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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="53">Material examined.</paragraph>
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sugarcane.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="53">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Male has simple forceps, and is easily discriminated from that of other
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species by the unique morphology of the virga: paired portion with developed flanges and a whip-like process at each tip. Flanged virgae have been reported in this genus only for
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Kapoor, Bharadwaj &amp; Banerjee, 1971. However, almost no unpaired part is present at the base of each virga in
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, with no associated large sclerites in the penis lobe (vs short but conspicuous unpaired part and characteristic associated sclerites are present in
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sp. nov.).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="53">Description.</paragraph>
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(holotype: Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Diplatys sahyadriensis sp. nov. (male holotype) a posterior half of penultimate sternite b left paramere c left penis (in repose), virga with whip-like distal processes (wdp), and associated sclerites (ds, disc-shaped sclerite; iss, inner serrated sclerite; mss, mid serrated sclerite; ods, outer denticulated sclerite)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1088.79416.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/654593" pageId="0" pageNumber="53">2</figureCitation>
). Measurements of body parts are shown in Table
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. Body generally dark brown. 2nd antennal segment and beyond light brown. Coxa, trochanter, basal third of femur, distal half of tibia, tarsi, base of tegmina, wings (excluding fustis), lateral and posterior margins of pronotum, and base of forceps whitish brown (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Diplatys sahyadriensis sp. nov. (male holotype) a habitus b pronotum, tegmina and wings c thoracic sterna d left antenna e right foreleg f penultimate sternite and forceps g genitalia." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1088.79416.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/654592" pageId="0" pageNumber="53">1a-f</figureCitation>
). Abdomen and forceps densely pubescent (Fig.
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).
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Measurements (mm) of the male holotype of
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sp. nov.
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="53" rowspan="1">Head</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="53" rowspan="1">1.55</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="53" rowspan="1">Pronotum</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="53" rowspan="1">Tegmen</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="53" rowspan="1">3.00</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="53" rowspan="1">1.30</td>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="53">Width</emphasis>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="53" rowspan="1">Head</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="53" rowspan="1">1.57</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="53" rowspan="1">Pronotum</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="53" rowspan="1">1.22</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="53" rowspan="1">Tegmen</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="53" rowspan="1">1.00</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="53" rowspan="1">Ultimate tergite</td>
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sp. nov. (male holotype)
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habitus
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pronotum, tegmina and wings
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thoracic sterna
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left antenna
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right foreleg
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genitalia.
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Head (Fig.
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) slightly wider than long, widest in eye region; frons tumid but weakly depressed at apex; occiput strongly and widely depressed; transverse and median sutures visible but not conspicuous; posterior margin strongly emarginated in middle. Eyes prominent, distinctly longer than the post-ocular length. Antennae (Fig.
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) 17 segments or more (in holotype 15 left segments and 17 right segments remain), 1st expanded apically, slightly shorter than the combined length of 2nd to 4th; 2nd minute, shorter than width; 3rd long and slender; 4th slightly shorter than 3rd; 5th onwards segments gradually increasing in length and thinning up to 13th and 14th. Pronotum (Fig.
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) longer than broad, narrowed posteriorly, anteriorly convex, sides almost straight, hind margin subrotundate, median sulcus distinct, prozona tumid and well differentiated from flat metazona. Tegmina (Fig.
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) well developed, humeral angles weak, costal margin straight, posterior margin obliquely convex, axillary angles weak, showing a broad triangular scutellum. Wings (Fig.
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) well developed.
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Prosternum (Fig.
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) elongate, with a constriction at the point of attachment of forelegs. Mesosternum (Fig.
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) broader than prosternum, more or less rounded, deeply constricted at the point of attachment of the midlegs, truncated posteriorly. Metasternum (Fig.
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) hexagonal, constricted at point of attachment of hindlegs, emarginate posteriorly.
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Abdomen (Fig.
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) long, cylindrical, greatly enlarging from 7th tergite onwards. Penultimate sternite (Figs
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,
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), relatively long, posterior margin weakly emarginated at middle. Ultimate tergite (Fig.
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) transverse with two small, bifid, undulate depressions. Forceps (Fig.
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) about as long as the ultimate tergite, trigonal with ridge only present in basal two-thirds, branches tapering apically with pointed tip and without curving.
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Parameres (= external parameres; Figs
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,
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) with an internal tooth at apical one-quarter and a small, deep concavity distal to it. Penis lobes (Figs
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,
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) slightly shorter than the parameres, each with a denticulated sclerite (= outer denticulated sclerite; ods), two differently shaped, serrated sclerites (mid serrated sclerite [mss] and inner serrated sclerite [iss]), a disc-shaped sclerite (ds), and a bifurcated virga. Virga (Figs
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,
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) with very short, unpaired part, and long paired part. Each branch of paired part convoluted, slender, but with well-developed flange, and tips widened with a whip-like distal process (wdp).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="53">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="53">Diplatys sahyadriensis</emphasis>
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sp. nov. (male holotype)
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posterior half of penultimate sternite
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left paramere
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left penis (in repose), virga with whip-like distal processes (wdp), and associated sclerites (ds, disc-shaped sclerite; iss, inner serrated sclerite; mss, mid serrated sclerite; ods, outer denticulated sclerite).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="53">Female.</emphasis>
Unknown.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="53">Etymology.</paragraph>
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The specific epithet
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="53">Diplatys sahyadriensis</emphasis>
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refers to the type locality: the specimen was collected from the Sahyadri Ranges, which is a gateway to the Western Ghats of Karnataka.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="53">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="53">Only known from Shivamogga, Karnataka, India.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="53">Bioecology.</paragraph>
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The male specimen (holotype) was collected from whorls of sugarcane
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="53">Saccharum officinarum</emphasis>
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L. (
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,
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). The collection site is in a mixed area of sugarcane and paddy fields. Faecal pellets were seen on the leaves of sugarcane, suggesting that specimen had been in that place for some time, possibly taking advantage of this shaded spot.
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