Leafhopper tribe Coelidiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) of the Indian subcontinent
Meshram, Naresh M.
Zootaxa
2019
2019-08-12
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Meshram, 2019
Meshram
2019
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Insecta
Cicadellidae
Calodia
Animalia
Hemiptera
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9
Arthropoda
species
deergha
sp. nov.
Figs.1 A, 4 A, 7 A, 15A–H. Male. Head ochraceous, ocelli black; eyes brown; pronotum and mesonotum black with posterior margin paler; forewings ochraceous; thoracic sternites and pleurites largely black with broad ochraceous margins. Malegenitalia.Pygofer with digitate caudoventral process, without caudodorsal process, small lobe on caudodorsal margin ( Fig. 15 H). Subgenital plate of uniform width, slightly broader medially and basally, with short setae (15 E). Style short, broad basally ( Fig. 15 F). Connective as long as wide at base ( Fig. 15 G). Aedeagus narrowed at apical half in lateral view, with two subapical, glabrous spine-like processes, distal process 2xlonger than the proximal process, gonopore arising distad of base of proximal process ( Figs. 15A–D). Measurements. Male 6.5 mmlong, 1.9 mmwide across eyes and 2.1 mmwide across poserolateral angles of pronotum. Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂, INDIA: Tamil Nadu: Courtallam, 27.vii.1978, S. Viraktamath Coll.( UASB). Etymology. The species name is Samskrit meaning long for processes of the aedeagal shaft.
Remarks. Calodia deergha sp. nov.resembles C. ostentain general habitus but differs in having the distal process of the aedeagus 2xlonger than the proximal process. They are equal in length in C. ostenta.
2332229189
1978-07-27
UASB
S. Viraktamath Coll.
India
Courtallam
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9
1
1
Tamil Nadu
holotype