New species of the leafhopper tribes Agalliini and Macropsini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from north and northeast India with checklist of species of the tribes from the Indian subcontinent
Author
Viraktamath, C. A.
Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru 560065, India
Author
Yeshwanth, H. M.
0000-0002-5104-3401
Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru 560065, India
hmyeshwanth@gmail.com
Author
Ajaykumara, K. M.
Department of Plant Protection, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Central Agricultural University (Imphal), Pasighat- 791102, Arunachal Pradesh, India
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-07-25
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5486.2.5
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Igerna wilsoni
Viraktamath
Figs 6A–K
Diagnosis
. Externally resembling
J. turriformis
Zhang & Dai (2018)
but differs in having the aedeagus in proximal region more or less rectangular and shaft ventral process much longer than shaft in lateral view, aedeagal shaft with one pair of long, basilateral processes and one pair of subapical teeth on ventral surface and shaft apex slightly flared.
Material examined
.
INDIA
:
Arunachal Pradesh
:
1♂
, Monigong,
13.vii.2022
, at light,
Ajaykumara K. M
.;
1♂
,
Hunli
,
30.viii.2022
,
Ajaykumara K. M.
(
UASB
)
.
Remarks
.
Viraktamath (2011)
adequately described and illustrated this species based on the
holotype
male collected from Gopaldhara, Darjeeling (
West Bengal
). In the
holotype
there are no cross veins between the claval veins and hence the species was placed in the genus
Igerna
.
However, the specimens collected from Hunli and Monigong have a claval cross vein either on one or both forewings (
Fig.6A
).
Igerna
and
Japanagallia
are closely related and often difficult to segregate and
Viraktamath (2011)
separated them based on the presence or absence of the claval cross veins in the forewing. Therefore, more critical examination of the species of
Igerna
and
Japanagallia
described from the
Oriental region
is necessary using both morphological and molecular characters to segregate them with higher confidence.