The Deltocephalinae leafhoppers of Pakistan (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) Author Khatri, Imran Author Webb, Michael D. text Zootaxa 2010 2365 1 47 journal article 37628 10.5281/zenodo.193658 74ec9eab-9c79-4a23-b95a-7e877ba07e37 1175-5326 193658 Aconurella Ribaut Remarks . Although this genus was not previously recorded from Pakistan , one species ( indica ) described from Pakistan and India in Cicadula by Pruthi (1930) and two other species described from Pakistan ( karachiensis and lobata ) in Chiasmus by Ahmed et al (1988), belong in the genus and are considered to be junior synonyms of the widespread A . prolixa (Lethierry) , previously recorded from Europe and Africa (Nast, 1972). Despite the poor original figures of the latter two species their ocelli are shown as marginal (as in Aconurella ) whereas they are dorsal in Chiasmus (compare Figs 9 a and 10a), and the original figure of the aedeagus is as in Aconurella species ( Figs 9 k-m). Therefore these species were not compared to Aconurella species but to other Chiasmus species and distinguished from them based on the male pygofer. Also, for A . lobata a continuous pygofer comb is figured, as found in Aconurella prolixa and although in A . karachiensis this comb is not described or figured the pygofer figure appears to us to be incorrectly drawn in its posterior part. The aedeagal figures of both species also match A . prolixa . The head markings in A . prolixa are variable (see Figs 9 a–d) and we have seen examples of this species with vertex markings similar to the original figures of lobata and karachiensis . Therefore taking the above similarities into consideration we conclude that the latter species are junior synonyms of A . prolixa . After examination of paratypes of A . neosolana Rao & Ramakrishnan (BMNH), described from India , we also consider this species a synonym of A . prolixa (see below). In addition to indica , dealt with above, three other species of Aconurella occur in India , i.e., A . solana Ghauri , A . montana (Distant) and A . erebus (Distant) (= A . montanus macropterous (Pruthi) , synonymised by Ghauri, 1974 : 555). Of these, at least one ( A . erebus ) appears distinct from A . prolixa based on its discontinuous pygofer comb. Aconurella prolixa (Lethierry) (Plate 1, g; Fig. 9 ). Cicadula indica Pruthi. Syn. nov. Chiasmus lobata Ahmed & Qadeer. Syn. nov. Chiasmus karachiensis Ahmed & Qadeer & Malik. Syn. nov. Aconurella neosolana Rao & Ramakrishnan. Syn. nov. Material examined . Pakistan : holotype 3 (genitalia only), paratype 3 of Chiasmus karachiensis , no data; 53, 23Ƥ, Mithi, 7.viii.07 . India : 13, 2Ƥ, Raghubendra, Nagar (A P), 13.v.1987 ( paratypes of A . neosolana ) ( BMNH ). Remarks . Specimens were compared to the figures given by Ribaut (1952, figs 99–105) . A specimen from Uzbekistan , Tashkent (BMNH) is also figured ( Fig. 9 l) to show the similarity of the aedeagus from both regions. See also generic remarks. Cicadula indica was described from Murree and Dalhousie Hills, Punjab and throughout India . The original figures and those of Pruthi’s material by Datta (1972) are good enough to place this species as a synonym of prolixa . Chiasmus lobata was described from a holotype male and one paratype , from: Karachi, grass, 10.xi.1985 (ZMUK); no type specimens could be found. Chiasmus karachiensis was described from the holotype male and paratype from: Karachi, grass, 1.xi.85 , Qadeer ( ZMUK ). Paratypes are also present in the BMNH (see Material examined).