Grammacephalus species

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M., 2021, A new species of the genus Grammacephalus Haupt (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from the United Arab Emirates, with a key to species of the genus known from the Arabian Peninsula, Zootaxa 4995 (2), pp. 396-400 : 399

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4995.2.13

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Grammacephalus species
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Key to Grammacephalus species of the Arabian Peninsula

1. Crown 2.5 times as long as wide between the eyes ( Gnezdilov 2020a, figs 3, 13). Dorsum dark brown. Aedeagal shaft straight in lateral view ( Viraktamath 1981, figs 7, 35)............................................................... 2

-. Crown 1.3 times as long as wide between the eyes ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–3 ). Dorsum light greenish brown ( Figs 1, 2 View FIGURES 1–3 ). Aedeagal shaft S-shaped in lateral view ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 4–11 )................................................................... G. albatus View in CoL sp. nov.

2. Pygofer process with simple apex ( Gnezdilov 2020a, fig. 10).......................... G. rahmani (Singh Pruthi, 1930) View in CoL

-. Pygofer process with an appendage....................................................................... 3

3. Pygofer process with an apical appendage ( Linnavuori 1978, fig. 13a)...................... G. pugio (Noualhier, 1895) View in CoL

-. Pygofer process with a subapical appendage................................................................ 4

4. Pygofer process with subapical appendage more than half as long as process ( Viraktamath 1981, fig. 31).............................................................................................. G. raunoi Viraktamath, 1981 View in CoL

-. Pygofer process with subapical appendage less than half as long as process ( Linnavuori 1978, fig. 13b).............................................................................................. G. harpago Linnavuori, 1978 View in CoL

Gnezdilov, V. M. (2020 a) New records for the genus Grammacephalus Haupt (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). Opuscula Zoologica. Budapest, 51 (1), 15 - 20. https: // doi. org / 10.18348 / opzool. 2020.1.15

Linnavuori, R. (1978) Revision of the Ethiopian Cicadellidae (Homoptera) Parabolopinae and Deltocephalinae: Scaphytopiini and Goniagnathini. Revue de Zoologie Africaine, 92 (2), 457 - 500.

Viraktamath, C. A. (1981) Indian species of Grammacephalus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Colemania, 1 (1), 7 - 12.

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FIGURES 1–3. Grammacephalus albatus sp. nov., holotype. 1—dorsal view; 2—lateral view; 3—face. Total length of the specimen—4.0 mm.

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FIGURES 4–11. Grammacephalus albatus sp. nov., 4–9—holotype, male genitalia, 10, 11—female paratype, sternite VII, ventral view. 4—anal tube and pygofer, lateral view; 5—genital valve and subgenital plates, ventral view; 6—aedeagus and connective, lateral view; 7—same, ventral view; 8—connective, dorsal view; 9—style, ventral view; 10—specimen from Dadna; 11—specimen from Wadi Wurayah.