Unkanodes (Unkanodes) latespinosa (Dlabola, 1957)

Sohail, Kamran, Naveed, Hassan, Qin, Daozheng & Zhang, Yalin, 2020, Taxonomic study of the genus Unkanodes (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Delphacidae) from Pakistan, with description of a new species, ZooKeys 995, pp. 1-13 : 1

Unkanodes (Unkanodes) latespinosa (Dlabola, 1957) Figs 1-11

Remarks.

Dlabola (1957) described this species based on specimens from Afghanistan and provides a detailed description. It can be distinguished from other species of Unkanodes by the large, widely-spaced processes of segment X (anal tube) and elbow-shaped aedeagus.

Material examined.

3♂♂ (brachypterous), 7♂♂ (macropterous) Malamjabbah, Swat-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, 35°13'21.76"N, 72°25'32.93"E, 2993.39 m, 5 vii 2018, sweeping grasses, coll. Kamran Sohail. The area has a very diverse habitat for fruits and vegetables, and this species was collected in grasses near vegetable fields. This species is newly recorded for the fauna of Pakistan.

Distribution.

Previously recorded from Afghanistan, Iran, Mongolia, Turkey and Yugoslavia. In this study it is recorded from Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan.

Figures

Figures 1 - 11. Unkanodes (Chilodelphax) latespinosa (from Pakistan) 1 adult, dorsal view (macropterous) 2 adult, same species (brachypterous) 3 adult (macropterous), lateral view 4 vertex, pronotum and mesonotum, dorsal view 5 frons, ventral view 6, 7 male genitalia, caudal and lateral views 8 - 10 anal segment and aedeagus, lateral, dorsal and ventral views 11 genital style, lateral view.