Idiocerine leafhopper genus Paraidioscopus Maldonado-Capriles (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae) in the Indian subcontinent with description of one new species
Author
Viraktamath, C. A.
Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru 560065, India.
Author
H. M. Yeshwanth
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru, India.
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-12-20
5222
3
257
266
journal article
53519
10.11646/zootaxa.5222.3.3
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1175-5326
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Key to species of
Paraidioscopus
Maldonado-Capriles
1. Mesonotum with one large median round black spot, without black basal triangles (
Fig. 1G
).......................... 2
- Mesonotum without large median round black spot, either most of mesoscutum black (
Figs 1A–C
) or with black basal triangles (
Fig. 1E
)............................................................................................ 3
2. Head with black round spot near each eye, visible both in dorsal and facial view (
Figs 1
CIJ); aedeagus with processes shorter than shaft in lateral view, apex of shaft hooked without round lobe (Xue & Zhang 218: Fig. 6D) (
Philippines
).................................................................................................
P. tagalicus
(Baker)
- Head immaculate (
Figs 1
GHL); aedeagus with processes longer than shaft, apex of shaft rounded (
Figs 5
EFG) (
Sri Lanka
)................................................................................
P. unimaculatus
(Melichar)
3. Forewing dark brown with longitudinal lemon yellow stripe along costa and claval commissure connected near base of wing forming a U-shaped marking (
Figs 1
ABCD); aedeagal shaft sinuate with processes about half as long as shaft (
Fig. 3E
) (Andamans)......................................................................
P. andamanicus
sp. nov
.
-
Forewing pale brown translucent, without such lemon yellow marking (
Figs 1
EF
); aedeagal shaft not sinuate, with processes 0.75 or more as long as shaft (
Figs 4D–F
) (
India
:
Karnataka
)..................................
P. harrisi
Viraktamath