Review of the leafhopper genus Anaceratagallia Zachvatkin, 1946 (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae: Agalliini) from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Central Asia
Author
Tishechkin, Dmitri Yu.
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-07-31
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4.
Anaceratagallia
(
Anaceratagallia
)
karakolensis
Dubovsky, 1984
Figs. 94–103
Description.
Only one series of specimens from southwestern
Turkmenistan
(environs of Kara-Kala = Garrygala) was investigated. Penis in side view comparatively narrow, ventral crest developed only in basal part, slightly serrated (
Figs. 94–98
). Male anal collar appendage blade-shaped, covered with minute spicules as in all other species of
A.
(
A.
)
venosa
group (
Figs. 99–101
).
On the drawing in the original description (
Dubovsky, 1984
; reproduced as
Figs. 102–103
) the ventral crest of the penis is somewhat more developed than in males from
Turkmenistan
, however these differences are not considered significant at the species level.
Biology.
Type
series was collected from sainfoin (
Onobrychis
,
Fabaceae
); apparently a commercial sainfoin planting.
Calling signal.
Unknown.
Distribution.
So far, this species is known only from the
type
locality in Northern
Kyrgyzstan
and from southwestern
Turkmenistan
.
Remarks.
It was described based on one male and three females from the environs of Karakol Town, Eastern shore of the Issyk-Kul’ Lake,
Kyrgyzstan
.
Identification of
A.
(
A.
)
karakolensis
is somewhat doubtful, still, we prefer to use this name instead of describing the form from
Turkmenistan
as a new species.
According to the original description,
Anaceratagallia perarmata
Dlabola, 1958
from the Balkans is similar to
A.
(
A.
)
karakolensis
in penis shape (
Fig. 104
) but differs from it by the bifurcate anal collar appendage (
Fig. 105
). It is possible that these two taxa are conspecific, but investigation of material from the Balkans is necessary to confirm this synonymy.