Phlogisini Linnavuori, 1979, 1859

Takiya, Daniela M., Dietrich, Christopher H. & Viraktamath, Chandra A., 2013, The unusual Afrotropical and Oriental leafhopper subfamily Signoretiinae (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae): taxonomic notes, new distributional records, and description of two new Signoretia species, ZooKeys 319, pp. 303-323 : 306-307

Phlogisini Linnavuori, 1979 Figs 2-7 , 15, 16 , 21-28

Description.

Dorsal coloration dark brown to black ( Figs 2-7 ). Head ( Figs 2-7 ) with crown convex, punctate, carinae indistinct or absent, margins not elevated; ocelli on crown distant from anterior margin, approximately equidistant from eyes and midline; with distinct depression laterad of each ocellus; transition from crown to face rounded; antennal ledges not prominent, evenly rounded; frontoclypeus without median longitudinal carina; anteclypeus with apex emarginated; maxillary suture present.

Pronotum ( Figs 2-5, 7 ) evenly convex, without carinae or deep depressions. Forewings ( Fig. 15 ) with or without R1 and crossveins r-m1 and m-cu2 present. Hind wings with crossvein m-cu perpendicular to CuA; submarginal vein not extended onto jugum. Forefemora with intercalary row strongly arcuate. Hind tibiae with row PD with macrosetae and row PV with some setae blunt-tipped.

Female ovipositor ( Figs 26, 27 ) slender and evenly curved throughout length; first valvulae ( Fig. 26 ) with dorsal sculpturing imbricate along margin and strigate ventrally; second valvulae ( Fig. 27 ) with dorsal teeth small, simple, somewhat irregularly distributed, restricted to distal half. [Female characters of tribe based on Phlogis ]

Male terminalia ( Figs 21-24 ) with pygofer with apical two-thirds distinctly more sclerotized than base, without posteroventral process; valve fused laterally to pygofer; subgenital plates not extended posteriorly as far as pygofer lobe apex; style without preapical teeth or denticuli; with distinct dorsal connective (separate sclerite connecting aedeagus to anal tube); anal tube segment X with ( Phlogis ) or without ( Chouious ) posterolateral processes.

Figures

Figures 2 - 14. Habitus photographs. 2, 3 Chouious tianzeus, dorsal and lateral 4 - 6 Phlogis sp. from Malaysia, dorsal and details of head lateral and face 7 Phlogis sp. from Thailand, lateral 8, 9 Preta gratiosa, dorsal and lateral 10 - 12 Signoretia delicata sp. n., detail of head, dorsal, lateral, and frontal 13, 14 Signoretia kintendela sp. n., dorsal and lateral.

Figures 15 - 20. Fore- and hindwing. 15, 16 Phlogis sp. from Thailand. 17, 18 Preta gratiosa. 19, 20 Signoretia aureola.

Figures 21 - 30. Terminalia of Chouious, Phlogis and Preta. 21 - 24 Chouious tianzeus, male genitalia 21 genital capsule (without anal tube), lateral view 22 dorsal connective, caudal view 23 connective, styles, aedeagus, dorsal connective, and anal tube, lateral view 24 aedeagus caudal view. 25 - 27 female terminalia of Phlogis sp. from Malaysia 25 sternite VII, ventral view 26 first valvula of ovipositor, lateral view 27 second valvifers, second valvulae and gonoplacs of ovipositor, lateral view 28 Phlogis sp. from Thailand, sternite VII, ventral view 29, 30 Preta gratiosa 29 pygofer and segment X of anal tube, lateral view 30 subgenital plates, connective, styles, and aedeagus, lateral view.