Revision of the Ulopinae leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) of the Indian subcontinent, I. Ulopini genera: Daimachus, Radhades and Ulopsina
Author
Viraktamath, C. A.
Author
Webb, M. D.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-06-06
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journal article
26574
10.11646/zootaxa.4613.3.8
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Key to species of
Daimachus
Distant
1. Crown short, excluding eyes more than
4x
as wide as long medially (
Fig. 1G
) (
Maharashtra
: Matheran).................................................................................................
D. matheranensis
sp. nov
.
- Crown longer, less than
3x
as wide as long medially (
Fig. 1A
).................................................. 2
2. Male pygofer posterior margin strongly bilobed (
Fig. 6C
); aedeagus with shaft apex hooked (
Fig. 6G
) (
Karnataka
,
Kerala
,
Madhya Pradesh
)..................................................................
D. exemplificatus
Distant
- Male pygofer posterior margin not strongly bilobed (
Figs 7A
,
8A
); aedeagus with shaft apex not hooked (
Figs 7F
,
8E
)..... 3
3. Forewing about
2x
as long as wide (
Fig. 1J
); aedeagal shaft in lateral view without triangular projections (
Fig. 7F
) (
Kerala
: Kasargod)............................................................................
D. robustus
sp. nov
.
- Forewing about 2.2x or more as long as wide (
Fig. 1B
); aedeagal shaft with triangular projections (
Figs 8F
,
9E
)...........4
4. Aedeagal shaft with subapical small triangular projection on dorsal surface (
Fig. 8E
), apex with pair of long slender processes (
Fig. 8G
) (
Karnataka
: Sirsi).............................................................
D. sirsiensis
sp. nov
.
- Aedeagal shaft with dorsal and ventral triangular projections and apex with short lateral processes (
Figs 9
EF) (
Karnataka
,
Kerala
)............................................................................
D. sudindicus
sp. nov
.