Grammacephalus pugio (Noualhier)

Shah, Bismillah, Naveed, Hassan & Duan, Yani, 2019, Taxonomic review of the leafhopper genus Grammacephalus Haupt (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Scaphoideini) with description of a new species from Pakistan, Zootaxa 4688 (1), pp. 71-85 : 81

Grammacephalus pugio (Noualhier)

( Fig. 4 A–C)

Platymetopius pugio Noualhier, in Puton & Noualhier 1895: 176 .

Enantiocephalus pugio, Haupt, 1927: 25 .

Grammacephalus pugio, Haupt, 1929: 258 .

Caffretus turneri Evans, 1947: 258 .

Grammacephalus pugio djirofticus Dlabola, 1960: 17 .

Grammacephalus pugio, Linnavuori, 1978: 476 .

Material examined. No specimen examined.

Remarks. This species can be distinguished from other members of the genus by male genitalia characters. It is possible that G. pugio is a synonym of G. niveimarginatus but the male of the latter species is unknown so far.

Figures

FIGURE 4. A–C: Grammacephalus pugio (Noualhier). A: head and pronotum; B: male pygofer side lobe; C: aedeagus, lateral view. D, E: Grammacephalus harpago Linnavuori. D: appendage of male pygofer; E: aedeagus, lateral view. F, G: Grammacephalus niveimarginatus (Melichar). F, G: female 7th sternite. (after Linnavuori, 1978).