Leafhopper tribe Coelidiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) of the Indian subcontinent
Author
Meshram, Naresh M.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-08-12
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4653.1.1
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Mahellus distanti
Nielson
Figs. 28
A–F.
Mahellus distanti
Nielson 1982: 86
, Figs. 264−269; 2015: 35;
Viraktamath & Meshram 2017: 273
, 279,
Figs. 3−7
,
11−16
,
18−31
,
48−49
,
51
.
Material examined.
INDIA
:
Maharashtra
:
1♂
,
4♀
,
Matheran
, 915 M,
23.xi.1977
,
C. A. Viraktamath
.
Karnataka
:
1♂
, 22
Km, S
.
Bangalore
,
22.v.1977
,
C. A. Viraktamath
;
2♂
,
Hunsur
,
18.i.1978
,
C. A. Viraktamath
;
2♂
, Banerghat- ta,
22.v.1977
,C. A. Viraktamath;
1♂
,
1♀
,
Chickballapur
,
01.x.2015
,
M. Shobharani
;
1♀
, 24
Km, W
.
Mudigree
,
21.ix.1978
,
C. A. Viraktamath
.
Tamil Nadu
:
1♀
, 64
Km
,
E Kollegal
,
9.viii.1977
,
C. A. Viraktamath
;
1♀
,
Shevroy Hills
,
21.ix.1978
,
C. A. Viraktamath
.
Kerala
:
1♂
,
1♀
,
Maraiyur
,
24.iii.1977
,
C. A. Viraktamath
(
USAB
)
.
Remarks
.
Nielson (1982)
adequately described and illustrated the species based on males from Nilgiri Hills.
Viraktamath and Meshram (2017)
provided digital photos of the habitus and male and female genitalia of the species in addition to giving new locality records.
M. distanti
differs from the remaining three species of the genus in having a more robust aedeagal shaft and the processes adpressed to the shaft (
Figs. 28
D–F) compared to the more slender aedeagal shaft and the processes oriented away from the shaft in the other species (
Figs. 28
K–M).