Durgades confusa Viraktamath

C. A. Viraktamath, 2011, Revision of the Oriental and Australian Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) 2844, Zootaxa 2844, pp. 1-118 : 44

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1175­5334

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scientific name

Durgades confusa Viraktamath
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Durgades confusa Viraktamath View in CoL

Figs 180–188.

Durgades confusa Viraktamath 2004: 368 View in CoL , figs 9–16. HOLOTYPE ♂, NEPAL: Dunche (BPBM, examined).

Color. Coloration and structure similar to D. aviana View in CoL .

Male genitalia. Pygofer caudally rounded with bifurcate process dorso-mesally, one of the arm directed anteriorly and the other caudally ( Fig. 182). Pygofer with large divided unpigmented area along dorsocaudal margin. Preatrium of aedeagus poorly developed, without process; dorsal apodeme well developed, with elongate process on each lateral corners; gonopore large, with two lateral fangs, shaft short and stout.

Measurements. Male 3.2 mm long, 1.3 mm wide across eyes.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂, NEPAL: Dunche , 28 Km N of Trisuli (Nuawakot), 1950m, 7– 12.xi.1965, L. W. Quate ( BPBM).

Remarks. This species is closely related to D. montana and D. dunchensis but lacks a pre-atrial process and long processes on the dorsal apodeme.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

Genus

Durgades

Loc

Durgades confusa Viraktamath

C. A. Viraktamath 2011
2011
Loc

Durgades confusa

Viraktamath, C. A. 2004: 368
2004
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