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    [Botany • 2018] Boeica clarkei (Gesneriaceae) • A New Species from northeastern India

    Boeica clarkei Hareesh, L.Wu, A. Joe & M.Sabu

    in Vadakkoot, Lei, Alfred & Mamiyil, 2018. 

    Abstract
    Boeica clarkei, a new species is described from Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. This novelity resemble B. porosa but differ in having corolla externally pubescent, an inconspicuous disc and transversely dehiscing anthers. From B. multinervia it differs in being pubescent rather than woolly, and in having only 8–12 paired lateral leaf veins, only ca 1 mm long corolla tube, and longer lip lobes. A detailed description along with colour photographs, distribution, conservation status and a key to the Indian species of Boeica are provided.

    Keywords: Boeica, Gesneriaceae, northeast India

    Boeica clarkei sp. nov.
    (A) habit, (B)–(D) inflorescence: (B) front view, (C) side view, (D) back view, (E)–(G) corolla: (E) back view, (F) front view, (G) split opened showing stamens, (H) capsule with calyx, (I) immature infructescence.
    Photos by V.S. Hareesh.

    Boeica clarkei Hareesh, L.Wu, A. Joe & M.Sabu sp. nov.

    Etymology: The specific epithet honours C. B. Clarke, a British botanist that described the genus Boeica and his contribution to the field of plant taxonomy.



    Sankaran Hareesh Vadakkoot, Wu Lei, Joe Alfred and Sabu Mamiyil. 2018. Boeica clarkei sp. nov. (Gesneriaceae) from northeastern India. Nordic Journal of Botany. 36(4); njb-01551. DOI: 10.1111/njb.01551

    2:29p
    [Entomology • 2019] Ophthalmoblysis ibarrai • A New Species of Ophthalmoblysis Scoble, 1995 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) from México with ‘Sleepy’ Eyespots

    Ophthalmoblysis ibarrai Garzón-Orduña, 2019. 


    Abstract
    A new species of Ophthalmoblysis Scoble, 1995 from Mexico is described and illustrated: O. ibarrai Garzón-Orduña, sp.n. The species is known only from Los Tuxtlas (Veracruz, Mexico), and is distinguished by the shape and pattern of the hindwing eyespot. Unlike the eyespot of other species in Ophthalmoblysis, that of O. ibarrai has a smaller and not fully circular inner black disc. In addition, O. ibarrai can be distinguished from a similar, undescribed species from Costa Rica by the presence of a sclerotized extension at the tip of the male valva and by the shape of the cornutus in the vesica. Ophthalmoblysis ibarrai represents the northernmost member of the genus.

    Keywords: Biodiversity, Lepidoptera, taxonomy, Veracruz, eyespots, moths, Neotropics



    Ophthalmoblysis ibarrai Garzón-Orduña, sp.n.


    Ivonne J. Garzón-Orduña. 2019. A New Species of Ophthalmoblysis Scoble, 1995 (Geometridae: Ennominae) from México with ‘Sleepy’ Eyespots. Zootaxa. 4706(3); 469–476. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4706.3.7

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