype). 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B525FFA2FD2BF822953DF872" bold="true" box="[750,769,1963,1987]" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">a.</emphasis>
Dorsal view, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B525FFA2FC49F822959DF872" bold="true" box="[908,929,1963,1987]" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">b.</emphasis>
Ventral view, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B525FFA2FBF4F8229200F872" bold="true" box="[1073,1084,1963,1987]" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">c</emphasis>
. Lateral view, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B525FFA2FB17F82292DCF872" bold="true" box="[1234,1248,1963,1987]" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">d</emphasis>
. Head: front view, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B525FFA2FF52F84696E5F856" bold="true" box="[151,217,1999,2023]" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">arrow</emphasis>
pointing to dorsal margin of orbital sulcus obtusely angulate above supraorbital pore.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="9679A642B524FFA3FF5DF83695D9F84B" blockId="7.[151,1436,1983,2043]" pageId="7" pageNumber="129">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B524FFA3FF5DF836976EF866" bold="true" box="[152,338,1983,2007]" pageId="7" pageNumber="129">FIGURE 3. a–c:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B524FFA3FE99F836941DF866" authority="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan, 2023" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" box="[348,545,1983,2007]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="syzygium" status="n. sp.">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B524FFA3FE99F836941DF866" box="[348,545,1983,2007]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="129">Bathseba syzygium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B524FFA3FDEFF836945BF866" bold="true" box="[554,615,1983,2007]" pageId="7" pageNumber="129">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BF81C72BB524FFA3FDEFF836945BF866" box="[554,615,1983,2007]" pageId="7" pageNumber="129" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
colormorphs; 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B524FFA3FCC4F836950DF866" bold="true" box="[769,817,1983,2007]" pageId="7" pageNumber="129">d–g:</emphasis>
Male genitalia of 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B524FFA3FC32F8369280F866" authority="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan, 2023" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" box="[1015,1212,1983,2007]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="syzygium" status="n. sp.">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B524FFA3FC32F8369280F866" box="[1015,1212,1983,2007]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="129">Bathseba syzygium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BF81C72BB524FFA3FB03F836933EF867" box="[1222,1282,1983,2007]" pageId="7" pageNumber="129" rank="species">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B524FFA3FB03F83692C0F866" bold="true" box="[1222,1276,1983,2007]" pageId="7" pageNumber="129">n. sp</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B524FFA3FACEF836931CF866" bold="true" box="[1291,1312,1983,2007]" pageId="7" pageNumber="129">d.</emphasis>
Tegmen, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B524FFA3FA4EF83693A0F866" bold="true" box="[1419,1436,1983,2007]" pageId="7" pageNumber="129">e.</emphasis>
Aedeagus lateral view, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B524FFA3FE46F86A97B7F84A" bold="true" box="[387,395,2019,2043]" pageId="7" pageNumber="129">f</emphasis>
. Aedeagus, dorsal view, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B524FFA3FD4DF86A94A7F84A" bold="true" box="[648,667,2019,2043]" pageId="7" pageNumber="129">g.</emphasis>
Tergite VIII, sternite VIII &amp; IX.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="9679A642B52BFFACFF5DF8E89446F854" blockId="8.[151,1437,1889,2021]" pageId="8" pageNumber="130">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52BFFACFF5DF8E8976CF8C8" bold="true" box="[152,336,1889,1913]" pageId="8" pageNumber="130">FIGURE 4. a–d:</emphasis>
Female genitalia of 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52BFFACFDE7F8E894D8F8C8" authority="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan, 2023" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" box="[546,740,1889,1913]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="130" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="syzygium" status="n. sp.">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52BFFACFDE7F8E894D8F8C8" box="[546,740,1889,1913]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="130">Bathseba syzygium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52BFFACFD2EF8E89502F8C8" bold="true" box="[747,830,1889,1913]" pageId="8" pageNumber="130">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BF81C72BB52BFFACFD2EF8E89519F8C8" box="[747,805,1889,1913]" pageId="8" pageNumber="130" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
a.
</emphasis>
Ventral view, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52BFFACFC17F8E895DCF8C8" bold="true" box="[978,992,1889,1913]" pageId="8" pageNumber="130">b</emphasis>
. Spermathecal capsule, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52BFFACFB12F8E892D4F8C8" bold="true" box="[1239,1256,1889,1913]" pageId="8" pageNumber="130">c.</emphasis>
Fused 8 
<superScript id="61B30B0AB52BFFACFAFAF8E89376F8DE" attach="left" box="[1343,1354,1889,1903]" fontSize="6" pageId="8" pageNumber="130">th</superScript>
sternite and 8 
<superScript id="61B30B0AB52BFFACFF14F80C96E0F822" attach="left" box="[209,220,1925,1939]" fontSize="6" pageId="8" pageNumber="130">th</superScript>
tergite with tignum, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52BFFACFE7EF80C97F3F82C" bold="true" box="[443,463,1925,1949]" pageId="8" pageNumber="130">d.</emphasis>
Ovipositor. (Abbreviations: SpG = Spermathecal gland, SpC = Spermathecal capsule, SpD = Spermathecal duct, MdO = Median oviduct, Vg = Vagina, Ovi = Ovipositor, Tg = Tignum); 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52BFFACFBF0F8209252F870" bold="true" box="[1077,1134,1961,1985]" pageId="8" pageNumber="130">4e–g:</emphasis>
Pygidium of 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52BFFACFB32F82093BAF870" box="[1271,1414,1961,1985]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="130" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52BFFACFB32F8209369F870" box="[1271,1365,1961,1985]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="130">Bathseba</emphasis>
spp.
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52BFFACFA4EF82093A0F870" bold="true" box="[1419,1436,1961,1985]" pageId="8" pageNumber="130">e.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52BFFACFF52F847972CF854" box="[151,272,1998,2021]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="130">B. syzygium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BF81C72BB52BFFACFED2F8449773F854" box="[279,335,1997,2021]" pageId="8" pageNumber="130" rank="species">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52BFFACFED2F8449775F854" bold="true" box="[279,329,1997,2021]" pageId="8" pageNumber="130">n. sp</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52BFFACFE99F8449757F854" bold="true" box="[348,363,1997,2021]" pageId="8" pageNumber="130">f.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52BFFACFEB4F84797CDF854" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Jacoby" baseAuthorityYear="1895" box="[369,497,1997,2021]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="130" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bifasciata">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52BFFACFEB4F84797CDF854" box="[369,497,1997,2021]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="130">B. bifasciata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52BFFACFE3BF844942DF854" bold="true" box="[510,529,1997,2021]" pageId="8" pageNumber="130">g.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52BFFACFDD2F847944AF854" box="[535,630,1997,2021]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Anacardiaceae" genus="Mangifera" kingdom="Plantae" order="Sapindales" pageId="8" pageNumber="130" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="indica">B. indica</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="9679A642B52AFFADFF02FF1E973BFF48" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,717]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">
Preapical line of pygidium is placed far from the apical edge in 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52AFFADFCABFF1E95C8FF00" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Jacoby" baseAuthorityYear="1895" box="[878,1012,151,177]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bifasciata">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFCABFF1E95C8FF00" box="[878,1012,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">B. bifasciata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B52AFFADFBC7FF1E9270FF00" box="[1026,1100,151,177]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="8.[152,255,1889,1913]" captionTargetBox="[198,1389,179,1863]" captionTargetId="figure-18@8.[198,1389,179,1863]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 4. a–d: Female genitalia of Bathseba syzygium n. sp. a. Ventral view, b. Spermathecal capsule, c. Fused 8th sternite and 8th tergite with tignum, d. Ovipositor. (Abbreviations: SpG = Spermathecal gland, SpC = Spermathecal capsule, SpD = Spermathecal duct, MdO = Median oviduct, Vg = Vagina, Ovi = Ovipositor, Tg = Tignum); 4e–g: Pygidium of Bathseba spp. e. B. syzygium n. sp., f. B. bifasciata, g. B. indica." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959865" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959865/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Fig. 4f</figureCitation>
) whereas in 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52AFFADFB16FF1E936EFF01" authority="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan, 2023" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" box="[1235,1362,151,176]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="syzygium" status="n. sp.">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFB16FF1E936EFF01" box="[1235,1362,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">B. syzygium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFA9CFF1E93A1FF00" bold="true" box="[1369,1437,151,177]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BF81C72BB52AFFADFA9CFF1E93AAFF00" box="[1369,1430,151,177]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
</emphasis>
preapical line is near to apical edge (
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B52AFFADFDD0FF32945DFF64" box="[533,609,187,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="8.[152,255,1889,1913]" captionTargetBox="[198,1389,179,1863]" captionTargetId="figure-18@8.[198,1389,179,1863]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 4. a–d: Female genitalia of Bathseba syzygium n. sp. a. Ventral view, b. Spermathecal capsule, c. Fused 8th sternite and 8th tergite with tignum, d. Ovipositor. (Abbreviations: SpG = Spermathecal gland, SpC = Spermathecal capsule, SpD = Spermathecal duct, MdO = Median oviduct, Vg = Vagina, Ovi = Ovipositor, Tg = Tignum); 4e–g: Pygidium of Bathseba spp. e. B. syzygium n. sp., f. B. bifasciata, g. B. indica." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959865" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959865/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Fig. 4e</figureCitation>
). Prepical line is weakly wavy in 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52AFFADFC04FF329204FF65" authority="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan, 2023" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" box="[961,1080,187,212]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="syzygium" status="n. sp.">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFC04FF329204FF65" box="[961,1080,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">B syzygium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFBFBFF3292BCFF64" bold="true" box="[1086,1152,187,213]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BF81C72BB52AFFADFBFBFF329246FF64" box="[1086,1146,187,213]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
</emphasis>
however, it is convex in 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFA40FF32973BFF48" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52AFFADFA40FF32973EFF48" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Jacoby" baseAuthorityYear="1895" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bifasciata">B. bifasciata</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9679A642B52AFFADFF02FE8A9366FE38" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,717]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">
Yellow forms of 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52AFFADFE40FE8A9480FEAC" authority="(Jacoby)" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" baseAuthorityYear="2023" box="[389,700,259,285]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="variegata" status="n. comb.">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFE40FE8A9464FEAD" box="[389,600,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Bathseba variegata</emphasis>
(Jacoby)
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFD03FE8A9517FEAC" bold="true" box="[710,811,259,285]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BF81C72BB52AFFADFD03FE8A9517FEAC" box="[710,811,259,285]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" rank="species">n. comb.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
superficially resemble similarly colored specimens of 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52AFFADFA40FE8A96C5FEF1" authority="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan, 2023" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="syzygium" status="n. sp.">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFA40FE8A96C5FEF1" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">B. syzygium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFF3BFEAE9704FEF0" bold="true" box="[254,312,295,321]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BF81C72BB52AFFADFF3BFEAE9704FEF0" box="[254,312,295,321]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and both species exhibit considerable variation in color. However, they can be easily separated by the elytra widest near humerus in dorsal view in 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52AFFADFDF2FEC29486FED5" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" baseAuthorityYear="2023" box="[567,698,331,356]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="variegata">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFDF2FEC29486FED5" box="[567,698,331,356]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">B. variegata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, while the same is widest in middle in 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52AFFADFB9AFEC292E3FED5" authority="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan, 2023" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" box="[1119,1247,331,356]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="syzygium" status="n. sp.">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFB9AFEC292E3FED5" box="[1119,1247,331,356]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">B. syzygium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFB23FEC2931EFED4" bold="true" box="[1254,1314,331,357]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BF81C72BB52AFFADFB23FEC2931EFED4" box="[1254,1314,331,357]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
In the new species, all elytral puncture rows are regular in posterior 1/3, while at least the sixth row is confused in 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52AFFADFB14FEE6936FFE39" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" baseAuthorityYear="2023" box="[1233,1363,367,392]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="variegata">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFB14FEE6936FFE39" box="[1233,1363,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">B. variegata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="DEDCF5C9B52AFFADFF02FE1A93BBFE1C" box="[199,1415,403,429]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="9679A642B52AFFADFF02FE1A93BBFE1C" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,717]" box="[199,1415,403,429]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFF02FE1A977BFE1C" bold="true" box="[199,327,403,429]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species name “ 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52AFFADFDDEFE1A9440FE1D" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" box="[539,636,403,428]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="syzygium">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFDDEFE1A9440FE1D" box="[539,636,403,428]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">syzygium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” refers to the generic name of its host plant, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFB96FE1A9339FE1D" box="[1107,1285,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Syzygium cumini</emphasis>
(L.) Skeels.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="DEDCF5C9B52AFFADFF02FE3F9431FE60" box="[199,525,438,465]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="9679A642B52AFFADFF02FE3F9431FE60" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,717]" box="[199,525,438,465]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFF02FE3F975DFE61" bold="true" box="[199,353,438,464]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="EED1E6D2B52AFFADFEA2FE3E979DFE60" box="[359,417,439,465]" name="India" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">India</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingRegion id="540268A0B52AFFADFE75FE3E943DFE60" box="[432,513,439,465]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Kerala</collectingRegion>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="DEDCF5C9B52AFFADFF02FE529569FD7C" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="9679A642B52AFFADFF02FE529515FE44" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,717]" box="[199,809,475,501]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFF02FE529777FE44" bold="true" box="[199,331,475,501]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Host plant.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFE97FE529433FE45" box="[338,527,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Syzygium cumini</emphasis>
(L.) Skeels (
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52AFFADFD65FE529521FE44" box="[672,797,475,501]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Myrtaceae</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9679A642B52AFFADFF02FE769599FDD0" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,717]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFF02FE769728FDA8" bold="true" box="[199,276,511,537]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Types.</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="26AEAC1FB52AFFADFED8FE76959DFDD0" collectionCode="NIM, NBAIR, COL, CHRY" collectorName="Ex. Jamun &amp; Amritha &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" country="India" latitude="9.806583" location="Pampadumpara" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="77.16802" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" specimenCount="2" stateProvince="Kerala" typeStatus="holotype">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFED8FE7697ADFDA8" bold="true" box="[285,401,511,537]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">
<typeStatus id="497D18E0B52AFFADFED8FE7697B0FDA8" box="[285,396,511,537]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Holotype</typeStatus>
.
</emphasis>
♁ (1) “ 
<collectingCountry id="EED1E6D2B52AFFADFE2BFE769412FDA8" box="[494,558,511,537]" name="India" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">India</collectingCountry>
: 
<collectingRegion id="540268A0B52AFFADFDFFFE7694B8FDA8" box="[570,644,511,537]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Kerala</collectingRegion>
/ CRS, 
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/ 
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9 
<superScript id="61B30B0AB52AFFADFC6BFE77958FFDBD" attach="none" box="[942,947,510,524]" fontSize="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">º</superScript>
48’ 23.7” N
</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="F3F2C085B52AFFADFB8FFE7692C9FDA8" box="[1098,1269,510,537]" degrees="077" direction="east" minutes="10" orientation="longitude" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" precision="1" seconds="4.9" value="77.16802">
077 
<superScript id="61B30B0AB52AFFADFBBFFE779243FDBD" attach="left" box="[1146,1151,510,524]" fontSize="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">º</superScript>
10’ 4.9”E
</geoCoordinate>
/ AKS &amp; SRH Coll./ 
<collectorName id="3B33C394B52AFFADFF1BFDAA9767FD8C" box="[222,347,547,573]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Ex. Jamun</collectorName>
”. (2) HOLOTYPE/ 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52AFFADFDF9FDAA952FFD8D" authority="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan, 2023" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" box="[572,787,547,573]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="syzygium" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFDF9FDAA952FFD8D" box="[572,787,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Bathseba syzygium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFCDFFDAA9540FD8D" bold="true" box="[794,892,546,573]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BF81C72BB52AFFADFCDFFDAA954FFD8D" box="[794,883,546,573]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
/
</emphasis>
des. 
<collectorName id="3B33C394B52AFFADFC72FDAA922BFD8C" box="[951,1047,547,573]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Amritha</collectorName>
, 
<collectorName id="3B33C394B52AFFADFBE6FDAA92B7FD8C" box="[1059,1163,547,573]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Moseyko</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName id="3B33C394B52AFFADFB74FDAA9318FD8C" box="[1201,1316,547,573]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Prathapan</collectorName>
, 2020 (red label) (Accession no. 
<collectionCode id="F0D73E87B52AFFADFE4EFDCE97FEFDD0" box="[395,450,583,609]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">NIM</collectionCode>
/ 
<collectionCode id="F0D73E87B52AFFADFE0FFDCE941DFDD0" box="[458,545,583,609]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">NBAIR</collectionCode>
/ 
<collectionCode id="F0D73E87B52AFFADFDEFFDCE945EFDD0" box="[554,610,583,609]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">COL</collectionCode>
/ 
<collectionCode id="F0D73E87B52AFFADFDAEFDCE9485FDD0" box="[619,697,583,609]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">CHRY</collectionCode>
/H-270317; 
<collectionCode id="F0D73E87B52AFFADFCF8FDCE95A5FDD0" box="[829,921,583,609]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">NBAIR</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9679A642B52AFFADFF02FDE29569FD7C" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,717]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFF02FDE297C5FD35" bold="true" box="[199,505,618,645]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">
<typeStatus id="497D18E0B52AFFADFF02FDE29703FD34" box="[199,319,619,645]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Paratypes</typeStatus>
(
<specimenCount id="80C06DCBB52AFFADFE95FDE397CDFD35" box="[336,497,618,644]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" type="generic">19 specimens</specimenCount>
)
</emphasis>
. 
<specimenCount id="80C06DCBB52AFFADFDCCFDE29410FD34" box="[521,556,619,645]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" type="female">8♀</specimenCount>
&amp; 9♁. The same labels as holotype. 
<materialsCitation id="26AEAC1FB52AFFADFC1EFDE2956EFD7C" collectingDate="2018-04-23" collectionCode="KAU, UASB" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount id="80C06DCBB52AFFADFC1EFDE295C2FD34" box="[987,1022,619,645]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
&amp; 1♁. The same labels as 
<typeStatus id="497D18E0B52AFFADFAFFFDE293A0FD34" box="[1338,1436,619,645]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">holotype</typeStatus>
except date 
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and without host record [10 NBAIR (Accession nos. NIM/NBAIR/COL/CHRY/P1-270317 to NIM/NBAIR/COL/CHRY/P10-270317), 4 
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.
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFF52FC9897B8FC9D" bold="true" box="[151,388,785,812]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Bathseba bifasciata</emphasis>
(
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<paragraph id="9679A642B52AFFADFF52FCBC97FBFCFE" blockId="9.[151,689,785,848]" box="[151,455,821,848]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">
(
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, 
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B52AFFADFEC1FCBC970BFCE1" box="[260,311,821,848]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="11.[152,255,1968,1992]" captionTargetBox="[170,1417,179,1942]" captionTargetId="figure-22@11.[170,1417,179,1942]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 5. Bathseba bifasciata, Habitus. a. Dorsal view, b. Ventral view, c. Lateral view, d. Head: front view, e–j. Colormorphs." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959867" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959867/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">5a–j</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B52AFFADFE87FCBC9747FCFE" box="[322,379,821,847]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="12.[152,255,1864,1888]" captionTargetBox="[257,1361,235,1752]" captionTargetId="figure-18@12.[207,1380,179,1839]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 6. Male genitalia of Bathseba bifasciata. a. Aedeagus, Ventral view, b. Aedeagus, Lateral view, c. Tegmen, d. Tergite VIII, sternite VIII &amp; IX, e–h. Endophallus: e. Completely everted endophallus through the apical opening (ostium) of the aedeagus (lateral view), f. Basal phallomere (dorsal view), g. Median phallomere (lateral view), h. Apical phallomere (dorsal view). (Abbreviations: BP = Basal phallomere, MP = Median phallomere, AP = Apical phallomere, PL = Proximal lobe, ML = Median lobe, DL = Distal lobe)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959871" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959871/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">6a–h</figureCitation>
, 
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)
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFF52FCFA9761FC3A" box="[151,349,883,907]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Tricliona bifasciata</emphasis>
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: 474
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— 
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(catalogue)— 
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</treatmentCitation>
─ 
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<bibRefCitation id="F257DBB3B52AFFADFAF3FCFA9409FC1B" author="Medvedev, L. N. &amp; Sprecher-Uebersax, E." pageId="9" pageNumber="131" pagination="261 - 354" refId="ref14592" refString="Medvedev, L. N. &amp; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (1999 a) Kalalog der Chrysomelidae von Nepal. Entomologica Basiliensia, 21, 261 - 354." type="journal article" year="1999">Medvedev &amp; Sprecher-Uebersax, 1999a: 293</bibRefCitation>
</treatmentCitation>
(catalogue)— 
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<bibRefCitation id="F257DBB3B52AFFADFD09FC1B959AFC1B" author="Medvedev, L. N." box="[716,934,914,938]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" pagination="159 - 191" refId="ref14490" refString="Medvedev, L. N. (2001) Chrysomelidae of southern Asia (Coleoptera). Entomologica Basiliensia, 23, 159 - 191." type="journal article" year="2001">Medvedev, 2001:167</bibRefCitation>
</treatmentCitation>
— 
<treatmentCitation id="17678053B52AFFADFC04FC1B92B8FC1B" author="Kimoto, S." box="[961,1156,914,938]" page="37" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" year="2005">
<bibRefCitation id="F257DBB3B52AFFADFC04FC1B92B8FC1B" author="Kimoto, S." box="[961,1156,914,938]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" pagination="13 - 114" refId="ref14043" refString="Kimoto, S. (2005) Systematic Catalog of the Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Nepal and Bhutan. Bulletin of Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History &amp; Human History, Series A, 3, 13 - 114." type="journal article" year="2005">Kimoto, 2005: 37</bibRefCitation>
</treatmentCitation>
(catalogue)— 
<treatmentCitation id="17678053B52AFFADFAD9FC1B97C0FC79" author="Moseyko, A. G. &amp; Sprecher-Uebersax, E." page="643" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" year="2010">
<bibRefCitation id="F257DBB3B52AFFADFAD9FC1B97C0FC79" author="Moseyko, A. G. &amp; Sprecher-Uebersax, E." pageId="9" pageNumber="131" pagination="1840" refId="ref15016" refString="Moseyko, A. G. &amp; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010) Subfamily Eumolpinae Hope, 1840. In: Lobl, I. &amp; Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Paleartic Coleoptera. Vol. 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 619 - 643." type="book chapter" year="2010">Moseyko &amp; Sprecher-Uebersax, 2010: 643</bibRefCitation>
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(catalogue).
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<subSubSection id="DEDCF5C9B52AFFADFF52FC799755FB9F" pageId="9" pageNumber="131" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="9679A642B52AFFADFF52FC799755FB9F" blockId="9.[151,1437,1008,2043]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFF52FC799715FBBB" bold="true" box="[151,297,1008,1034]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Distribution</emphasis>
: 
<collectingCountry id="EED1E6D2B52AFFADFEFDFC79974EFBBB" box="[312,370,1008,1034]" name="India" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">India</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingRegion id="540268A0B52AFFADFE44FC7997EEFBBB" box="[385,466,1008,1034]" country="India" name="Assam" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Assam</collectingRegion>
, Darjeeling, 
<collectingRegion id="540268A0B52AFFADFDA7FC7994E4FBBB" box="[610,728,1008,1034]" country="India" name="Karnataka" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Karnataka</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingRegion id="540268A0B52AFFADFD26FC79950CFBBB" box="[739,816,1008,1034]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Kerala</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingRegion id="540268A0B52AFFADFCFEFC7995F9FBBB" box="[827,965,1008,1034]" country="India" name="Tamil Nadu" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Tamil Nadu</collectingRegion>
), 
<collectingCountry id="EED1E6D2B52AFFADFC1DFC799222FBBB" box="[984,1054,1008,1034]" name="Nepal" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Nepal</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectingCountry id="EED1E6D2B52AFFADFBECFC799246FBBB" box="[1065,1146,1008,1034]" name="Bhutan" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Bhutan</collectingCountry>
(First report in north-east 
<collectingCountry id="EED1E6D2B52AFFADFF52FB9D96EDFB9F" box="[151,209,1044,1070]" name="India" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">India</collectingCountry>
and 
<collectingCountry id="EED1E6D2B52AFFADFEC2FB9D9761FB9F" box="[263,349,1044,1070]" name="Bhutan" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Bhutan</collectingCountry>
).
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFF02FBB1976AFBE3" bold="true" box="[199,342,1080,1106]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Host plants.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFE98FBB19453FBE3" box="[349,623,1080,1106]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Anacardium occidentale</emphasis>
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L. and 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFD01FBB195B4FBE3" box="[708,904,1080,1106]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Mangifera indica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. (both 
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).
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFF02FBD59786FBC7" bold="true" box="[199,442,1116,1142]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Redescription. Body</emphasis>
length 3.2–4.0 mm; width 2.0– 
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. Body oblong, shiny, color highly variable (
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, 
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): entirely yellow brown without dark spots or maculations to black with yellow brown elytral apex. Head, elytral apex always red brown or lighter. Pronotum varying from yellow or red brown to black; intermediate forms with a median macula and a lateral spot absent in some specimens. Some specimens with dark maculation or black elytral stripes on a red brown background. Size and shape of dark stripe variable. Elytral suture red brown to black. Venter of lighter specimens generally light brown. Abdominal ventrites piceous in dark forms. Legs yellow or red brown, often with tinges of black near joints.
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFF02FAD1973BFAC3" bold="true" box="[199,263,1368,1394]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Head</emphasis>
(
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) inserted, glabrous. Vertex broad with a mixture of small and minute punctures, coronal suture indicated by a depression in middle of vertex; supraorbital pore with short seta, supraorbital pore poorly developed, placed inside orbital sulcus adjacent to dorsal margin of eye; suprafrontal sulcus weakly indicated. Antennal calli weak but distinct, transverse-oblique. Frons minutely punctate, posteriorly depressed with minute setae, anterolateral corners slightly projecting. Clypeus indistinct with numerous fine short setae, merging with frons. Labrum with pair of widely placed setae in middle and group of three setae on each side anterolaterally, broader than long, apex slightly sinuate, apical border with row of setae discontinuous in middle. Mandibles red brown with a few long curved setae laterally. Maxillary and labial palpi light yellow with apical palpomere longest. Maxillary palpi with penultimate palpomere less than half as long as apical; last labial palpomere longer than penultimate. 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFAD3F9F196F5F907" bold="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Compound eyes</emphasis>
lateral, deeply notched at inner angle. Orbital sulcus deep, bordered with row of minute setae on lateral margin of vertex. 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFECFF9499741F96B" bold="true" box="[266,381,1728,1754]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Antennae</emphasis>
generally yellow or yellow brown, with first four antennomeres light yellow or orange, distal ones being darker; length of antenna variable, not reaching half of elytra or extending up to 3/4 
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; first antennomere thicker than second, third and fourth thinner than second, 5–11 progressively and slightly broadened; ratio of length of antennomeres 1 to 11 equals 1: 0.63–0.68: 0.72–0.79: 0.84–1: 0.94–1.21: 0.91–1.15: 0.94–1.2: 0.94–1.23: 1–1.27: 0.97–1.19: 1.25–1.38. Ratio of interantennal space, interocular space, maximum width of head, transverse diameter of eye and vertical diameter of eye equals 1: 1.1–1.78: 2.7–3: 1–1.16: 1.4.
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52AFFADFF02F811977CF803" bold="true" box="[199,320,1944,1970]" pageId="9" pageNumber="131">Pronotum</emphasis>
1.5–1.8 times wider than long, anteriorly 1.4–1.6 times narrower than posteriorly, convex with mixture of fine and small punctures; sides evenly curved, anterolateral callosity projected forward, posterolateral callosity protruding beyond lateral margin; anterior border straight medially, concave on either side, posterior border indistinctly lobed in middle. 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFE1BFF1E9451FF00" bold="true" box="[478,621,151,177]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Prosternum</emphasis>
broad, subquadrate with concave lateral margins, finely setose. 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFA81FF1E97BBFF64" bold="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Lateral arms of prosternum</emphasis>
(
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) with very shallow, large but indistinct punctures; anterior border distinctly convex. Hypomeron impunctate, glabrous.
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFF02FE889703FEAA" bold="true" box="[199,319,257,283]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Scutellum</emphasis>
longer than broad with broadly rounded apex, without setae or punctures.
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFF02FEAC972FFE8E" bold="true" box="[199,275,293,319]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Elytra</emphasis>
1.1–1.3 times longer than wide, regularly punctate striate, punctures indistinct beyond apical third, scutellar striae slightly longer than three times length of scutellum, elytra with ten rows of punctures excluding scutellar row, distance between adjacent rows twice distance between adjacent punctures in row in middle of elytra; distance between adjacent punctures 3–6 times diameter of a puncture in middle of elytra; humeral calli well developed with weak depression posteriorly; basal calli, post basal depression obsolete; humeral angle subobtuse; apical angle obtuse, apex convex. Epipleura outwardly oblique, narrowed beyond middle, narrowly reaching apex.
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFF02FE7396C3FDA5" bold="true" box="[199,255,506,532]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Legs</emphasis>
with all femora dentate, middle one weakly dentate, all tibiae dorsally sulcate with sharp ridge along sulcus, meso- and metatibia distinctly emarginate preapically. Claws bifid. Probasitarsomere and mesobasitarsomere in males ventrally with closely arranged capitate setae bordered by long pointed setae. All basitarsomeres in females and metabasitarsomere in males fringed with only pointed setae.
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<paragraph id="9679A642B529FFAEFF02FD0E9500FD58" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2022]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFF02FD0E978AFD10" bold="true" box="[199,438,647,673]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Abdominal ventrites</emphasis>
(
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) finely setose, first ventrite medially longer than following two combined, ventrites 2–4 each shorter than preceding one, 5 
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longer than 4 
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. Apical border of last ventrite slightly emarginate. 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFAEEFD2293A0FD74" bold="true" box="[1323,1436,683,709]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Pygidium</emphasis>
with preapical line placed distantly from apical edge (
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B529FFAEFD27FD46950CFD58" box="[738,816,719,745]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="8.[152,255,1889,1913]" captionTargetBox="[198,1389,179,1863]" captionTargetId="figure-18@8.[198,1389,179,1863]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 4. a–d: Female genitalia of Bathseba syzygium n. sp. a. Ventral view, b. Spermathecal capsule, c. Fused 8th sternite and 8th tergite with tignum, d. Ovipositor. (Abbreviations: SpG = Spermathecal gland, SpC = Spermathecal capsule, SpD = Spermathecal duct, MdO = Median oviduct, Vg = Vagina, Ovi = Ovipositor, Tg = Tignum); 4e–g: Pygidium of Bathseba spp. e. B. syzygium n. sp., f. B. bifasciata, g. B. indica." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959865" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959865/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Fig. 4f</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFF02FD7B97E3FCBD" bold="true" box="[199,479,754,780]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Male genitalia. Tegmen</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B529FFAEFE35FD7B947DFCBD" box="[496,577,754,780]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="12.[152,255,1864,1888]" captionTargetBox="[257,1361,235,1752]" captionTargetId="figure-18@12.[207,1380,179,1839]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 6. Male genitalia of Bathseba bifasciata. a. Aedeagus, Ventral view, b. Aedeagus, Lateral view, c. Tegmen, d. Tergite VIII, sternite VIII &amp; IX, e–h. Endophallus: e. Completely everted endophallus through the apical opening (ostium) of the aedeagus (lateral view), f. Basal phallomere (dorsal view), g. Median phallomere (lateral view), h. Apical phallomere (dorsal view). (Abbreviations: BP = Basal phallomere, MP = Median phallomere, AP = Apical phallomere, PL = Proximal lobe, ML = Median lobe, DL = Distal lobe)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959871" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959871/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Fig. 6c</figureCitation>
) flat, almost X-shaped with pair of arms anteriorly and posteriorly, anterior arms narrowly acute, posterior arms broad. 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFDBFFC9C94D1FC9E" bold="true" box="[634,749,789,815]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Aedeagus</emphasis>
sharply bent at right angle near base, in lateral view (
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B529FFAEFAF9FC9C93B3FC9E" box="[1340,1423,789,815]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="12.[152,255,1864,1888]" captionTargetBox="[257,1361,235,1752]" captionTargetId="figure-18@12.[207,1380,179,1839]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 6. Male genitalia of Bathseba bifasciata. a. Aedeagus, Ventral view, b. Aedeagus, Lateral view, c. Tegmen, d. Tergite VIII, sternite VIII &amp; IX, e–h. Endophallus: e. Completely everted endophallus through the apical opening (ostium) of the aedeagus (lateral view), f. Basal phallomere (dorsal view), g. Median phallomere (lateral view), h. Apical phallomere (dorsal view). (Abbreviations: BP = Basal phallomere, MP = Median phallomere, AP = Apical phallomere, PL = Proximal lobe, ML = Median lobe, DL = Distal lobe)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959871" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959871/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Fig. 6b</figureCitation>
), apex acutely narrowed and gently recurved, slightly curved from base to apex; in ventral view (
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B529FFAEFB0BFCB0931CFCE2" box="[1230,1312,825,851]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="12.[152,255,1864,1888]" captionTargetBox="[257,1361,235,1752]" captionTargetId="figure-18@12.[207,1380,179,1839]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 6. Male genitalia of Bathseba bifasciata. a. Aedeagus, Ventral view, b. Aedeagus, Lateral view, c. Tegmen, d. Tergite VIII, sternite VIII &amp; IX, e–h. Endophallus: e. Completely everted endophallus through the apical opening (ostium) of the aedeagus (lateral view), f. Basal phallomere (dorsal view), g. Median phallomere (lateral view), h. Apical phallomere (dorsal view). (Abbreviations: BP = Basal phallomere, MP = Median phallomere, AP = Apical phallomere, PL = Proximal lobe, ML = Median lobe, DL = Distal lobe)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959871" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959871/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Fig. 6a</figureCitation>
), aedeagus gently narrowed in middle, broader towards apex with acute apical denticle; ventral surface of aedeagus depressed medially, preapical region depressed and dorsal surface with arrowhead-shaped depression preapically. 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFAEEFC0996CAFC0F" bold="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Spiculum gastrale</emphasis>
(second spiculum of 
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) Y-shaped with lateral arms almost straight, stem distinctly bent at proximal end. Tergite VIII with spindle shaped sclerotization on either side and a few setae on posterior margin; spiculum relictum weakly sclerotized (
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).
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<paragraph id="9679A642B529FFAEFF02FB8795BAFA1F" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2022]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFF02FB879762FB99" bold="true" box="[199,350,1038,1064]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Endophallus</emphasis>
long and tubular, almost thrice as long as aedeagus with three distinct regions (
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B529FFAEFB32FB879370FB99" box="[1271,1356,1038,1064]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="12.[152,255,1864,1888]" captionTargetBox="[257,1361,235,1752]" captionTargetId="figure-18@12.[207,1380,179,1839]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 6. Male genitalia of Bathseba bifasciata. a. Aedeagus, Ventral view, b. Aedeagus, Lateral view, c. Tegmen, d. Tergite VIII, sternite VIII &amp; IX, e–h. Endophallus: e. Completely everted endophallus through the apical opening (ostium) of the aedeagus (lateral view), f. Basal phallomere (dorsal view), g. Median phallomere (lateral view), h. Apical phallomere (dorsal view). (Abbreviations: BP = Basal phallomere, MP = Median phallomere, AP = Apical phallomere, PL = Proximal lobe, ML = Median lobe, DL = Distal lobe)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959871" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959871/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Fig. 6e</figureCitation>
): basal phallomere, median phallomere and apical phallomere. Basal phallomere (BP) short; in dorsal view, apex bilobed, sides each with pre-apical short oval lobe (
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B529FFAEFDB8FBDC94F1FBDE" box="[637,717,1109,1135]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="12.[152,255,1864,1888]" captionTargetBox="[257,1361,235,1752]" captionTargetId="figure-18@12.[207,1380,179,1839]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 6. Male genitalia of Bathseba bifasciata. a. Aedeagus, Ventral view, b. Aedeagus, Lateral view, c. Tegmen, d. Tergite VIII, sternite VIII &amp; IX, e–h. Endophallus: e. Completely everted endophallus through the apical opening (ostium) of the aedeagus (lateral view), f. Basal phallomere (dorsal view), g. Median phallomere (lateral view), h. Apical phallomere (dorsal view). (Abbreviations: BP = Basal phallomere, MP = Median phallomere, AP = Apical phallomere, PL = Proximal lobe, ML = Median lobe, DL = Distal lobe)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959871" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959871/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Fig. 6f</figureCitation>
). Central sclerite (CS) single, thick, weakly sclerotized, present at junction of basal and median phallomeres. Median phallomere (MP) longest, half as long as entire endophallus; dorsal margin with pair of convex lobes before middle, corresponding ventral margin concave; post median membrane of median phallomere bearing spicules of varying shapes 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFC5CFB499584FB68" box="[921,952,1216,1241]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">viz</emphasis>
. hair-like, spine-like and circular (
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B529FFAEFAF9FB3693B3FB68" box="[1340,1423,1215,1241]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="12.[152,255,1864,1888]" captionTargetBox="[257,1361,235,1752]" captionTargetId="figure-18@12.[207,1380,179,1839]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 6. Male genitalia of Bathseba bifasciata. a. Aedeagus, Ventral view, b. Aedeagus, Lateral view, c. Tegmen, d. Tergite VIII, sternite VIII &amp; IX, e–h. Endophallus: e. Completely everted endophallus through the apical opening (ostium) of the aedeagus (lateral view), f. Basal phallomere (dorsal view), g. Median phallomere (lateral view), h. Apical phallomere (dorsal view). (Abbreviations: BP = Basal phallomere, MP = Median phallomere, AP = Apical phallomere, PL = Proximal lobe, ML = Median lobe, DL = Distal lobe)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959871" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959871/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">
Fig. 
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). Apical phallomere (AP) oblong, demarcated into three lobes (
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): proximal lobe (PL) spherical with densely arranged triangular spicules having circular base; median lobe (ML) almost cylindrical with ventral margin curved while dorsal margin simple, with a small, weakly projected lobe pre-apically, membrane ornamented with two kinds of spicules: basal two third covered with multiple units of uniseriate spicules, apical third randomly covered with circular spicules; distal lobe (DL) spherical with several bulged portions on lateral sides, membrane covered with irregularly shaped spicules intermixed with a few circular spicules.
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFF02FA3197B2FA60" bold="true" box="[199,398,1463,1490]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Female genitalia</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B529FFAEFE5BFA3E97C8FA60" box="[414,500,1463,1489]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="13.[152,255,1864,1888]" captionTargetBox="[212,1379,205,1838]" captionTargetId="figure-22@13.[168,1419,179,1841]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 7. a–f: Syntype photos, type series labels of Bathseba bifasciata. a. Syntype (dorsal view), b. Syntype (lateral view), c. Syntype labels, d–f: Paratype labels, g. Field photograph of Bathseba bifasciata, h–k: Female genitalia of Bathseba bifasciata. h. Spermathecal capsule, i. Eighth sternite along with tignum, j. Ovipositor, k. Lateral view (Abbreviations: SpG = Spermathecal gland, SpC = Spermathecal capsule, SpD = Spermathecal duct, MdO = Median oviduct, Bc = Bursa copulatrix, Vg = Vagina, Ovi = Ovipositor)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959873" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959873/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Fig. 7k</figureCitation>
). Spermathecal capsule (SpC) (
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B529FFAEFC9CFA3E9590FA60" box="[857,940,1463,1489]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="13.[152,255,1864,1888]" captionTargetBox="[212,1379,205,1838]" captionTargetId="figure-22@13.[168,1419,179,1841]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 7. a–f: Syntype photos, type series labels of Bathseba bifasciata. a. Syntype (dorsal view), b. Syntype (lateral view), c. Syntype labels, d–f: Paratype labels, g. Field photograph of Bathseba bifasciata, h–k: Female genitalia of Bathseba bifasciata. h. Spermathecal capsule, i. Eighth sternite along with tignum, j. Ovipositor, k. Lateral view (Abbreviations: SpG = Spermathecal gland, SpC = Spermathecal capsule, SpD = Spermathecal duct, MdO = Median oviduct, Bc = Bursa copulatrix, Vg = Vagina, Ovi = Ovipositor)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959873" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959873/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Fig. 7h</figureCitation>
) weakly differentiated into basal receptacle and apical pump, proximal area of receptacle rod like with extreme base capitate receiving spermathecal duct and duct of spermathecal gland (SpG), distal area flask-like with gently concave outer side and convex inner side, pump curved, beak-like with acutely narrowed distal end, receptacle longer than pump. Bursa copulatrix (Bc) differentiated from vagina (Vg) by inward inflection on base of vaginal wall, spermathecal duct (SpD) and median oviduct (MdO) attached to lateral side of bursa copulatrix. Vaginal wall long, slightly curved proximally. Ovipositor (OP) long and stylus absent (
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B529FFAEFEA2F9059789F917" box="[359,437,1676,1702]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="13.[152,255,1864,1888]" captionTargetBox="[212,1379,205,1838]" captionTargetId="figure-22@13.[168,1419,179,1841]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 7. a–f: Syntype photos, type series labels of Bathseba bifasciata. a. Syntype (dorsal view), b. Syntype (lateral view), c. Syntype labels, d–f: Paratype labels, g. Field photograph of Bathseba bifasciata, h–k: Female genitalia of Bathseba bifasciata. h. Spermathecal capsule, i. Eighth sternite along with tignum, j. Ovipositor, k. Lateral view (Abbreviations: SpG = Spermathecal gland, SpC = Spermathecal capsule, SpD = Spermathecal duct, MdO = Median oviduct, Bc = Bursa copulatrix, Vg = Vagina, Ovi = Ovipositor)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959873" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959873/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Fig. 7j</figureCitation>
). 8 
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sternite and 8 
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tergite fused laterally, forming membranous tube with sclerotizations laterally. 8 
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sternite with long tignum longer than ovipositor (
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B529FFAEFC8CF93995AAF97B" box="[841,918,1712,1738]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="13.[152,255,1864,1888]" captionTargetBox="[212,1379,205,1838]" captionTargetId="figure-22@13.[168,1419,179,1841]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 7. a–f: Syntype photos, type series labels of Bathseba bifasciata. a. Syntype (dorsal view), b. Syntype (lateral view), c. Syntype labels, d–f: Paratype labels, g. Field photograph of Bathseba bifasciata, h–k: Female genitalia of Bathseba bifasciata. h. Spermathecal capsule, i. Eighth sternite along with tignum, j. Ovipositor, k. Lateral view (Abbreviations: SpG = Spermathecal gland, SpC = Spermathecal capsule, SpD = Spermathecal duct, MdO = Median oviduct, Bc = Bursa copulatrix, Vg = Vagina, Ovi = Ovipositor)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959873" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959873/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Fig. 7i</figureCitation>
).
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<subSubSection id="DEDCF5C9B529FFAAFF02F95A9234FED4" lastPageId="14" lastPageNumber="136" pageId="10" pageNumber="132" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="9679A642B529FFAEFF02F95A972AF857" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2022]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFF02F95A9705F95C" bold="true" box="[199,313,1747,1773]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Remarks.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B529FFAEFE86F95A94F1F95F" authority="(Jacoby, 1895)" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Jacoby" baseAuthorityYear="1895" box="[323,717,1747,1774]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="132" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bifasciata">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFE86F95A9423F95C" box="[323,543,1747,1773]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Bathseba bifasciata</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="F257DBB3B529FFAEFDF5F95A94F9F95F" author="Jacoby, M." box="[560,709,1747,1774]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132" pagination="252 - 288" refId="ref13454" refString="Jacoby, M. (1895) Descriptions of the new species of Phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by M Andrewes in India. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 39, 252 - 288." type="journal article" year="1895">Jacoby, 1895</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
is very similar to 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B529FFAEFC66F95D9214F95C" authority="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan, 2023" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" box="[931,1064,1748,1773]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="132" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="syzygium" status="n. sp.">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFC66F95D9214F95C" box="[931,1064,1748,1773]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">B. syzygium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFBF6F95A924FF95C" bold="true" box="[1075,1139,1747,1773]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BF81C72BB529FFAEFBF6F95A924FF95C" box="[1075,1139,1747,1773]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
They can be separated as discussed under 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B529FFAEFE97F97E97E4F8A1" authority="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan, 2023" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" box="[338,472,1783,1808]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="132" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="syzygium" status="n. sp.">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFE97F97E97E4F8A1" box="[338,472,1783,1808]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">B. syzygium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFE27F97E941FF8A0" bold="true" box="[482,547,1783,1809]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BF81C72BB529FFAEFE27F97E941FF8A0" box="[482,547,1783,1809]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B529FFAEFDE9F97E953DF8A1" authority="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan, 2023" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" box="[556,769,1783,1809]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="132" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="syzygium" status="n. sp.">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFDE9F97E953DF8A1" box="[556,769,1783,1809]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">Bathseba syzygium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFCCEF97E9577F8A0" bold="true" box="[779,843,1783,1809]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BF81C72BB529FFAEFCCEF97E9577F8A0" box="[779,843,1783,1809]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
can be differentiated from the former by the orbital sulcus with subacutely angulate dorsal margin above supraorbital pore (in 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B529FFAEFC1BF8929257F885" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Jacoby" baseAuthorityYear="1895" box="[990,1131,1818,1844]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="132" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bifasciata">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFC1BF8929257F885" box="[990,1131,1818,1844]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">B. bifasciata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, orbital sulcus with evenly rounded dorsal margin). Compound eyes are larger and legs are longer in 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B529FFAEFC75F8B7920EF8E6" authority="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan, 2023" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" box="[944,1074,1854,1879]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="132" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="syzygium" status="n. sp.">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFC75F8B7920EF8E6" box="[944,1074,1854,1879]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">B. syzygium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFBF2F8B79251F8E9" bold="true" box="[1079,1133,1854,1880]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">n. sp</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, compared to 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFAC9F8B793AAF8E6" box="[1292,1430,1853,1879]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">B. bifasciata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Anterior half of vertex is narrower in 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B529FFAEFDEAF8EB948DF8CA" authority="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan, 2023" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" box="[559,689,1890,1915]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="132" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="syzygium" status="n. sp.">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFDEAF8EB948DF8CA" box="[559,689,1890,1915]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">B. syzygium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BF81C72BB529FFAEFD72F8E894C8F8CD" box="[695,756,1889,1916]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132" rank="species">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFD72F8E894D1F8CA" bold="true" box="[695,749,1889,1915]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">n. sp</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
than in 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFC8EF8EB95E0F8CA" box="[843,988,1889,1915]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B529FFAEFC8EF8EB95EBF8CA" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Jacoby" baseAuthorityYear="1895" box="[843,983,1889,1915]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="132" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bifasciata">B. bifasciata</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
Aedeagus is shorter, with lateral margins subparallel in 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B529FFAEFEF2F80C9781F82F" authority="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan, 2023" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" box="[311,445,1925,1950]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="132" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="syzygium" status="n. sp.">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFEF2F80C9781F82F" box="[311,445,1925,1950]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">B. syzygium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BF81C72BB529FFAEFE03F80C943AF82E" box="[454,518,1925,1951]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132" rank="species">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFE03F80C97C3F82E" bold="true" box="[454,511,1925,1951]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">n. sp</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
where as in 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFD5EF80C9514F82F" box="[667,808,1924,1950]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">B. bifasciata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, aedeagus is longer and gently narrowed in the middle. Spermatheca of 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B529FFAEFE8BF82097E8F873" authority="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan, 2023" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" box="[334,468,1961,1986]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="132" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="syzygium" status="n. sp.">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFE8BF82097E8F873" box="[334,468,1961,1986]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">B. syzygium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BF81C72BB529FFAEFE18F8219421F872" box="[477,541,1960,1987]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132" rank="species">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFE18F821942AF873" bold="true" box="[477,534,1960,1986]" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">n. sp</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
has pump longer than the receptacle (in 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B529FFAEFC28F8209246F873" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Jacoby" baseAuthorityYear="1895" box="[1005,1146,1960,1986]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="132" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bifasciata">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B529FFAEFC28F8209246F873" box="[1005,1146,1960,1986]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="132">B. bifasciata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, pump is shorter than the receptacle).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9679A642B528FFAFFF5DF8399718F85D" blockId="11.[151,1436,1968,2028]" pageId="11" pageNumber="133">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B528FFAFFF5DF8399722F879" bold="true" box="[152,286,1968,1992]" pageId="11" pageNumber="133">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B528FFAFFEEEF839945EF879" authority=", Habitus." authorityName="Habitus." box="[299,610,1968,1992]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="133" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bifasciata">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B528FFAFFEEEF83997C6F879" box="[299,506,1968,1992]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="133">Bathseba bifasciata</emphasis>
, Habitus.
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B528FFAFFDABF83994BDF879" bold="true" box="[622,641,1968,1992]" pageId="11" pageNumber="133">a.</emphasis>
Dorsal view, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B528FFAFFCDAF8399508F879" bold="true" box="[799,820,1968,1992]" pageId="11" pageNumber="133">b.</emphasis>
Ventral view, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B528FFAFFC1DF83995DFF879" bold="true" box="[984,995,1968,1992]" pageId="11" pageNumber="133">c</emphasis>
. Lateral view, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B528FFAFFB49F83992A6F879" bold="true" box="[1164,1178,1968,1992]" pageId="11" pageNumber="133">d</emphasis>
. Head: front view, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B528FFAFFAB3F83993A9F879" bold="true" box="[1398,1429,1968,1992]" pageId="11" pageNumber="133">e–j</emphasis>
. Colormorphs.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9679A642B52FFFA8FF5DF8C197EAF840" blockId="12.[151,1436,1864,2033]" pageId="12" pageNumber="134">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52FFFA8FF5DF8C19724F8D0" bold="true" box="[152,280,1864,1889]" pageId="12" pageNumber="134">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
Male genitalia of 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52FFFA8FE0AF8C094ABF8D0" box="[463,663,1865,1889]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="134" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bifasciata">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52FFFA8FE0AF8C094ABF8D0" box="[463,663,1865,1889]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="134">Bathseba bifasciata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52FFFA8FD61F8C0948DF8D0" bold="true" box="[676,689,1865,1889]" pageId="12" pageNumber="134">a</emphasis>
. Aedeagus, Ventral view, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52FFFA8FC70F8C095FFF8D0" bold="true" box="[949,963,1865,1889]" pageId="12" pageNumber="134">b</emphasis>
. Aedeagus, Lateral view, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52FFFA8FB02F8C092EEF8D0" bold="true" box="[1223,1234,1865,1889]" pageId="12" pageNumber="134">c</emphasis>
. Tegmen, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52FFFA8FAF9F8C0936CF8D0" bold="true" box="[1340,1360,1865,1889]" pageId="12" pageNumber="134">d.</emphasis>
Tergite VIII, sternite VIII &amp; IX, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52FFFA8FE61F8E497ECF834" bold="true" box="[420,464,1901,1925]" pageId="12" pageNumber="134">e–h.</emphasis>
Endophallus: 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52FFFA8FDACF8E49448F834" bold="true" box="[617,628,1901,1925]" pageId="12" pageNumber="134">e</emphasis>
. Completely everted endophallus through the apical opening (ostium) of the aedeagus (lateral view), 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52FFFA8FE57F819979DF819" bold="true" box="[402,417,1936,1960]" pageId="12" pageNumber="134">f.</emphasis>
Basal phallomere (dorsal view), 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52FFFA8FD32F8189535F818" bold="true" box="[759,777,1937,1961]" pageId="12" pageNumber="134">g.</emphasis>
Median phallomere (lateral view), 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52FFFA8FBB3F81892B6F818" bold="true" box="[1142,1162,1937,1961]" pageId="12" pageNumber="134">h.</emphasis>
Apical phallomere (dorsal view). (Abbreviations: BP = Basal phallomere, MP = Median phallomere, AP = Apical phallomere, PL = Proximal lobe, ML = Median lobe, DL = Distal lobe)
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="9679A642B52EFFA9FF5DF8C197DDF840" blockId="13.[151,1436,1864,2033]" pageId="13" pageNumber="135">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52EFFA9FF5DF8C1976CF8D1" bold="true" box="[152,336,1864,1889]" pageId="13" pageNumber="135">FIGURE 7. a–f:</emphasis>
Syntype photos, type series labels of 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52EFFA9FD2DF8C09589F8D0" box="[744,949,1865,1889]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="135" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bifasciata">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52EFFA9FD2DF8C09589F8D0" box="[744,949,1865,1889]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="135">Bathseba bifasciata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52EFFA9FC00F8C095E4F8D0" bold="true" box="[965,984,1865,1889]" pageId="13" pageNumber="135">a.</emphasis>
Syntype (dorsal view), 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52EFFA9FB1CF8C092D1F8D0" bold="true" box="[1241,1261,1865,1889]" pageId="13" pageNumber="135">b.</emphasis>
Syntype (lateral view), 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52EFFA9FF1BF8E496CCF834" bold="true" box="[222,240,1901,1925]" pageId="13" pageNumber="135">c.</emphasis>
Syntype labels, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52EFFA9FE5FF8E597FAF835" bold="true" box="[410,454,1900,1924]" pageId="13" pageNumber="135">d–f:</emphasis>
Paratype labels, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52EFFA9FDB0F8E494B4F834" bold="true" box="[629,648,1901,1925]" pageId="13" pageNumber="135">g.</emphasis>
Field photograph of 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52EFFA9FCA7F8E4920EF834" box="[866,1074,1901,1925]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="135">
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52EFFA9FCA7F8E49212F834" box="[866,1070,1901,1925]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="135" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bifasciata">Bathseba bifasciata</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52EFFA9FBFCF8E49256F834" bold="true" box="[1081,1130,1901,1925]" pageId="13" pageNumber="135">h–k:</emphasis>
Female genitalia of 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52EFFA9FAFBF8E496C7F818" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="135" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bifasciata">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52EFFA9FAFBF8E496C7F818" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="135">Bathseba bifasciata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52EFFA9FECDF8189721F818" bold="true" box="[264,285,1937,1961]" pageId="13" pageNumber="135">h.</emphasis>
Spermathecal capsule, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52EFFA9FDC8F8199426F819" bold="true" box="[525,538,1936,1960]" pageId="13" pageNumber="135">i.</emphasis>
Eighth sternite along with tignum, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52EFFA9FC40F81995AFF819" bold="true" box="[901,915,1936,1960]" pageId="13" pageNumber="135">j.</emphasis>
Ovipositor, 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52EFFA9FBD6F818921BF818" bold="true" box="[1043,1063,1937,1961]" pageId="13" pageNumber="135">k.</emphasis>
Lateral view (Abbreviations: SpG = Spermathecal gland, SpC = Spermathecal capsule, SpD = Spermathecal duct, MdO = Median oviduct, Bc = Bursa copulatrix, Vg = Vagina, Ovi = Ovipositor).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="9679A642B52DFFAAFF02FF1E9234FED4" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1329]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52DFFAAFF02FF1E979AFF00" box="[199,422,151,177]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bifasciata">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFF02FF1E979AFF00" box="[199,422,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Bathseba bifasciata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
resembles 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFDEDFF1E94F9FF01" box="[552,709,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">B. semivittata</emphasis>
Baly
</taxonomicName>
superficially. However, 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52DFFAAFBDFFF1E9296FF00" box="[1050,1194,151,177]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bifasciata">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFBDFFF1E9296FF00" box="[1050,1194,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">B. bifasciata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be differentiated from 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52DFFAAFF12FF32974FFF65" authorityName=", (Baly" authorityYear="1864" baseAuthorityName=", (Baly" baseAuthorityYear="1864" box="[215,371,187,212]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="semivittata">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFF12FF32974FFF65" box="[215,371,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">B. semivittata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by shorter body and weakly punctured elytra (body longer and elytra strongly punctate in 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52DFFAAFA41FF32972EFF49" authorityName=", (Baly" authorityYear="1864" baseAuthorityName=", (Baly" baseAuthorityYear="1864" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="semivittata">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFA41FF32972EFF49" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">B. semivittata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52DFFAAFEECFF569442FF48" authority="(Jacoby, 1908)" authorityName="Kumari &amp; Moseyko &amp; Prathapan" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Jacoby" baseAuthorityYear="1908" box="[297,638,223,249]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigra" status="n. comb.">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFEECFF5697E8FF49" box="[297,468,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Bathseba nigra</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="F257DBB3B52DFFAAFE27FF56944AFF48" author="Jacoby, M." box="[482,630,223,249]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" refId="ref13692" refString="Jacoby, M. (1908) Coleoptera. Chrysomelidae. Vol. 1. In: Bingham, C. T. (Ed.), The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor &amp; Francis, London, pp. 1 - 534." type="book" year="1908">Jacoby, 1908</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFD40FF5694D6FF48" bold="true" box="[645,746,223,249]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BF81C72BB52DFFAAFD40FF5694D6FF48" box="[645,746,223,249]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" rank="species">n. comb.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is clearly different from 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52DFFAAFC3AFF5692B7FF48" box="[1023,1163,223,249]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bifasciata">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFC3AFF5692B7FF48" box="[1023,1163,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">B. bifasciata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having costate elytra; colored reddish brown to aeneous; and ventral plate of aedeagus bisinuate with paired, arcuate, transverse lobes and triangular spicules, while in 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52DFFAAFE17FEAE9463FEF0" box="[466,607,295,321]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bifasciata">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFE17FEAE9463FEF0" box="[466,607,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">B. bifasciata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, elytra lacks costa; color varies from yellow to piceous with yellow elytral apex; and the ventral plate of aedeagus is depressed medially without spicules.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="DEDCF5C9B52DFFAAFF02FEE7954EFA81" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="9679A642B52DFFAAFF02FEE79584FE1C" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1329]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFF02FEE79455FE39" bold="true" box="[199,617,366,393]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">
Material examined. Types. 
<typeStatus id="497D18E0B52DFFAAFDCCFEE79455FE39" box="[521,617,366,392]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Syntype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B52DFFAAFDB2FEE694D6FE38" box="[631,746,367,393]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="13.[152,255,1864,1888]" captionTargetBox="[212,1379,205,1838]" captionTargetId="figure-22@13.[168,1419,179,1841]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 7. a–f: Syntype photos, type series labels of Bathseba bifasciata. a. Syntype (dorsal view), b. Syntype (lateral view), c. Syntype labels, d–f: Paratype labels, g. Field photograph of Bathseba bifasciata, h–k: Female genitalia of Bathseba bifasciata. h. Spermathecal capsule, i. Eighth sternite along with tignum, j. Ovipositor, k. Lateral view (Abbreviations: SpG = Spermathecal gland, SpC = Spermathecal capsule, SpD = Spermathecal duct, MdO = Median oviduct, Bc = Bursa copulatrix, Vg = Vagina, Ovi = Ovipositor)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959873" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959873/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Figs 7a–b</figureCitation>
). Labels: (1) Type/H. T. (red disc); (2) Jacoby Coll./1909-28a; (3) Kanara; (4) Triclionia/ 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52DFFAAFE7EFE1A9467FE1C" authority="Jac." authorityName="Jac." box="[443,603,403,429]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bifasciata">bifasciata Jac.</taxonomicName>
; (5) sp. fig. (
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B52DFFAAFD2EFE1A9506FE1C" box="[747,826,403,429]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="13.[152,255,1864,1888]" captionTargetBox="[212,1379,205,1838]" captionTargetId="figure-22@13.[168,1419,179,1841]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 7. a–f: Syntype photos, type series labels of Bathseba bifasciata. a. Syntype (dorsal view), b. Syntype (lateral view), c. Syntype labels, d–f: Paratype labels, g. Field photograph of Bathseba bifasciata, h–k: Female genitalia of Bathseba bifasciata. h. Spermathecal capsule, i. Eighth sternite along with tignum, j. Ovipositor, k. Lateral view (Abbreviations: SpG = Spermathecal gland, SpC = Spermathecal capsule, SpD = Spermathecal duct, MdO = Median oviduct, Bc = Bursa copulatrix, Vg = Vagina, Ovi = Ovipositor)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959873" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959873/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Fig. 7c</figureCitation>
) (
<collectionCode id="F0D73E87B52DFFAAFC97FE1A9590FE1C" box="[850,940,403,429]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">BMNH</collectionCode>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9679A642B52DFFAAFF02FE3E94BBFE44" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1329]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">
“ 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFF11FE3F9716FE61" bold="true" box="[212,298,438,464]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Cotype</emphasis>
”. Labels 1: (1) Belgaum.G4; (2) 
<typeStatus id="497D18E0B52DFFAAFD72FE3E94D3FE60" box="[695,751,439,465]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Type</typeStatus>
(red label); (3) Andrewes/Bequest./ B.M. 1922 – 221; (4) Triclionia/ 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52DFFAAFEC8FE529427FE44" authority="Jac. (BMNH)" box="[269,539,475,501]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bifasciata">bifasciata Jac. (BMNH)</taxonomicName>
. (
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B52DFFAAFDE8FE529443FE44" box="[557,639,475,501]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="13.[152,255,1864,1888]" captionTargetBox="[212,1379,205,1838]" captionTargetId="figure-22@13.[168,1419,179,1841]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 7. a–f: Syntype photos, type series labels of Bathseba bifasciata. a. Syntype (dorsal view), b. Syntype (lateral view), c. Syntype labels, d–f: Paratype labels, g. Field photograph of Bathseba bifasciata, h–k: Female genitalia of Bathseba bifasciata. h. Spermathecal capsule, i. Eighth sternite along with tignum, j. Ovipositor, k. Lateral view (Abbreviations: SpG = Spermathecal gland, SpC = Spermathecal capsule, SpD = Spermathecal duct, MdO = Median oviduct, Bc = Bursa copulatrix, Vg = Vagina, Ovi = Ovipositor)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959873" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959873/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Fig. 7d</figureCitation>
)
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9679A642B52DFFAAFF0AFE76948EFD8C" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1329]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">
“ 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFF1EFE77970DFDA9" bold="true" box="[219,305,510,536]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Cotype</emphasis>
”. Labels 2: (1) Co-/ 
<typeStatus id="497D18E0B52DFFAAFDD3FE76947AFDA8" box="[534,582,511,537]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">type</typeStatus>
(green disc); (2) Andrewes/Bequest./ B.M. 1922 – 221; (3) Belgaum.N; (4) 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52DFFAAFF52FDAA971FFD8C" box="[151,291,547,573]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bifasciata">T. bifasciata</taxonomicName>
/VarB.; (5) 1444. (
<collectionCode id="F0D73E87B52DFFAAFE29FDAA947AFD8C" box="[492,582,547,573]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">BMNH</collectionCode>
). (
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B52DFFAAFDA4FDAA9496FD8C" box="[609,682,547,573]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="13.[152,255,1864,1888]" captionTargetBox="[212,1379,205,1838]" captionTargetId="figure-22@13.[168,1419,179,1841]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 7. a–f: Syntype photos, type series labels of Bathseba bifasciata. a. Syntype (dorsal view), b. Syntype (lateral view), c. Syntype labels, d–f: Paratype labels, g. Field photograph of Bathseba bifasciata, h–k: Female genitalia of Bathseba bifasciata. h. Spermathecal capsule, i. Eighth sternite along with tignum, j. Ovipositor, k. Lateral view (Abbreviations: SpG = Spermathecal gland, SpC = Spermathecal capsule, SpD = Spermathecal duct, MdO = Median oviduct, Bc = Bursa copulatrix, Vg = Vagina, Ovi = Ovipositor)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959873" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959873/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Fig.7e</figureCitation>
)
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9679A642B52DFFAAFF02FDCE97D2FD34" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1329]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">
“ 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFF11FDCF9716FDD1" bold="true" box="[212,298,582,608]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Cotype</emphasis>
”. Labels 3: (1) Co-/ 
<typeStatus id="497D18E0B52DFFAAFDC8FDCE9401FDD0" box="[525,573,583,609]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">type</typeStatus>
(green disc); (2) H. L. Andrewes/Nilgiri Hills; (3) Andrewes/Bequest./ B.M. 1922 – 221. (
<collectionCode id="F0D73E87B52DFFAAFEEEFDE297B9FD34" box="[299,389,619,645]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">BMNH</collectionCode>
). (
<figureCitation id="0EFDBAC7B52DFFAAFE65FDE297DAFD34" box="[416,486,619,645]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="13.[152,255,1864,1888]" captionTargetBox="[212,1379,205,1838]" captionTargetId="figure-22@13.[168,1419,179,1841]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 7. a–f: Syntype photos, type series labels of Bathseba bifasciata. a. Syntype (dorsal view), b. Syntype (lateral view), c. Syntype labels, d–f: Paratype labels, g. Field photograph of Bathseba bifasciata, h–k: Female genitalia of Bathseba bifasciata. h. Spermathecal capsule, i. Eighth sternite along with tignum, j. Ovipositor, k. Lateral view (Abbreviations: SpG = Spermathecal gland, SpC = Spermathecal capsule, SpD = Spermathecal duct, MdO = Median oviduct, Bc = Bursa copulatrix, Vg = Vagina, Ovi = Ovipositor)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959873" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959873/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Fig.7f</figureCitation>
)
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9679A642B52DFFAAFF02FD069492FD7C" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1329]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">
Images of a ‘Cotype’: Labels: (1) Belgaum.G4; (2) Jacoby 2nd/Coll.; (3) 
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52DFFAAFC32FD0692ABFD18" authority="Jac." authorityName="Jac." box="[1015,1175,655,681]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Bathseba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bifasciata">bifasciata Jac.</taxonomicName>
; (4) 
<typeStatus id="497D18E0B52DFFAAFB0DFD06933DFD18" box="[1224,1281,655,681]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Type</typeStatus>
/9911 (https:// mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/ 
<collectionCode id="F0D73E87B52DFFAAFE3AFD3A9403FD7C" box="[511,575,691,717]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" name="Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" type="Museum">MCZ</collectionCode>
:Ent:9911)
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9679A642B52DFFAAFF02FD5E97EFFB85" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1329]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFF02FD5E9796FD41" bold="true" box="[199,426,726,753]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Non-type material.</emphasis>
7♁, 
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<specimenCount id="80C06DCBB52DFFAAFE26FD5F9432FD40" box="[483,526,726,753]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" type="female">5 ♀</specimenCount>
“ 
<collectingCountry id="EED1E6D2B52DFFAAFDE5FD5E945CFD40" box="[544,608,727,753]" name="India" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">India</collectingCountry>
: 
<collectingRegion id="540268A0B52DFFAAFDAEFD5E9489FD40" box="[619,693,727,753]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Kerala</collectingRegion>
/ 
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/ N 
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25’ 47.5” E 
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59’ 8.3”/ 
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<collectingDate id="F23C796AB52DFFAAFB55FD5E92C2FD40" box="[1168,1278,727,753]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="2017-05-19">19.v.2017</collectingDate>
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<quantity id="513E0BA7B52DFFAAFAC0FD5E9303FD40" box="[1285,1343,727,753]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" unit="m" value="18.0">
<elevation id="1DEB4171B52DFFAAFAC0FD5E9303FD40" box="[1285,1343,727,753]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" unit="m" value="18.0">18 m</elevation>
</quantity>
/AKS &amp; SRH Coll./Ex. 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFE84FD729438FCA4" box="[321,516,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Mangifera indica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
”
</materialsCitation>
. 
<materialsCitation id="26AEAC1FB52DFFAAFDDAFD729581FCA4" box="[543,957,763,789]" collectingDate="2017-05-23" country="India" elevation="18" latitude="80.429855" location="Vellayani" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Kerala">
<specimenCount id="80C06DCBB52DFFAAFDDAFD729475FCA4" box="[543,585,763,789]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
same data except date 
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<collectingDate id="F23C796AB52DFFAAFC89FD729581FCA4" box="[844,957,763,789]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="2017-05-23">23.v.2017</collectingDate>
</date>
</materialsCitation>
. 7♁, 
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<specimenCount id="80C06DCBB52DFFAAFC3FFD739218FCA4" box="[1018,1060,762,789]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" type="female">5 ♀</specimenCount>
same data except date 
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<collectingDate id="F23C796AB52DFFAAFAE2FD7293A5FCA4" box="[1319,1433,763,789]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="2017-05-24">24.v.2017</collectingDate>
</date>
</materialsCitation>
. 7♁, 
<materialsCitation id="26AEAC1FB52DFFAAFF0CFC9794CDFC88" box="[201,753,798,825]" collectingDate="2017-05-26" country="India" elevation="18" latitude="80.429855" location="Vellayani" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" specimenCount="5" specimenCount-female="5" stateProvince="Kerala">
<specimenCount id="80C06DCBB52DFFAAFF0CFC9796C9FC88" box="[201,245,798,825]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" type="female">5 ♀</specimenCount>
, 4 unsexed same data except date 
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<collectingDate id="F23C796AB52DFFAAFDBAFC9694CDFC88" box="[639,753,799,825]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="2017-05-26">26.v.2017</collectingDate>
</date>
</materialsCitation>
. 13♁, 
<materialsCitation id="26AEAC1FB52DFFAAFCF8FC969351FC88" box="[829,1389,799,825]" collectingDate="2017-06-02" country="India" elevation="18" latitude="80.429855" location="Vellayani" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Kerala">
<specimenCount id="80C06DCBB52DFFAAFCF8FC969554FC88" box="[829,872,799,825]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
, 4 unsexed same data except date 
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<collectingDate id="F23C796AB52DFFAAFB37FC969351FC88" box="[1266,1389,799,825]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="2017-06-02">02.vi.2017</collectingDate>
</date>
</materialsCitation>
. 
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<specimenCount id="80C06DCBB52DFFAAFABCFC9693A0FC88" box="[1401,1436,799,825]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
same data except date 
<date id="E2788082B52DFFAAFE57FCCA9436FCEC" box="[402,522,835,861]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="2017-06-22">
<collectingDate id="F23C796AB52DFFAAFE57FCCA9436FCEC" box="[402,522,835,861]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="2017-06-22">22.vi.2017</collectingDate>
</date>
</materialsCitation>
and Ex. 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFDA8FCCA94F0FCEC" box="[621,716,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Cashew.</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="26AEAC1FB52DFFAAFD17FCCA9314FCEC" box="[722,1320,835,861]" collectingDate="2017-06-22" collectorName="Sangamesh R H Coll" country="India" elevation="18" latitude="80.429855" location="Vellayani" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Kerala">
<specimenCount id="80C06DCBB52DFFAAFD17FCCA94C9FCEC" box="[722,757,835,861]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
same data except 
<collectorName id="3B33C394B52DFFAAFC04FCCA9290FCEC" box="[961,1196,835,861]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Sangamesh R H Coll</collectorName>
from light
</materialsCitation>
. 
<materialsCitation id="26AEAC1FB52DFFAAFAF7FCCA94F6FC32" collectingDate="2017-06-22" collectorName="Coll. From" country="India" elevation="18" latitude="80.429855" location="Sangamesh" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Kerala">
<specimenCount id="80C06DCBB52DFFAAFAF7FCCA9360FCEC" box="[1330,1372,835,861]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
same data except 
<location id="9319F099B52DFFAAFEE5FCEE979CFC30" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1E6F1754B521FFB4FF52F88693A1FD11:9319F099B52DFFAAFEE5FCEE979CFC30" box="[288,416,871,897]" name="Sangamesh" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Sangamesh</location>
R H 
<collectorName id="3B33C394B52DFFAAFE25FCEE9460FC30" box="[480,604,871,897]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Coll. From</collectorName>
light. 26
</materialsCitation>
♁, 
<materialsCitation id="26AEAC1FB52DFFAAFD2DFCEE95B5FC16" collectingDate="2018-04-17" collectorName="Ex. Light" country="India" latitude="80.75281" location="Palode" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" specimenCount="10" specimenCount-female="10" stateProvince="Kerala">
<specimenCount id="80C06DCBB52DFFAAFD2DFCEE951DFC30" box="[744,801,871,897]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" type="female">10 ♀</specimenCount>
, 4 unsexed “ 
<collectingCountry id="EED1E6D2B52DFFAAFC73FCEE95CAFC30" box="[950,1014,871,897]" name="India" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">India</collectingCountry>
: 
<collectingRegion id="540268A0B52DFFAAFBC7FCEE9271FC30" box="[1026,1101,871,897]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Kerala</collectingRegion>
/JNTBGRI, 
<location id="9319F099B52DFFAAFB12FCEE931FFC30" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1E6F1754B521FFB4FF52F88693A1FD11:9319F099B52DFFAAFB12FCEE931FFC30" box="[1239,1315,871,897]" country="India" latitude="80.75281" name="Palode" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" stateProvince="Kerala">Palode</location>
/ N 
<superScript id="61B30B0AB52DFFAAFA95FCEE9348FCC5" attach="left" box="[1360,1396,870,897]" fontSize="6" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">080</superScript>
45’ 10.1” E 
<superScript id="61B30B0AB52DFFAAFF33FC029726FC29" attach="left" box="[246,282,906,933]" fontSize="6" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">770</superScript>
1’ 30.8”/ 
<date id="E2788082B52DFFAAFE46FC0297C9FC14" box="[387,501,907,933]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="2018-04-17">
<collectingDate id="F23C796AB52DFFAAFE46FC0297C9FC14" box="[387,501,907,933]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="2018-04-17">17.iv.2018</collectingDate>
</date>
/K D Prathapan Coll./ 
<collectorName id="3B33C394B52DFFAAFD34FC02955CFC14" box="[753,864,907,933]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Ex. Light</collectorName>
”. 7
</materialsCitation>
♁, 
<materialsCitation id="26AEAC1FB52DFFAAFC6CFC0297F9FC7A" collectingDate="2018-04-17" collectorName="Amritha Kumari S Coll." country="India" latitude="80.75281" location="Ex." pageId="14" pageNumber="136" specimenCount="8" specimenCount-female="8" stateProvince="Kerala">
<specimenCount id="80C06DCBB52DFFAAFC6CFC0295E8FC14" box="[937,980,907,933]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" type="female">8 ♀</specimenCount>
same data except 
<location id="9319F099B52DFFAAFB62FC0292F1FC14" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1E6F1754B521FFB4FF52F88693A1FD11:9319F099B52DFFAAFB62FC0292F1FC14" box="[1191,1229,907,933]" name="Ex." pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Ex.</location>
<taxonomicName id="51C6DDC1B52DFFAAFB10FC029357FC14" box="[1237,1387,907,933]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Calophyllaceae" genus="Mesua" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ferrea">
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFB10FC029357FC14" box="[1237,1387,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Mesua ferrea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<collectorName id="3B33C394B52DFFAAFF52FC269790FC79" box="[151,428,943,969]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Amritha Kumari S Coll.</collectorName>
7
</materialsCitation>
♁, 
<materialsCitation id="26AEAC1FB52DFFAAFE21FC2692E1FC7A" box="[484,1245,943,971]" collectingDate="2018-04-17" collectorName="Coll. Amritha Kumari S" country="India" latitude="80.75281" location="Ex." pageId="14" pageNumber="136" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Kerala">
<specimenCount id="80C06DCBB52DFFAAFE21FC269432FC78" box="[484,526,943,969]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
same data except 
<collectorName id="3B33C394B52DFFAAFD1EFC2695D4FC78" box="[731,1000,943,969]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Coll. Amritha Kumari S</collectorName>
and no host record. 9
</materialsCitation>
♁, 
<materialsCitation id="26AEAC1FB52DFFAAFB39FC2697C6FC5E" collectingDate="2018-04-17" collectorName="Sangamesh R H Coll." country="India" latitude="80.75281" location="Ex." pageId="14" pageNumber="136" specimenCount="7" specimenCount-female="7" stateProvince="Kerala">
<specimenCount id="80C06DCBB52DFFAAFB39FC26931AFC78" box="[1276,1318,943,969]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" type="female">7 ♀</specimenCount>
same data except 
<collectorName id="3B33C394B52DFFAAFF2CFC5A97DCFC5C" box="[233,480,979,1005]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Sangamesh R H Coll.</collectorName>
6
</materialsCitation>
♁, 
<materialsCitation id="26AEAC1FB52DFFAAFDDFFC5A95FCFC5C" box="[538,960,979,1005]" collectingDate="2019-05-23" collectorName="Sangamesh R H Coll." country="India" latitude="80.75281" location="Ex." pageId="14" pageNumber="136" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-female="3" stateProvince="Kerala">
<specimenCount id="80C06DCBB52DFFAAFDDFFC5A947AFC5C" box="[538,582,979,1005]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" type="female">3 ♀</specimenCount>
same data except date 
<date id="E2788082B52DFFAAFC8AFC5A95FCFC5C" box="[847,960,979,1005]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="2019-05-23">
<collectingDate id="F23C796AB52DFFAAFC8AFC5A95FCFC5C" box="[847,960,979,1005]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="2019-05-23">23.v.2019</collectingDate>
</date>
</materialsCitation>
, 
<materialsCitation id="26AEAC1FB52DFFAAFC08FC5A97F1FB85" collectionCode="KAU, UASB" collectorName="S R Hiremath Coll. &amp; Ex. At MV" country="India" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Kerala">
<collectorName id="3B33C394B52DFFAAFC08FC5A9296FC5C" box="[973,1194,979,1005]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">S R Hiremath Coll.</collectorName>
and 
<collectorName id="3B33C394B52DFFAAFB27FC5A935DFC5C" box="[1250,1377,979,1005]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Ex. At MV</collectorName>
light (20 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFF02FC7F9798FBA1" bold="true" box="[199,420,1014,1040]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">
<collectionCode id="F0D73E87B52DFFAAFF02FC7F973BFBA1" box="[199,263,1014,1040]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">KAU</collectionCode>
, 100 NBAIR
</emphasis>
(Accession nos NIM/NBAIR/COL/CHRY - 1(1)/042023 to NIM/NBAIR/COL/CHRY - 1(100)/042023), 
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFE90FB9397F1FB85" bold="true" box="[341,461,1050,1076]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">
29 
<collectionCode id="F0D73E87B52DFFAAFEBDFB9397FFFB85" box="[376,451,1050,1076]" country="India" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/yr7i-jnjm" name="University of Agricultural Sciences" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">UASB</collectionCode>
)
</emphasis>
</materialsCitation>
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFE08FB9397EFFB85" bold="true" box="[461,467,1050,1076]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">.</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9679A642B52DFFAAFF02FBC9923AFABD" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1329]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">
<materialsCitation id="26AEAC1FB52DFFAAFF02FBC99760FBCC" collectingDate="1972-11-05" collectorName="L. Medvedev" country="Bhutan" elevation="300" location="Samchi" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" specimenCount="5" specimenCount-female="5" stateProvince="Samchi">
1♁ &amp; 
<specimenCount id="80C06DCBB52DFFAAFEE5FBB7977FFBE8" box="[288,323,1086,1113]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" type="female">5♀</specimenCount>
“ 
<collectingCountry id="EED1E6D2B52DFFAAFE9BFBB6978FFBE8" box="[350,435,1087,1113]" name="Bhutan" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Bhutan</collectingCountry>
: 
<collectingRegion id="540268A0B52DFFAAFE73FBB69433FBE8" box="[438,527,1087,1113]" country="Bhutan" name="Samchi" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Samchi</collectingRegion>
, 300 m/7– 
<date id="E2788082B52DFFAAFD52FBB7953AFBE8" box="[663,774,1086,1113]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="1972-11-05">
<collectingDate id="F23C796AB52DFFAAFD52FBB7953AFBE8" box="[663,774,1086,1113]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="1972-11-05">11.5.1972</collectingDate>
</date>
/ 
<collectorName id="3B33C394B52DFFAAFCDBFBB69591FBE8" box="[798,941,1087,1113]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">L.Medvedev</collectorName>
coll./ 
<collectorName id="3B33C394B52DFFAAFC36FBB69321FBE8" box="[1011,1309,1087,1113]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Nat-Hist. Museum Basel</collectorName>
– 
<collectingCountry id="EED1E6D2B52DFFAAFA8EFBB693A0FBE8" box="[1355,1436,1087,1113]" name="Bhutan" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Bhutan</collectingCountry>
<collectorName id="3B33C394B52DFFAAFF52FBEA972EFBCC" box="[151,274,1123,1149]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Expedition</collectorName>
1972.
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="26AEAC1FB52DFFAAFEA3FBED96E0FB10" collectingDate="1972-11-05" collectingDateMax="1988-06-05" collectingDateMin="1976-06-18" collectorName="L. Medvedev" country="Bhutan" elevation="300" location="Samchi" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" specimenCount="5" specimenCount-female="5" stateProvince="Samchi">
1♁ &amp; 
<specimenCount id="80C06DCBB52DFFAAFE71FBEA97EBFBCC" box="[436,471,1123,1149]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
“ 
<collectingCountry id="EED1E6D2B52DFFAAFE29FBEA9408FBCC" box="[492,564,1123,1149]" name="Nepal" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Nepal</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectorName id="3B33C394B52DFFAAFD87FBEA9483FBCC" box="[578,703,1123,1149]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">W.Wittmer</collectorName>
, 
<collectorName id="3B33C394B52DFFAAFD0BFBEA95ABFBCC" box="[718,919,1123,1149]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">C. Baroni Urbani</collectorName>
/ 
<location id="9319F099B52DFFAAFC6FFBEA9239FBCC" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1E6F1754B521FFB4FF52F88693A1FD11:9319F099B52DFFAAFC6FFBEA9239FBCC" box="[938,1029,1123,1149]" country="Nepal" name="Pokhara" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Pokhara</location>
820 m/15– 
<date id="E2788082B52DFFAAFB4FFBEB92C7FBCC" box="[1162,1275,1122,1149]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="1976-06-18">
<collectingDate id="F23C796AB52DFFAAFB4FFBEB92C7FBCC" box="[1162,1275,1122,1149]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="1976-06-18">18.6.1976</collectingDate>
</date>
/ 
<collectorName id="3B33C394B52DFFAAFACBFBEA93A1FBCC" box="[1294,1437,1123,1149]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">L.Medvedev</collectorName>
coll.”.
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="26AEAC1FB52DFFAAFF27FB0E9361FB10" box="[226,1373,1158,1188]" collectingDate="1972-11-05" collectingDateMax="1988-06-05" collectingDateMin="1976-06-18" collectorName="Lebish &amp; Probat" country="Bhutan" elevation="300" location="Samchi" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" specimenCount="5" specimenCount-female="5" stateProvince="Samchi">
1 ♁ “E-Nepal, Arun-Valley/ Khandabari-Bhotebas 1000–1750 m./ 
<date id="E2788082B52DFFAAFC0CFB0F9205FB10" box="[969,1081,1158,1185]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="1988-06-05">
<collectingDate id="F23C796AB52DFFAAFC0CFB0F9205FB10" box="[969,1081,1158,1185]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="1988-06-05">5.VI.1988</collectingDate>
</date>
/ Lebisch &amp; Probat Coll.”.
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="26AEAC1FB52DFFAAFA98FB0193A9FB74" collectingDate="1972-11-05" collectingDateMax="1988-06-05" collectingDateMin="1976-06-18" collectorName=" Dembický &amp; Pacholátko" country="Bhutan" elevation="300" latitude="9.34" location="Samchi" longLatPrecision="780" longitude="77.1" municipality="Thekkady" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" specimenCount="5" specimenCount-female="5" stateProvince="Samchi">
2♁ &amp; 
<specimenCount id="80C06DCBB52DFFAAFF52FB229686FB74" box="[151,186,1195,1221]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" type="female">3♀</specimenCount>
“ 
<collectingRegion id="540268A0B52DFFAAFF0FFB229726FB74" box="[202,282,1195,1221]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Kerala</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingMunicipality id="761D3C38B52DFFAAFEE1FB2297A9FB74" box="[292,405,1195,1221]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Thekkady</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<location id="9319F099B52DFFAAFE5AFB229411FB74" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1E6F1754B521FFB4FF52F88693A1FD11:9319F099B52DFFAAFE5AFB229411FB74" box="[415,557,1195,1221]" country="Nepal" latitude="9.34" longLatPrecision="780" longitude="77.1" municipality="Thekkady" name="Periyar Lake" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" stateProvince="Kerala">Periyar Lake</location>
/ 
<geoCoordinate id="F3F2C085B52DFFAAFDFEFB2294BFFB74" box="[571,643,1195,1221]" degrees="9,34" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" precision="555" value="9.34">9,34N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="F3F2C085B52DFFAAFD48FB2294DCFB74" box="[653,736,1195,1221]" degrees="77,10" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" precision="555" value="77.1">77,10E</geoCoordinate>
, 900–1000 m./ 
<date id="E2788082B52DFFAAFC4EFB229216FB74" box="[907,1066,1195,1221]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="1997-04-19" valueMax="1997-04-27" valueMin="1997-04-19">
<collectingDate id="F23C796AB52DFFAAFC4EFB229216FB74" box="[907,1066,1195,1221]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="1997-04-19" valueMax="1997-04-27" valueMin="1997-04-19">19–27.iv.1997</collectingDate>
</date>
/ Dembický &amp; Pacholátko Coll.”
</materialsCitation>
. 
<materialsCitation id="26AEAC1FB52DFFAAFF52FB469274FB58" box="[151,1096,1231,1257]" collectingDate="1992-05" collectorName="Nathan T. R. Coll." country="Nepal" location="Ft." municipality="Poonmudi Range" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" specimenCount="4" specimenCount-female="4" stateProvince="Kerala">
<specimenCount id="80C06DCBB52DFFAAFF52FB469686FB58" box="[151,186,1231,1257]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" type="female">4♀</specimenCount>
“ 
<collectingRegion id="540268A0B52DFFAAFF0EFB469727FB58" box="[203,283,1231,1257]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Kerala</collectingRegion>
, Trivandrum Pt./ 
<collectingMunicipality id="761D3C38B52DFFAAFE1BFB46949EFB58" box="[478,674,1231,1257]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Poonmudi Range</collectingMunicipality>
, 3000 Ft./ 
<date id="E2788082B52DFFAAFCDDFB46955BFB58" box="[792,871,1231,1257]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="1992-05">
<collectingDate id="F23C796AB52DFFAAFCDDFB46955BFB58" box="[792,871,1231,1257]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="1992-05">V.1992</collectingDate>
</date>
/ 
<collectorName id="3B33C394B52DFFAAFCB2FB469202FB58" box="[887,1086,1231,1257]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Nathan T.R. Coll.</collectorName>
”
</materialsCitation>
. 
<materialsCitation id="26AEAC1FB52DFFAAFB8AFB46951DFABC" collectingDate="1961-05" collectingDateMax="1987-04-11" collectingDateMin="1961-05" collectorName="D. Ch. J. Rai &amp; W. Kazirani" country="India" location="Renok" municipality="Darjeeling" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Assam">
<specimenCount id="80C06DCBB52DFFAAFB8AFB46924EFB58" box="[1103,1138,1231,1257]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
“ 
<collectingCountry id="EED1E6D2B52DFFAAFB46FB4692FFFB58" box="[1155,1219,1231,1257]" name="India" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">India</collectingCountry>
: 
<collectingMunicipality id="761D3C38B52DFFAAFB08FB46937FFB58" box="[1229,1347,1231,1257]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Darjeeling</collectingMunicipality>
/ 
<location id="9319F099B52DFFAAFA89FB4693A8FB58" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1E6F1754B521FFB4FF52F88693A1FD11:9319F099B52DFFAAFA89FB4693A8FB58" box="[1356,1428,1231,1257]" country="India" municipality="Darjeeling" name="Renok" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" stateProvince="Assam">Renok</location>
/ 
<date id="E2788082B52DFFAAFF52FB7A9712FABC" box="[151,302,1267,1293]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="1987-04-07" valueMax="1987-04-11" valueMin="1987-04-07">
<collectingDate id="F23C796AB52DFFAAFF52FB7A9712FABC" box="[151,302,1267,1293]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="1987-04-07" valueMax="1987-04-11" valueMin="1987-04-07">7–11.IV.1987</collectingDate>
</date>
/ 
<collectorName id="3B33C394B52DFFAAFEFDFB7A97F5FABC" box="[312,457,1267,1293]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">D. Ch. J. Rai</collectorName>
”. 
<collectingRegion id="540268A0B52DFFAAFE24FB7A940CFABC" box="[481,560,1267,1293]" country="India" name="Assam" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Assam</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectorName id="3B33C394B52DFFAAFDFEFB7A94F8FABC" box="[571,708,1267,1293]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">W. Kazirani</collectorName>
, 
<date id="E2788082B52DFFAAFD0BFB7A951DFABC" box="[718,801,1267,1293]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="1961-05">
<collectingDate id="F23C796AB52DFFAAFD0BFB7A951DFABC" box="[718,801,1267,1293]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" value="1961-05">V.1961</collectingDate>
</date>
</materialsCitation>
, 
<materialsCitation id="26AEAC1FB52DFFAAFCE9FB7A923DFABD" box="[812,1025,1266,1293]" collectionCode="ZIN" country="India" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Assam">
<specimenCount id="80C06DCBB52DFFAAFCE9FB7A95B1FABC" box="[812,909,1267,1293]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" type="female">1 female</specimenCount>
(?) (
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFC01FB7B923DFABD" bold="true" box="[964,1025,1266,1292]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">
<collectionCode id="F0D73E87B52DFFAAFC01FB7B95C5FABD" box="[964,1017,1266,1292]" country="Russia" name="Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, Zoological Museum" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" type="Museum">ZIN</collectionCode>
)
</emphasis>
</materialsCitation>
<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFBC4FB7B923AFABD" bold="true" box="[1025,1030,1266,1292]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFF52FAF19727FA23" bold="true" box="[151,283,1400,1426]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Discussion</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="9679A642B52DFFAAFF52FA49956AF8AF" blockId="14.[151,1437,1472,2038]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">
Terminology of prothorax in 
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has been variously interpreted (
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). In Polyphaga, pleuron of prothorax has disappeared as an external sclerite and has become a large internal process (cryptopleuron) attached to the trochantin. The inflexed ventral part of protergum (hypomeron) abuts on the sternum and coxal cavities. The prosternum is a median undivided sclerite with lateral arms in front, abutting the hypomeron (episternum of 
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) (
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). Shape of the anterior margin of the lateral arms of prothoracic sternum [thoracic episternum of 
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; propleura of 
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, 
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)] is an important character used by 
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to divide the genera of 
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into ‘groups’. The lateral arms of prosternum in 
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is often secondarily separated from the rest of the sternum by a sulcus, or deep channel that forms the ‘antennal groove’. In genera such as 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFF7DF969977EF94B" box="[184,322,1760,1786]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Colaspoides</emphasis>
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, 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFE39F9699458F94B" box="[508,612,1760,1786]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Bathseba</emphasis>
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(
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, 
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), 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFCD1F96995B5F94B" box="[788,905,1760,1786]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Cleoporus</emphasis>
Lefèvre
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and 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFBE1F96992B4F94B" box="[1060,1160,1760,1786]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">Cleorina</emphasis>
Lefèvre, 1885
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, thus the ‘propleua’ appears like a separate sclerite abutting hypomeron.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9679A642B52DFFAAFF02F8A197B5F847" blockId="14.[151,1437,1472,2038]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">
The structure of pygidium is an important character to delimit closely related species in the genus. The placement of preapical line with respect to apical border and its shape can be used to distinguish closely related species. Preapical line is placed far from the apical edge in 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFD09F8F89564F83B" box="[716,856,1904,1930]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">B. bifasciata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, where as in 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFC2EF8F8924DF83B" box="[1003,1137,1905,1930]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">B. syzygium</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFBB2F8F99289F83B" bold="true" box="[1143,1205,1904,1930]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BF81C72BB52DFFAAFBB2F8F99289F83B" box="[1143,1205,1904,1930]" pageId="14" pageNumber="136" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, the preapical line is comparatively near to apical edge and the same is very close to the apical edge in the case of 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFB5BF81C933FF81F" box="[1182,1283,1940,1966]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">B. indica</emphasis>
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. Prepical line is weakly wavy in 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFEA2F83097D1F863" box="[359,493,1977,2002]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">B. syzygium</emphasis>
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(
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), whereas it is convex in 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFC69F8309204F863" box="[940,1080,1976,2002]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">B. bifasciata</emphasis>
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(
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) and distinctly concave in 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52DFFAAFF71F8549725F847" box="[180,281,2012,2038]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="136">B. indica</emphasis>
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(
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Fig. 
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).
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Kumari 
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(2020)
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provided a brief account of techniques of eversion and inflation of endophallus in leaf beetles. 
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illustrated endophalli in species of 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52CFFABFCEBFF329580FF64" box="[814,956,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="137">Metachroma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig. 
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) and 
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<emphasis id="A4B27A50B52CFFABFADCFF3293A1FF64" box="[1305,1437,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="137">Typophorus</emphasis>
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(
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in 
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) in 
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, to which 
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belongs. However, finer details are not available in this work as the endophallic sac is not maximally inflated when pulled out through the apical opening with a hooked insect pin. In 
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, a small apical sclerite is present, while the same is absent in 
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in the other two. Endophallus is entirely finely spiculate in 
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, whereas in 
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, it is finely spiculate in the middle third and sparsely and finely spiculate in the apical third. In 
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Mango and cashew are important crops in 
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Key to species of 
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subcontinent
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....................................................... 
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3 Elytral interstriae convex, especially on basal convexities; frons in males narrow; eyes large; body length 
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....................................................................... 
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....................................................... 
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- Body length about 
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12 Body length 
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................................................................................. 13
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............................. 
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............................................ 
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......................... 17
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- Antenna entirely yellow or apical antennomeres darker, color of antennomeres 1─4 not contrastingly black with 5−11 lighter; occurring in 
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.................................................................................... 18
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17 Legs reddish; no pattern on elytra; body length 
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(Jacoby)
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- Tibiae and apices of femora black; elytra often with black pattern, 3 black spots on each elytron, or blackish apices, etc.; body length 
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18 Orbital sulcus widened near supraorbital pore; preapical line on pygidium straight.................... 
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- Orbital sulcus even; preapical line on pygidium concave..................................... 
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(Jacoby)
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