Penthimia tumida, Shobharani & Viraktamath & Webb, 2018

Shobharani, M., Viraktamath, C. A. & Webb, M. D., 2018, Review of the leafhopper genus Penthimia Germar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from the Indian subcontinent with description of seven new species, Zootaxa 4369 (1), pp. 1-45 : 18

Penthimia tumida sp. nov.

Figs 37–40 , 54, 184–191.

Black, forewing with light brown caudal area. Tip of scutellum dark brown.

Male genitalia. Caudal margin of pygofer rounded with long stout setae on caudal 0.33. Subgenital plate with long stout setae. Style linear with well developed preapical lobe, apical apophysis short, thumblike. Connective with arms shorter than stem. Aedeagus with well developed dorsal apodeme, preatrium short, shaft cylindrical, curved caudo-dorsally, apex with V- shaped notch; gonopore apical.

Length. Male 3.8–4.0mm. Female 4.1–4.3mm.

Material examined. INDIA: Tamil Nadu: holotype ♂, Ootacamund, 4.vi.1977, C. A. Viraktamath ( UASB) . Paratypes: 1♂, 4♀ data as for holotype ; 2♂, data as for holotype but collected by S. Viraktamath ; India: Kerala: 1♂, Munnar, 22.iv.1977, B. Mallik ( UASB) .

Etymology. The species name refers to the tumid upper part of the face in this species.

Remarks. This species is similar to several species all predominantly black with the apical area of the forewing paler and with a relatively slender body (see under P. curvata ). Both P. tumida and P. ereba have a similar aedeagal shaft with well developed dorsal apodeme and shaft curved first posteriorly and then anteriorly. P. spiculata has spicules on lateral margins of aedeagal shaft that are absent in P. tumida and the latter has both clypeus and clypellus tumid which is not the case in P. spiculata .

Figures

FIGURES 27–40. Habitus of species of Penthimia. 27–28. Holotype male P. neoattenuata sp. nov., dorsal and lateral view. 29–30. P.quadrinotata Distant topotypes, color variation; 31–32. Holotype male P.ribhoi sp. nov., dorsal and lateral view.33– 34. Holotype male P.shyadrica sp. nov., dorsal and lateral view.35–36.Holotype male P.spiculata sp. nov., dorsal and lateral view.37–40. P.tumida sp. nov. 37–38. Holotype male, dorsal and lateral view; 39–40. Paratypefemale dorsal and lateral view.