Calodia keralica, Meshram, 2019

Meshram, Naresh M., 2019, Leafhopper tribe Coelidiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) of the Indian subcontinent, Zootaxa 4653 (1), pp. 1-91 : 10

Calodia keralica sp. nov.

Figs. 1 B , 4 B , 7 B , 16 A–H.

Male. Head ochraceous with greenish tinge; ocelli black; eyes brown; pronotum and mesonotum black with posterior margin paler; forewings ochraceous with greenish tinge; thoracic sternites and pleurites, black ( Figs. 1 B , 4 B , 7 B ).

Male genitalia: Pygofer in lateral view with caudoventral blade-like marginal process, small lobe on caudodorsal margin ( Fig. 16 H ). Subgenital plate long, narrow, with small spine at apex ( Fig. 16 E ). Style broad at base, distal 1/3 narrowed and oblique ( Fig. 16 F ). Connective longer than wide at base ( Fig. 16 G ). Aedeagus with shaft narrowed at apex in lateral view with two equal, subapical, glabrous processes, gonopore distad of base of proximal process ( Fig. 16 A–D).

Measurements. Male 6.2−6.4 mm long, 1.7 mm wide across eyes and 1.8 mm wide across posterolateral angles of pronotum.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂, INDIA: Kerala: [Kasargod] CPCRI,. xii.1993, Oil Palm Sap Feeder , 871/94, 22, Palode Coll. ( NPC) . Paratypes: 2 ♂, same data as holotype except 871/95, 23 and 871/96, 24 ( NPC, UASB) .

Etymology. The species is named after Kerala state in India where the material was collected.

Remarks. Calodia keralica sp. nov. resembles C. ostenta in the structure of the aedeagus, but differs in having a blade-like, caudoventral process of the pygofer ( Fig. 16 H ) and a small spine at the apex of the subgenital plate ( Fig. 16 E ), not present in C. ostenta ( Fig. 20 E ). The style has a very narrow apophysis in lateral view ( Fig. 16 F ) compared to that of C. ostenta ( Fig. 20 F ).

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

FIGURES 20 A–H. Calodia ostenta (Distant), male genitalia. A & B. Aedeagus, dorsal view; C & D. Aedeagus, lateral view; E. Subgenital plate, dorsal view; F. Style, dorsal view; G. Connective, dorsal view; H. Pygofer, lateral view.