Kalasha, Distant, 1907

Tang, Jiu & Zhang, Yalin, 2019, Review of the leafhopper genus Kalasha Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Hylicinae), Zootaxa 4545 (3), pp. 408-418 : 410

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.3.5
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5936321
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F3F531-4171-FFD3-FF4B-1BF9FA30FC80
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Kalasha
status

Treatment

Key to species of Kalasha View in CoL

1 Pronotum ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 1–14 ) with anterior margin narrower than median length, posterior margin strongly concave, exposed part of mesonotum and scutellum (Figs, 6, 7) with tubercles well developed....................................... K. nativa View in CoL

- Pronotum ( Figs. 33 View FIGURES 30–42 , 45 View FIGURES 43–53 , 59 View FIGURES 54–68 ) with anterior margin wider than maximum length, posterior margin slightly concave, exposed part of mesonotum and scutellum ( Figs. 30, 31 View FIGURES 30–42 , 48 View FIGURES 43–53 , 59 View FIGURES 54–68 ) with tubercles poorly developed................................. 2

2 Face ( Fig. 60 View FIGURES 54–68 ) longer than wide, aedeagal ( Figs. 64, 66, 67 View FIGURES 54–68 ) shaft apex heavily sclerotized and darkly pigmented compared to rest of shaft....................................................................... K. viraktamathi View in CoL sp. nov.

- Face ( Figs. 32 View FIGURES 30–42 , 46 View FIGURES 43–53 ) shorter than wide, aedeagal ( Figs. 34, 40 View FIGURES 30–42 , 50, 52 View FIGURES 43–53 ) shaft apex no darker than rest of shaft.............. 3

3 Pygofer ventral process ( Fig. 51 View FIGURES 43–53 ) with branches of same length, vertical process ( Fig. 53 View FIGURES 43–53 ) of connective surpassing anterior margin in dorsal view................................................................... K. aequalis View in CoL sp. nov.

- Pygofer ventral process ( Fig. 41 View FIGURES 30–42 ) with lateral branch 2.0x longer than medial branch, vertical process ( Fig. 42 View FIGURES 30–42 ) of connective not surpassing anterior margin in dorsal view......................................................... K. minuta View in CoL