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Title of Thesis
A REVISION OF THE SUBFAMILY ALYDINAE AMYOT AND SERVILE (HERIPTERA: ALYDIDAE) FROM INDO-PAKISTAN SUB-CONTINENT AND THEIR CLADISTIC ANALYSIS |
Author(s)
Narjis Abbas |
Institute/University/Department Details
Department of Zoology/ University of Karachi |
Session
2002 |
Subject
Zoology |
Number of Pages
361 |
Keywords (Extracted from title, table of contents and abstract of thesis)
alydinae amyot, servile (heriptera: alydidae), genus camptopus amyot, genus euthetus dallas, genus hypselopus burmeister, megalotomus fieber, genus mirperus stål, nemausus stål, genus riptortus stål, genus tenosius stål, daclerini ahmad et al, genus linguatiecris ahmad et al |
Abstract Forty seven species belonging to 12 genera of 2 tribes of the subfamily Alydinae Amyot and Serville of Alydidae from the Indo-Pakistani areas including one tribe with detailed new description, one genus with detailed new description and fifteen new species with one genus and 6 species newly recorded from various localities of Indo-Pakistan subcontinent are described in detail wit special reference to their metathoracic scent auricles and male and female genitalia. The new taxa are compared with their closest allies and keys to all the world genera and their tribes, and to all the Indo-Pakistani species are formulated on the basis of the above more reliable characters to help readily identify the above taxa. Characters of taxonomic importance are also briefly described to help build background for the understanding of these characters for their use in cladistic analysis of the world genera. Alimentary organs, and salivary apparatus of seven common representatives from various localities of Pakistan are described in detail. Biology, egg and immature characters of two species i.e. of Riptortus linearis (F.) and Mriperus gilgitensis sp. n. are studied but presently detailed description of one species is given (because of R. linearis (F.) has already been given by Shadab 1972 with illustrations) and the polarity of some of the above characters are analyzed on the basis of out-group comparison with those of Coredoidea and Trivhophora at large in order to construct a cladogram of the included taxa.
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Contents |
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Introduction |
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Materials And Methods |
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Characters Of Taxonomic Importance |
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Review Of Literature On The External Morphology |
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Taxonomical, Faunistic And Revisional Studies Of The Sub-Family Alydinae Amyot And Serville |
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5.1 |
Key To The Tribes Of The Sub-Family Alydinae Amyot And Serville |
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5.2 |
Key To The World Genera Of The Subfamily Alydinae Amyot And Serville With Their Distributional Ranges |
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Tribe Alydini Amyot And Serville |
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Key To The Genera Of The Tribe Alydini Amyot And Serville From Indo-Pakistan Sub-Continent |
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5.5 |
Key To The Species Of The Genus Akbaratus Distant |
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5.6 |
Key To The Species Of The Genus Camptopus Amyot And Serville |
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5.7 |
Key To The Species Of The Genus Camptopus Amyot And Servile |
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5.8 |
Key To The Species Of The Genus Euthetus Dallas |
85 |
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5.9 |
Key To The Species Of The Genus Hypselopus Burmeister |
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Key To The Species Of The Genus Megalotomus Fieber |
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Key To The Species Of The Genus Mirperus Stål |
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Key To The Species Nemausus Stål |
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5.13 |
Key To The Species Of The Genus Riptortus Stål |
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Key To The Species Of The Genus Tenosius Stål |
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Key To The Genera Of The Tribe Daclerini Ahmad Et Al |
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Key To The Species Of The Genus Linguatiecris Ahmad Et Al |
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Alimentary Organs And Salivary Apparatus Of The Representative Of The Subfamily Alydinae Amyot And Serville |
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Discussion On Alimentary Organs And Salivary Apparatus |
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5.19 |
Biology, Egg And Immature Systematics Of Alydinae Amyot Serville |
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Discussion On The Biology, Egg And Immature Systematics Of Different Alydine Genera |
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Caladistic Analysis Of The World Genera Of The Subfamily Alydinae Amyot Ands Serville |
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Characters And Character States |
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Discussion On Cladogram |
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Summary |
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References |
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Author’s Publications |
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