Amritodus atkinsoni (Lethierry)

VIRAKTAMATH, C. A. & YESHWANTH, H. M., 2024, Arboreal eurymeline leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae) of the Indian subcontinent with description of new genera and eight new species, Zootaxa 5462 (1), pp. 1-125 : 23

Amritodus atkinsoni (Lethierry)

Figs 8A–L , 59B , 60I , 63I–L .

Idiocerus atkinsoni Lethierry1889: 252 .

Amritodus atkinsoni (Lethierry) : Anufriev1970: 376, figs 1–7; Viraktamath 1997: 113–114, figs 1–6, 28; Xue & Zhang 2020: 1445, figs 3A–L, 12A–G.

Diagnosis. Male style with apex curved, dorsal surface with short stout setae. Aedeagus with dorsal apodeme oval in ventral view, preatrium longer than shaft, slightly sinuate, shaft sinuate and distally narrowed in lateral view, without processes. Female sternite VII 2.6× as wide as long medially, with lateral margins concave, lateral lobes slightly divergent, posterior margin between lobes smoothly concave ( Fig. 60I ).

Material examined. INDIA: West Bengal: Type 1♂, Calcutta, Museum Paris NMHN( EH), 2373, Idiocerus atkinsoni Leth. (NMNH) . Several males and females from INDIA: Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Uttaranchal , Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal ( UASB).

Remarks. Lethierry (1889) described this species based on unspecified number of specimens collected from Calcutta. In NMNH, Paris there is a single male ( Figs 8A–D ) labeled as the type which was examined. Distant (1908) has adequately described the species, Pruthi (1925), Anufiriev (1970), Viraktamath (1997), Xue et al. (2020) illustrated the male genitalia and the latter two the female genitalia also. This is a common species breeding on young leaves and inflorescences of mango ( Mangifera indica (L.), Anacardiaceae ) in north and part of south India. During the off season (when young leaves and inflorescences are not available for breeding), the adult leafhoppers congregate on tree trunks.

Figures

FIGURES 8A–L. Amritodus atkinsoni (Lethierry). A–D, type male: A, dorsal view; B, lateral view; D. head, anterior view; D, label data. E–F, female, dorsal and lateral views; G–H, sexual dimorphism in shape of labium, female (G) and male (H); I, metabasitarsomere, ventral view; J, male genital capsule, lateral view; K, style, lateral view; L. style, connective and aedeagus, lateral view.

FIGURES 60A–O. Idiocerini and Megipocerini of the Indian subcontinent, forewings (A–F) and female sternite VII (G– O). A, Matangia indica; B, Metidiocerus deodarae; C, Periacerus lalithae; D, Ulavius anasuyae; E, Busonia distanti; F, B. manipurensis; G, Balocha astuta; H, B. fuscolinea; I, Amritodus atkinsoni; J, A. brevis; K, A. quinquepunctatus; L, A. saeedi; M, Bellacerus bellus; N, Busoniomimus manjunathi; O, B. mudigerensis.

FIGURES 63A–P. Balocerini and Idiocerini of the Indian subcontinent, female valvula I, magnified view and valvula II, magnified view: A–D, Balocha astuta; E–H, B. fuscolinea; I–L, Amritodus atkinsoni; M–P, A. brevis.

FIGURES59A–L. Idiocerini andMegipocerini of the Indiansubcontinent,forewings:A,Balocha astuta; B,Amritodusatkinsoni; C, Bellacerus bellus; D, Busoniomimus manjunathi; E, B. mudigerensis; F, Idiocerus cedarae; G, Idioscopus bimaculatus; H, Idioscopus nitidulus; I, Jogina robustipennis; J, Jogocerus freytagi; K, Keralus webbi; L, Matangia capriliana.