Opsiini leafhopper genus Libengaia Linnavuori (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in Africa and India with description of one new subgenus and six new species
Author
Viraktamath, C. A.
Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru 560065, India
Author
Webb, M. D.
Department of Life Science, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, United Kingdom
Author
Yeshwanth, H. M.
Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru 560065, India
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-09-11
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104
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5507.1.4
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5507.1.4
1175-5326
13747694
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Libengaia
(
Nandiana
)
lamerallis
Sunil & Meshram
Figs 6K–N
,
7
FG, 9A–H.
Libengaia lamerallis
Sunil & Meshram 2024: 186
, figs 2a–k, 3a–i.
Diagnosis
. Externally resembling
L.
(
N.
)
bharatiensis
but differs in having the aedeagal shaft with paired apical proesses and both male and female witout ivory markings.
Material examined
:
INDIA
:
Karnataka
:
1♂
,
1♀
, Channapatna,
15.vii.1979
,
C.A. Viraktamath
; (
UASB
)
;
1♂
, Bandipur,
20.i.1985
,
S.A. Viraktamath
(
BMNH
)
;
Himachal Pradesh
:
1♂
,
Largi
,
1269m
,
25.iv.2014
,
Hg. Light, N.
M Meshram (
NPC
)
.
Remarks.
Sunil & Meshram (2024)
adequately described this species based on specimens collected from New
Delhi
and illustrated both male and female genitalia. Here it is illustrated based on specimens collected from south
India
.
L.(N.) lamerallis
resembles
L.(N.) bharatiensis
but differs in having bifid aedeagal processes, lamellate shafts and in the absence of processes on the preatrium of the aedeagus.