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.
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-12-20
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.5222.3.3
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Paraidioscopus harrisi
Viraktamath
Figs 1
EFK, 2B, I–L, 4A–F.
Diagnosis.
Ochraceous with mesoscutum and short streak on commissural margin of clavus yellow. Male segment X short, broader than long, pygofer posterodorsal lobe angular but rounded, anal collar process short. Style with dorsal marginal long setae restricted to distal 0.25. Aedeagal shaft not sinuate, apex hooked without rounded lobe, processes about 0.75 as long as shaft, usually cross over each other in ventral view. Female sternite VII convex with a small median lobe (
Fig. 2B
)
Female genitalia
. Valvula II with bluntly rounded apex, dorsal teeth not well-developed in basal region, in apical region close together giving the margin a crenulate appearance (
Fig. 2L
).
Material examined.
Several male and female specimens from Dharwad, Bangalore, Bannerghatta National park (near Bangalore) and Mudigere collected during April, July, November and December mostly on
Semecarpus anacardium
L. (
UASB
).
FIGURES 1A–J.
Species of
Paraidioscopus
from Indian subcontinent, habitus (A–H), face (I–L). A–D & IJ,
Paraidioscopus andamanicus
sp. nov
.
, male (AB, I) and female (CD & J); EF & K,
P. harrisi
Viraktamath
, male; GH & L,
P. unimaculatus
(Melichar)
.
FIGURES 2A–P.
Species of
Paraidioscopus
from Indian subcontinent, female sternite VII (ABC), female genital capsule, lateral view (D), valvulae I (EF, IJ, MN) and valvulae II (GH, KL, OP). A & D–H,
P. andamanicus
sp. nov
.
; B, I–
L,
P. harrisi
Viraktamath
; C, M–
P.
P. unimaculatus
(Melichar)
.
Remarks
.
Viraktamath (1973)
has adequately described the species. This species breeds on
Semecarpus anacardium
L. (
Anacardiaceae
) and has so far been collected only from
Karnataka
.