Leofa (Prasutagus) pulchellus Distant

Duan, Yani & Zhang, Yalin, 2009, Review of the grassland leafhopper subgenus Leofa (Prasutagus) Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Chiasmini), Zootaxa 1972, pp. 35-43 : 39

Leofa (Prasutagus) pulchellus Distant

( Figs 1A–H ), Figs 2A–B

Prasutagus pulchellus Distant, 1918: 53 –54, fig. 57. India. Leofa (Prasutagus) pulchellus, Zahniser, 2008: 18 .

Material examined. India. Syntype Ψ, Nandidrug, T.V. Campbell; syntype? Ψ, same data (see remarks below); 1ď, 6km. E. Kasauli, 12.ix.1985, C.W. & L.B. O’Brien (all BMNH). China 1ď, Guangxi Prov., Longzhou, 700m, 1958-IX-14, grassplot, coll. Sun Huihong (SYU).

Remarks. This species is very similar to curtulus (see remarks under that species). The specimen from China is only tentatively identified as this species as its pygofer process is slightly different in shape (compare figs 1C and 1H). The syntype noted above has a code for the type locality Nandidrug i.e. “ND 9.15” handwritten under the specimen mount, and also Distant’s type determination label and a museum red type disc (BMNH); the syntype (?) has the same data code under the specimen mount, lacks the remaining contemporary labels but has a more modern data label put on by one of us (Webb). Further details on T.V. Campbell’s type material are given by Webb and Viraktamath (in press).

Figures

FIGURE 1. A – J, Leofa (Prasutagus) species. A – H, Leofa (Prasutagus) pulchellus Distant (A – G, India H, China), A: head and thorax; B: face; C: male pygofer, lateral view; D: subgenital plate, style and connective, dorsal view; E: aedeagus and paraphysis dorsal view; F: aedeagus and paraphysis, left lateral view; G: aedeagus ventral view; H: apex of left pygofer process; I – J: Leofa (Prasutagus) curtulus (Motschulsky), I, aedeagus, left lateral view (type male, Jassus? curtulus Motschulsky, from Vilbaste, 1975); J, dorsal habitus (syntype male Deltocephalus oneratus Melichar, from Distant, 1908).

FIGURE 2. A – B, Leofa (Prasutagus) pulchellus Distant. A, second valvulae with detail of teeth; B, first valvulae with detail of sculpture.