A revision of the deltocephaline leafhopper genus Scaphoideus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Indian subcontinent
Author
Viraktamath, C. A.
Author
Mohan, G. S.
text
Zootaxa
2004
578
1
48
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.169102
396d3884-e803-46f0-912e-ff19a5114651
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169102
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Scaphoideus spiculatus
sp. nov.
Figs 186–192
.
Coloration similar to that in
sculptus
. Head narrower than pronotum, triangularly produced obtusely rounded in front. Vertex shorter than interocular width.
Male genitalia
: Pygophore longer than high, caudal lobe rounded distally, ventral margin convex. Subgenital plate triangular, four times as long as width at base, with three long setae at base in an oblique row. Style broad at base, preapical lobe welldeveloped, apophysis narrowed towards apex, laterally strongly curved. Connective with stem longer than arms, with a dorsal keel, paraphyses arising from broad base, divergent caudally, apically narrowed with inner margin serrated near apex. Aedeagus Lshaped, shaft spatulate, ventrally grooved along midline, dorsal apodeme welldeveloped, platelike, distally bilobed, gonopore subapical.
Measurements
: Male
5.20–5.40 mm
long,
1.25–1.27 mm
wide across eyes.
Material examined
:
MYANMAR
:
holotype
ɗ,
Burma
: Mishmi Hills, Dingliang,
2450 ft
(
743m
),
13.iii.1935
, M Steel, Brit. Mus. 1935312 (
BMNH
).
Paratype
: 1ɗ,
MYAN
MAR
: Upper
Burma
: Nam Tama Valley,
26.viii.1938
, R. Kaulback, B.M. 1938741, Alt.
3000ft
(
910m
), lat.
N 27o 42’
, Long. 97o 54’ (
BMNH
).
Remarks
: Externally
spiculatus
resembles
ornatus
but is closer to
S. maai
Kitbamroong and Freytag
from which it differs in having a spatulate aedeagal shaft and a broad platelike dorsal apodeme.