Busoniomimus Maldonado-Capriles

VIRAKTAMATH, C. A. & YESHWANTH, H. M., 2024, Arboreal eurymeline leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae) of the Indian subcontinent with description of new genera and eight new species, Zootaxa 5462 (1), pp. 1-125 : 33

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5462.1.1

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scientific name

Busoniomimus Maldonado-Capriles
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Genus Busoniomimus Maldonado-Capriles View in CoL

Busoniomimus Maldonado-Capriles 1977: 491 View in CoL ; Webb 1983b: 85–86. Type species: Idiocerus minor Bierman View in CoL , by original designation

Diagnosis. Species of this genus resemble species of Idioscopus externally, but differ in male genitalia characters. Some species, as in B. minor (Bierman) and B. mindanaoensis (Baker) , lack frontolateral sutures. Metabasitarsomere with three platellae flanked on either side by a stout seta ( Figs 15E View FIGURES 15 , 16D View FIGURES 16 ). Male pygofer with a triangular lobe on ventral margin proximad of midlength. Aedeagus with well-developed dorsal apodeme, slightly compressed, with large proximal region, shaft dorsally directed and pustulate, with ventral marginal constriction near base. Style more or less straight, apophysis longer than anterior part proximad of articulation with connective, ventral margin smooth, dorsal margin with thin moderately long setae. Female sternite VII 2× as wide as long medially, posterior margin either straight or convex. Valvula I with sculptured area occupying distal 0.5 or more, strigae slgithly curved, vertical. Valvula II with either small or prominent widely spaced teeth, toothed area occupying distal 0.33 length.

Remarks. The genus as discussed by Webb (1983b) is heterogeneous and needs phylogenetic analysis to determine whether it is a natural group. Two species of the genus occur in the Indian subcontinent and are considered pests of plants on which they breed (see Remarks under each species).

Key to species of Busoniomimus Maldonado-Capriles View in CoL from the Indian subcontinent

1. Pronotum with anterior transverse series of dark brown spots ( Fig. 16A View FIGURES 16 ), frontoclypeus with large dark brown spot ( Fig. 16C View FIGURES 16 ); aedeagus without processes ( Fig. 16H View FIGURES 16 )............................................. B. mudigerensis (Viraktamath) View in CoL

- Pronotum and frontoclypeus immaculate ( Figs 15A,C View FIGURES 15 ); aedeagus with one pair of preatrial processes ( Fig. 15H View FIGURES 15 )............................................................................ .. B. manjunathi Viraktamath & Viraktamath View in CoL

Maldonado-Capriles, J. (1977) Studies on Idiocerinae leafhoppers: XV. Busonia Distant and an allied new genus from the Oriental region (Cicadellidae: Idiocerinae). Pacific Insects, 17 (4), 491 - 501.

Webb, M. D. (1983 b) Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae: (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series No. 92, 1 - 147. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / AJZS 092

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FIGURES 15A–H. Busoniomimus manjunathi Viraktamath & Viraktamath, holotype male: A–B, habitus, dorsal and lateral views; C, face; D, label data; E, metabasitarsomere, ventral view; F, male genital capsule, lateral view; G, styles and connective, dorsal view; H, aedeagus, lateral view.

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FIGURES 16A–H. Busoniomimus mudigerensis (Viraktamath), male: A–B, habitus, dorsal and lateral views; C, face; D, metabasitarsomere, ventral view; E, male genital capsule, lateral view; F, styles, connective and aedeagus, ventral view; G, connective and aedeagus, dorsal view; H, aedeagus, lateral view.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

SubFamily

Eurymelinae

Tribe

Idiocerini