Streptogonopus phipsoni Pocock, 1892

Streptogonopus phipsoni Pocock, 1892 View in CoL

Material Examined: Male ( SPC0008 ) from Timbavadi in Junagadh, 21° 30' 17.93'' N, 70° 26' 1.63'' E, Gujarat, India, 82 m. alt., 9 August 2023, R. A. Dave ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 ) GoogleMaps .

Habitat Preferences: Streptogonopus phipsoni Pocock, 1892 is found in various places in India. Grassy, black soil is the habitat of this species.

Seasonal Occurrence in Gujarat: This species seems to show a higher tolerance capacity to survive than S. nitens . This species emerges in mid-June and remains active until the end of October in Gujarat. In unassertive conditions, it tries to move upward over the grass or small plants ( Fig. 9C View FIGURE 9 ).

Morphology: S. phipsoni is smaller in size as compared to S. nitens . Colouration chestnut. Metazona smooth, but behind the transverse sulcus, it has yellow straps. Both legs and antennae share brown colouration, while tarsal region of legs is notably yellow. Pleurosternal carinae caudally dentiform, vs lobiform in S. nitens . The lateral keels of the 2 nd ring are long and set below the level of the following rings ( Attems 1936) ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 ).

Both species of Streptogonopus Attems, 1914 are quite similar in morphology, but they can easily be distinguished by their gonopod structures. The gonopod prefemorite is short in the S. phipsoni as compared to S. nitens . The femorite is short and broad. The acropodite is more strongly spiralled and curved, and narrowly pointed ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 ). These features are identical to those illustrated by Attems (1936) for S. phipsoni .