Jilinga gopii ( Pruthi, 1936 )

Zhang, Huining & Dai, Wu, 2017, Revision of the grassland leafhopper genus Jilinga Ghauri (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Paralimnini) with description of a new species from China, Zootaxa 4268 (4), pp. 541-553 : 552

Jilinga gopii ( Pruthi, 1936)

Fig. 8 D–F.

Deltocephalus gopii Pruthi, 1936: 127

Jilinga gopii, Webb & Heller, 1990: 8 ; Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 34; Khatri & Webb, 2010:15 ; Xing et al., 2012:50 .

Distribution. India, Pakistan, Nepal.

Remarks. The species was described by Pruthi (1936) and later transferred from Deltocephalus to Jilinga by Webb & Heller (1990). Recently, Xing et al. (2012) reillustrated the male genitilia. It can be distinguished by the following combination of features: anal tube appendages with distal margins serrate; subgenital plate broad basally and abruptly narrowed then tapered gradually; apophysis of style transverse and much wider; aedeagus shaft widened, with approximately seven asymmetrical teeth on lateral margin.

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FIGURE 8. A – C. Jilinga darjilingensis (Distant). D – F. Jilinga gopii (Pruthi). G – I. Jilinga linzhiensis Xing et al. A, D, G. anal tube, ventral view; B, E, F. aedeagus, ventral connective and dorsal connective, lateral view; C, F, I. aedeagus and dorsal connective, ventral view. (after Xing et al., 2012).