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
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169102
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Scaphoideus illustris
Rao and Emiliyamma
Figs 74–80
.
Scaphoideus illustris
Rao and Emiliyamma, 1995
: 82
–83.
HOLOTYPE
ɗ,
INDIA
[ZSI, examined].
Coloration as described by
Rao and Emiliayamma (1995)
. Head narrower than pronotum, angularly produced. Vertex as long as interocular width, shorter than pronotum.
Male genitalia
: Pygophore caudally rather truncate, ventral margin slightly convex. Subgenital plate rather triangular, more than three times longer than broad at base, with apical narrow extension, with 4 long marginal setae at basal 0.33. Style short, preapical lobe welldeveloped, apophysis of style slender, with an apical thin process, surface transversely rugose. Connective with stem longer than arms, paraphyses close together in basal 0.33, then divergent, slightly expanded in distal 0.33, mesal margin in distal 0.3 crenulate, apex rather pointed. Aedeagus with welldeveloped dorsal apodeme, shaft short, ventrally deeply grooved, with a dorsal keel in basal 0.5, a pair of anteriorly directed pronglike processes at midlength, gonopore subapical.
Female genitalia
: Seventh sternum twice as broad as long, caudal margin rather straight.
Measurements
: Male
4.40 mm
long,
1.07 mm
wide across eyes. Female
5.10 mm
long and
1.17 mm
wide across eyes.
Material examined
:
INDIA
:
holotype
ɗ, Tamil Nadu: Madumalai,
13.ii.1992
, G. Thirumlai Coll. (ZSI).
Paratype
Ψ, data as
holotype
(ZSI).
Other material
:
INDIA
: Tamil Nadu: 1ɗ, Yercaud,
1370 m
,
18.ix.1978
, C.A. Viraktamath; 1 Ψ, same data but collected on
20.ix.1978
(
UAS
).
Remarks
: The apically strongly diverging arms of the paraphyses distinguish this species from other species of
Scaphoideus
.