Grammacephalus pugio (Noualhier)

Shah, Bismillah, Naveed, Hassan & Duan, Yani, 2019, Taxonomic review of the leafhopper genus Grammacephalus Haupt (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Scaphoideini) with description of a new species from Pakistan, Zootaxa 4688 (1), pp. 71-85 : 81

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scientific name	Grammacephalus pugio (Noualhier)
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Grammacephalus pugio (Noualhier) View in CoL

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Platymetopius pugio Noualhier, in Puton & Noualhier 1895: 176 View in CoL .

Enantiocephalus pugio, Haupt, 1927: 25 View in CoL .

Grammacephalus pugio, Haupt, 1929: 258 View in CoL .

Caffretus turneri Evans, 1947: 258 .

Grammacephalus pugio djirofticus Dlabola, 1960: 17 View in CoL .

Grammacephalus pugio, Linnavuori, 1978: 476 View in CoL .

Material examined. No specimen examined.

Remarks. This species can be distinguished from other members of the genus by male genitalia characters. It is possible that G. pugio is a synonym of G. niveimarginatus but the male of the latter species is unknown so far.

References

Dlabola, J. (1960) Iranische Zikaden (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha). (Ergebnisse der Entomologischen Reisen Willi Richter, Stuttgart, in Iran 1954 und 1956 - Nr. 31). Stuttgarter Beitraege zur Naturkunde aus dem staatliche Museum fur Naturkunde in Stuttgart, 41, 1 - 24.

Evans, J. W. (1947) A natural classification of leaf-hoppers (Jassoidea: Homoptera). Part 3. Jassidae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 98, 105 - 271. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1947. tb 01054. x

Haupt, H. (1927) Homoptera Palestinae I. Bulletin. The Zionist Organization. Institute of Agriculture and Natural History. Agricultural Experiment Station, 8, 5 - 43.

Haupt, H. (1929) Neueinteilung der Homoptera-Cicadina nach phylogenetisch zu wertenden Merkmalen. Zoologische Jahrbcher, 58, 173 - 286, 86 illustr.

Linnavuori, R. (1978) Revision of the Ethiopian Cicadellidae (Homoptera). Paraboloponinae and Deltocephalinae. Scaphytopiini and Goniagnathini. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 92 (2), 457 - 500.

Noualhier, M. (1895) [in Puton, A. & Noualhier, M. 1895: 176] Supplment a la liste des Hemiptres d'Akebs. Review Entomologique, 6, 298 - 311.

Figures

FIGURE 4. A–C: Grammacephalus pugio (Noualhier). A: head and pronotum; B: male pygofer side lobe; C: aedeagus, lateral view. D, E: Grammacephalus harpago Linnavuori. D: appendage of male pygofer; E: aedeagus, lateral view. F, G: Grammacephalus niveimarginatus (Melichar). F, G: female 7th sternite. (after Linnavuori, 1978).