Calodia kumari, Meshram, 2019

Meshram, Naresh M., 2019, Leafhopper tribe Coelidiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) of the Indian subcontinent, Zootaxa 4653 (1), pp. 1-91 : 11

Calodia kumari sp. nov.

Figs. 1 E , 4 E , 7 E , 18 A–G.

Male. Head ochraceous; eyes dark grey; area between inner margin of eye and frontal suture ochraceous with dark brown tinge. Pronotum and mesonotum dark brown. Forewing brown with hyaline costal margin, venation brown speckled with yellow. Thoracic sternites with large, fuscous and ochraceous markings ( Figs. 1 E , 4 E , 7 E ).

Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral aspect without caudal processes, small lobe on caudodorsal margin ( Fig. 18 G ). Subgenital plate, long, broader medially and narrowed basally, with a few short, hair-like setae ( Fig. 18 D ). Style short, broad at basal ½. curved at apical ½ ( Fig. 18 E ). Connective as long as wide at base ( Fig. 18 F ). Aedeagus curved at apex in lateral view, with two subapical spine-like processes, distal process, glabrous, ¼ as long as proximal process, arising from lateral margin and directed basad, proximal process long, with four long, apical secondary spines, gonopore small, subapical, arising distad of base of proximal process ( Figs. 18 A–C).

Measurements. Male 6.4 mm long, 1.7 mm wide across eyes and 1.9 mm wide across posterolateral angles of pronotum.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂, INDIA: Karnataka: Belgaum: Castle Rock , 569 m, 15°25.293’ N, 74°19.734’ E, 12–13.xi.2012, ARV Kumar Coll. ( UASB).

Etymology. This species is named after Dr. A.R.V. Kumar who collected the specimen.

Remarks. This species closely resembles C. neofusca sp. nov. in the structures of the male genitalia but can be easily distinguished by the unequal subapical aedeagal processes and by the proximal process bearing four long secondary spines ( Fig. 18 B ) compared to the subequal subapical process and the proximal process bearing a series of spines in C. neofusca ( Figs. 19 A–D).

Figures

FIGURES 1 A–O. Habitus of Coelidiini species. A. Calodia deergha sp. nov., male; B. C. keralica sp. nov., male; C & D. C. kodikanelensis Nielson, male and female; E. C. kumari sp. nov., male; F & G. C. neofusca sp. nov., male and female; H & I. C. ostenta (Distant), male and female; J. C. periyari sp. nov., male; K. C. subcrista Nielson, male; L. C. tridenta sp. nov., male; M. Glaberana acuta sp. nov., male; N & O. G. khasiensis (Rao), male and female.

FIGURES 4 A–O. Habitus of Coelidiini species, lateral view. A. Calodia deergha sp. nov., male; B. C. keralica sp. nov., male; C & D. C. kodikanelensis Nielson, male and female; E. C. kumari sp. nov., male; F & G. C. neofusca sp. nov., male and female; H & I. C. ostenta (Distant), male and female; J. C. periyari sp. nov., male; K. C. subcrista Nielson, male; L. C. tridenta sp. nov., male; M. Glaberana acuta sp. nov., male; N & O. G. khasiensis (Rao), male and female.

FIGURES 7 A–P. Faces of Coelidiini species. A. Calodia deergha sp. nov., male; B. C. keralica sp. nov., male; C & D. C. kodikanelensis Nielson, male and female; E. C. kumari sp. nov., male; F & G. C. neofusca sp. nov., male and female; H & I. C. ostenta (Distant), male and female; J. C. periyari sp. nov., male; K. C. subcrista Nielson, male; L. C. tridenta sp. nov., male; M. Glaberana acuta sp. nov., Male; N & O. G. khasiensis (Rao), male and female. P. Glaberana purva sp. nov., male.

FIGURES 18 A–G. Calodia kumari sp. nov., male genitalia. A & B. Aedeagus, dorsal view; C. Aedeagus, lateral view; D. Subgenital plate, dorsal view; E. Style, dorsal view; F. Connective, dorsal view; G. Pygofer, lateral view.

FIGURES 19 A–H. Calodia neofusca sp. nov., male genitalia. A & B. Aedeagus, dorsal view; C & D. Aedeagus, lateral view; E. Subgenital plate, dorsal view; F. Style, dorsal view; G. Connective, dorsal view; H. Pygofer, lateral view.