Revision of the penthimiine leafhopper genus Tambila Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) of the Indian subcontinent
Author
Shobharani, M.
Author
C. A. Viraktamath
Author
Webb, M. D.
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-11-09
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.4
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Tambila fletcheri
Distant
Figs 4–5
,
30
.
Tambila fletcheri
Distant 1918
:23
.
Head, thorax and scutellum light brownish yellow. Head, both anterior and posterior margins of pronotum darker with brown suffusions. Forewing without any maculae.
Female genitalia.
Seventh sternite longer medially than sixth, lateral angles of posterior margin conical, posterior margin medially strongly produced with median concavity, lateral margins of concavity pointed, area adjacent to median projection deeply concave. Eighth tergite in ventral view extending to half length of pygofer lobe and as wide as pygofer lobe.
Measurement.
Female
6.08mm
long, head
2.52mm
wide across eyes and
2.76 mm
wide across pronotum.
Material examined.
SRI LANKA
:
Lectotype
♀
(here designated), ‘
Type H.
T’ ‘
Tambila fletcheri
Dist.
type’ ‘
Nuwara Eliya
,
Ceylon
,
iv.1912
’ ‘
Ceylon, T. B
. Fletcher, 1909 80’ (
BMNH
).
Remarks
. This species was described from an unknown number of specimens (syntypic) with the following data: '
Ceylon
; Nuwara Eliya (Bainbrigge Fletcher)’. It is known only from the female
lectotype
and can be recognized by the brownish yellow head and thorax contrasting with the darker remainder of the body. The female seventh sternite is similar to that of
T. conspersa
, but
T. fletcheri
differs in being much paler in colour and lacking brown maculations.