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 a680ce66-a076-40c2-860f-02bb6b80214b 1175-5326 7461483 90A1FD16-2274-423C-92E2-940E8EEF0692 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 .