Creberulidia excelsa (Distant)

Meshram, Naresh M., 2019, Leafhopper tribe Coelidiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) of the Indian subcontinent, Zootaxa 4653 (1), pp. 1-91 : 14

Creberulidia excelsa (Distant)

Figs. 24 A–D.

Jassus excelsus Distant1918: 49 .

Calodia excelsa (Distant) : Nielson 1982: 188−189, Figs. 613−617.

Creberulidia excelsa (Distant) : Nielson 2015: 20.

Remarks. Specimens of this species were not studied. Nielson (1982) has adequately redescribed and illustrated the species under the genus Calodia and in 2015 transferred the species to this genus. Among the three speices of Creberulidia it can be distinguished by the subgenital plate with an apical spine ( Fig. 24 B ), aedeagal shaft swollen subapically and with a number of short, thin retrose processes ( Figs. 24 C–D).

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FIGURES 24 A–V. Species of Creberulidia Nielson and Hiatusorus Nielson, male genitalia. A–D. Creberulidia excelsa (Distant); E–H. C. pica (Nielson); I–L. C. quadrispinata (Nielson); M–Q. Hiatusorus concavus (Nielson); R–V. H. hardyi (Nielson). Modified and reproduced from Nielson 1982 (Figs. A–H, M–Q), Nielson 1991 (Figs. I–L) and Nielson 2015 (Figs. R–V).