Description of Hitherto Unknown Egg and 1(St) Instar Nymph of Cinara Maculipes Hille Ris Lambers (Aphidoidea : Lachnidae) from Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

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by  Sumit Chakrabarti

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(Annonaceae)confirms it as the new larval foodplant. IalsothankRev.Fr. V.T.JosephCMI,Principal,St.Joseph’s
College, Devagiri and Prof. A.T. Thomas, HoD, Zoology
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Departmentforfacilities.
IthankDr.C.Radhakiishnan(JointDirector,ZSI,WGRS, October20,2003 ’VINAYAN P. NAIR
Kozhikode), Md. JaferPalot (ZSI, Kozhikode) and Dr. P.M. XV/446A1, NethajiHousingColony,
Sureshan (ZSI, Pune) for constant encouragement. I am Trichambaram,TaliparambaP.O.,
grateful toMr. Joby Paul,JRF, Dept, ofBotany, St. Joseph’s Kannur,Kerala670 141,India.
College,Devagiriforconfirmingtheidentityofthehostplant. Email: [email protected]
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DESCRIPTION OF HITHERTO UNKNOWN EGG AND INSTAR NYMPH
19.
OF CINARA MACULIPES HILLE RIS LAMBERS (APHIDOIDEA: LACHNIDAE)
FROM SHIMLA, HIMACHAL PRADESH
Pine is infested by about 170 species of aphids, feeds on Pimts walUchiana,HimalayanBluePine,abundant
including more than 100 species of Cinara (Blackman and inthenorthwestHimalayanregionofIndia.However,Ghosh
Eastop 1994).CinaramaciilipesHilleRisCambersprincipally (1982)studiedoneapterousviviparousfemalecollectedfrom
Figs 1-3: 1. EggofCinaramaculipes]2.Apterousviviparousfemale;
3. Newlyhatched 1stinstarnymphandeggsonpineneedles
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narrowfurrowalongthemiddorsalsurfaceoftheegg.Length
1.6±0.14mm, width0.65 ±0.095 mm. Eggslaidon thepine
needle, serially glued on the upper surface at an average of
6.73±1.09eggsperneedle.Maximumeggslaidperneedleare
9 andminimum 5. Egg surface isoften covered withminute
whitewaxyparticles(Eig. 1).
Eirstinstarapterousnymph:Oval,paleyellowish,legs
mm
slightlybrown,rostrumdarker.Body 1.64±0.13 long,width
mm
0.68±0.09 atwidestareaofabdomen.Eyesmultifaceted.
Length ofhead (Fig. 4) across eyes 0.6 mm, bears 26dorsal
hairs,shorthair0.029±0.01 mm.longhair(Fig.8)0.06±0.01
mm.Antennae4segmented,yellowish,0.74mmlong,0.45 x
body. Antennal hairs on segment III slender, hyaline,
acuminate,0.12xbasaldiameterofsegmentIII.Oneprominent
rhinariaapicallyonantennalsegmentIII.Processusterminalis
mm
(Fig. 6) 0.17 long, spindle shaped, bears 2 apical and 8
otherhairs,havingoneprominentrhinariaand6semicircular
conjugantplates. Numberofhairson segments I, II, and III;
mm
5,4and30respectively.Rostrum 1.35±0.09 long,slender,
acuminate,reachescaudaltip.ultimaterostralsegment(URS
distinctly divided into segments IVandV. URS darker, 0.23
±0.06mmlong,bears8hairseach,onsegmentIVandV(Fig.
7). Legsstout, profuselyhairy, lengthoflegI, II, and III, are
1.53mm. 1.48mm,and1.86mmrespectively.Tarsalclaws0.059
mm
±0.02 long,paired,darkbrown,sickleshaped.Lengthof
hindtarsus^0.284mm. Dorsalhairsontibialargerthanlateral
Figs4-10: 4. Head;5.Cauda;
6.AntennalsegmentIVandpartofIII;7. URS(IV-i-V); andventralhairs,exceptforhindtibmiamwheremosthairslong.
8. Haironhead;9. Dorsalviewofsiphunculus; Lengthoflonghairs0.099to0.132 andshorthairs0.029
10. Lateralviewofsiphunculus to 0.049 mm. Abdominal tergites faint but distinguishable,
hairy, pigmented spots or muskelplatten semicircular to
Pinuspanda, Mexican WeepingPine-anexotic toIndia. irregularly square, 0.028 ±0.06 mm, present laterally.
Detaileddescriptions ofapterous and alate viviparous Siphunculus circular with a chitinized rim inside (Fig. 9),
female,alatemaleand2"‘'instarapterousnymphareavailable slightlyelevatedonsmallsparselyhaiiy,pigmentedcone(Fig.
inliterature(HilleRisLumbers 1966;Davidetal. 1969;Ghosh 10),diameter0.053 ±0.09mm. Caudasmall,dusky,crescent
1982). CinaramaculipesisdistributedinHimachalPradesh, shaped(Fig. 5), length0.083mm,width0.2mm,bears0.07
Jammu and Kashmir, and in Pakistan (Ghosh 1986). So far, ±0.016mmlong8-10hairs.
eggs and P‘instarnymphs were unknownfrom thisregion.
DuringJanuary2002, severalthickcoloniesofCinara ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
maculipes (Fig. 2) were noticed feeding among needles and
young shoots ofHimalayan Blue Pine (local name; Kail) in I thank the Coordinator, Himalayan Forest Research
and around ConiferCampus ofHimalayan Forest Research Institute,Shimla.HimachalPradeshforlaboratoryfacilities.
Institute (HFRI), Shimla. In this communication, hitherto
unknowneggsandthe P‘instarnymphs(Fig.3)aredescribed. October31,2003 SUMIT CHAKRABARTI
MaterialExamined;65eggsfrompineneedles,ten 1st ForestProtectionDivision,
instar nymphs, nine apterous viviparous females and two HimalayanForestResearchInstitute,
alate viviparous females (in permanent microscopic slides; ConiferCampus,Panthaghati,
whole mount), host; Pinus wallichiana, locality: Conifer Shimla 171 009,HimachalPradesh,
Campus,HFRI,Shimla,Coll.:S.Chakrabarti,8.i.2002. India.
Egg: Elliptical, shiny black, and tough. Longitudinal ‘Email:tisum200l(Syahoo.co.in
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20. A NEW RECORD OF THE CORAL PAVONA VENOSA (EHRENBERG, 1834)
(SCLERACTINIA, AGARICIIDAE) FROM ANAIPAR ISLAND,
GULF OF MANNAR BIOSPHERE RESERVE
Atotalof208 speciesunder 15 familiesand60genera
ofScleractiniancoralsarereportedfromIndia(Venkataraman
etal. 2003). According to a recent revision, among the four
major zones ofcoral reefs ofIndia, Andaman and Nicobar
Islands are the most diverse in coral species (177 forms).
LakshadweepArchipelagorankssecond(91 forms)andGulf
ofMannarBiosphereReserve(GoMBR)ranksthird(82forms)
incoralspeciesdiversity.ThepioneerworkersontheGulfof
Mannar(Thurston 1890;Brook1893;Bemard 1897, 1905;Pillai
1967a,b,c)reportedtherichnessofcoralspeciesdiversityin
this region anddescribedthe area as one ofthe hotspots for
marine diversity. Although studies have been conducted on
the coral reefs of GoMBR, information about the species
diversityisstillincomplete.Thepresentreportdealswiththe
newrecordofPavonavenosa(Ehrenberg 1834)(Scleractinia:
Agariciidae)fromAnaiparIsland,GulfofMannarBiosphere
Reserve.
Fig. 1:Pavonavenosa(Ehrenberg, 1834)
Description
Phylum:Cnidaria
Class:Anthozoa
Subclass:ZoanthariadeBlainville, 1830
Order:ScleractiniaBourne, 1905
Family:AgariciidaeGray, 1847
Genus: Pavona
TheFamilyAgariciidaeincludessixextanthermatypic
genera -Agaricia, Coeloseris, Gardineroseris, Leptoseris,
Pachyseris and Pavona - of which five genera, except
Agaricia, are reported from India. Most of the genera are
colonial.Coloniesaremassive,laminarorfohaceous.Coralhtes
areimmersedwithpoorlydefinedwallsformedbythickening
of the septo-costae. Septa seldom fuse and are continuous
between adjacent corallite centres. Species of Family
AgariciidaearemostsimilartothoseofFamilySiderastreidae Fig.2:CorallitesofPavonavenosa
(Veron2(XX)).
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