Nirvana pecularis Viraktamth & Wesley

Meshram, Naresh M. & Rai, Stuti, 2017, A new species of genus Nirvana (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) with note on female genitalia from India, Zootaxa 4303 (2), pp. 264-272 : 267-269

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.2.6

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6009405

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scientific name

Nirvana pecularis Viraktamth & Wesley
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Nirvana pecularis Viraktamth & Wesley View in CoL

( Figs 3–4 View FIGURE 1 – 17 , 20–21 View FIGURE 18 – 27 , 30–31 View FIGURE 28 – 37 )

Nirvana pecularis Viraktamth & wesley, 1988: 213 Female genitalia. Seventh sternite hind margin straight. Valvulae I ( Figs 20–21 View FIGURE 18 – 27 ), in lateral view, dorsal sculptured area extending from middle portion to apex of blade; ventral sculptured area restricted to apical portion of blade, formed mostly by scale-like processes. Valvulae II ( Figs. 30–31 View FIGURE 28 – 37 ), in lateral view, dorsal margin concave in the middle and convex apically on toothed areas with irregular reticulation on distal 1/3rd, dorsal margin with 19 teeth, those located on basal portion, median and apical portion triangular with flat posterior (descending) and anterior (ascending) area, with denticles between each tooth. Ducts present on dorsal hyaline area.

Materials examined. Holotype ♂, INDIA: Mizoram: Aizawl , 18. xi. 1981, C. S. Wesley ( UAS) . Paratypes: India: Mizoram: 2♂, 4♀, Aizawl , 18.xi. l981, C. S. Wesley ( UASB) ; Meghalaya: 2♂, Umiam (25°41' N, 91°55'E, 1031 m), 21.ix.2015, at light, N.M. Meshram. GoogleMaps

UAS

Unidad Acad�mica Sisal, Universidad Nacional Aut�noma de M�xico

UASB

University of Agricultural Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

Genus

Nirvana

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