Bhatia Distant

Lu, Lin & Zhang, Yalin, 2015, A new species of the leafhopper genus Bhatia Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China, Zootaxa 3911 (1), pp. 145-150 : 145-146

Genus Bhatia Distant

Bhatia Distant, 1908: 357 ; Webb, 1994: 116; Zhang & Webb, 1996: 12; Viraktamath, 1998: 170; Viraktamath & Murthy, 2009: 47; Shang et al., 2006: 565. Type species: Eutettix ? olivacea Melichar, by monotypy, see Webb, 1994.

Melichariella Matsumura, 1914: 236 –237; Ishihara, 1954: 243 –245; Linnavuori, 1960: 36 (synonymized with Bhatia ); Linnavuori & Al-Ne’amy, 1983: 23 (reinstated as valid); Zhang & Webb, 1996: 12 (synonymy with Bhatia reinstated); Shang et al., 2006: 566. Type species: Melichariella satsumensis Matsumura , by original designation.

Koreanopsis Kwon & Lee, 1979: 50 ; Zhang & Webb, 1996: 12 (synonymized with Bhatia ); Shang et al., 2006: 566. Type species: Koreanopsis koreana Kwon & Lee , by monotypy.

Diagnosis. Aedeagus with one or two pairs of long ventral processes arising from base of shaft or one pair arising from preatrium, latter pair sometimes loosely associated with preatrium near apex of connective; gonopore apical. Additional small sclerite, or process (paraphysis, Fig. 1E, I) sometimes present between aedeagus and connective.

Species of Bhatia differ from other Paraboloponina in the following combination of features: male pygofer appendage absent; subgenital plate without macrosetae and with medial margin straight (not emarginate); aedeagus with pair of elongate basolateral processes.

Remarks. In common with most other Paraboloponina, species of Bhatia have the subgenital plate without macrosetae. It differs from other Paraboloponina in having the aedeagus with a pair of elongate basolateral processes. The following characters of the leg not previously given can be noted: front femur with anteroventral (AV1) setae single and long, intercalary (IC) row with about 16 setae; AM1 seta large, situated near apex; AV setae absent.

Distribution. Oriental Region and Pacific areas.