Cicadulina bipunctata ( Melichar, 1904 )

Naveed, Hassan & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, Review of the leafhopper tribe Macrostelini Kirkaldy (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in Pakistan with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4462 (2), pp. 257-273 : 269-270

Cicadulina bipunctata ( Melichar, 1904)

Fig. 8A–E

Gnathodus bipunctata Melichar, 1904: 47 .

Cicadula bipunctella Matsumura, 1914: 173 (Taiwan) .

Cicadulina bipunctata (Melichar) , Webb 1987a: 236; Webb, 1987b: 694, figs. 70–77.

FOr full synOnymy see Webb (1987b: 683).

Material examined. 1♂, 1♀, Pakistan: Punjab Province: Jhang City , 11 June 2016, Hassan Naveed.

Distribution. China, Pakistan, Northeast Africa, Africa, India, Japan, Southern Pacific, Australia.

Remarks. C. bipunctata is similar to C. bimaculata , C. arachidis and C. chinae in external features and the shape of the connective and style, but they differ in the structure of the pygofer and aedeagus. Intraspecific variation in the subapical spines of the pygofer processes occurs among Chinese specimens of C. bipunctata (Lu &

Zhang 2011). There is little variation observed in placement and number of aedeagal processes in material examined from Pakistan.

Figures

FIGURE 8. Cicadulina bipunctata (Melichar) A. head and thOrax, dOrsal view; B. pygOfer, lateral view; C. valve, subgenital plate and style, dOrsal view; D. cOnnective; E. aedeagus, dOrsal view (ReprOduced frOm Lu & Zhang, 2011); Cicadulina chinai (Ghauri) F. pygOfer, lateral view; G. apex Of pygOfer prOcess, lateral view; H. subgenital plate; I. style; J. cOnnective; K. valve; L. aedeagus, dOrsal view; M. aedeagus, lateral view.