Calodia periyari, Meshram, 2019

Meshram, Naresh M., 2019, Leafhopper tribe Coelidiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) of the Indian subcontinent, Zootaxa 4653 (1), pp. 1-91 : 13

Calodia periyari sp. nov.

Figs.1 J , 4 J , 7 J , 21 A–G.

Male. Head ochraceous with brownish tinge, frontal sutures brown. Eyes brown with greenish tinge and ocelli black. Face yellow with lateral margins of frontclypeus narrowly brown. Pronotum and mesonotum dark brown with posterior margins pale. Forewing brown with hyaline costal margin, venation darker. Thoracic sternites with large fuscous and ochraceous markings. Legs ochraceous, bases of setae dark ( Figs. 1 J , 4 J , 7 J ).

Male genitalia. Pygofer with short ventral process, small lobe on caudodorsal margin ( Fig. 21 G ). Subgenital plate, long, slightly broader medially and slightly narrowed apically, with a few short, hair-like setae laterally ( Fig. 21 D ). Style short and broad in basal ½ ( Fig. 21 E ). Connective as long as wide at base ( Fig. 21 F ). Aedeagus slightly curved in distal 1/3, with two glabrous processes, distal process about 4x longer than the proximal process, bases of processes separated by a distance 2x length of proximal process, gonopore arising distad of proximal process ( Figs. 21 A–C).

Measurements. Male 6.9 mm long, 1.8 mm wide across eyes and 2.1 mm wide across posterolateral angles of pronotum.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂, INDIA: Kerala: Thekkady , 884 m, 27.iii.1977, B. Mallik ( USAB).

Etymology. The species is named after the Periyar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary close to Thekkady, the type locality.

Remarks. C. periyari sp. nov. resembles C. kodikanelensis Nielson and C. ostenta (Distant) but differs in the relative size of the aedeagal processes and ventral pygofer process. The ventral pygofer process is elongate in C. kodikanelensis , but it is short in C. ostenta and C. periyari . C. periyari is much smaller (5.4 mm) and paler compared to C. ostenta (6.7–6.9 mm) and C. kodikanelensis (7.5 mm).

Figures

FIGURES 1 A–O. Habitus of Coelidiini species. A. Calodia deergha sp. nov., male; B. C. keralica sp. nov., male; C & D. C. kodikanelensis Nielson, male and female; E. C. kumari sp. nov., male; F & G. C. neofusca sp. nov., male and female; H & I. C. ostenta (Distant), male and female; J. C. periyari sp. nov., male; K. C. subcrista Nielson, male; L. C. tridenta sp. nov., male; M. Glaberana acuta sp. nov., male; N & O. G. khasiensis (Rao), male and female.

FIGURES 4 A–O. Habitus of Coelidiini species, lateral view. A. Calodia deergha sp. nov., male; B. C. keralica sp. nov., male; C & D. C. kodikanelensis Nielson, male and female; E. C. kumari sp. nov., male; F & G. C. neofusca sp. nov., male and female; H & I. C. ostenta (Distant), male and female; J. C. periyari sp. nov., male; K. C. subcrista Nielson, male; L. C. tridenta sp. nov., male; M. Glaberana acuta sp. nov., male; N & O. G. khasiensis (Rao), male and female.

FIGURES 7 A–P. Faces of Coelidiini species. A. Calodia deergha sp. nov., male; B. C. keralica sp. nov., male; C & D. C. kodikanelensis Nielson, male and female; E. C. kumari sp. nov., male; F & G. C. neofusca sp. nov., male and female; H & I. C. ostenta (Distant), male and female; J. C. periyari sp. nov., male; K. C. subcrista Nielson, male; L. C. tridenta sp. nov., male; M. Glaberana acuta sp. nov., Male; N & O. G. khasiensis (Rao), male and female. P. Glaberana purva sp. nov., male.

FIGURES 21 A–G. Calodia periyari sp. nov., male genitalia. A. Aedeagus, dorsal view; B & C. Aedeagus, lateral view; D. Subgenital plate, dorsal view; E. Style, dorsal view; F. Connective, dorsal view; G. Pygofer, lateral view.