Review of the idiocerine leafhoppers of Pakistan (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) with a description of a new species
Author
Khatri, Imran
Author
Webb, M. D.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3860
3
280
290
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3860.3.6
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1175-5326
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Tasnimocerus
Ghauri, 1975
Remarks.
In its original description,
Ghauri (1975)
distinguished this genus from the European
Rhytidodus
Fieber
and
Tautocerus
Anufriev
, both of which share the rugose pronotum.
Tasnimocerus
differs from the former in having the clypellus wider basally and from the latter in having a spine on the pygofer lobe. In addition to
Tasnimocerus
,
Viraktamath (1979
,
2007
) described two more genera from
India
with rugose pronota; these may be distinguished from
Tasnimocerus
by the following key.
1. Clypellus parallel sided; male pygofer and anal collar without processes (South
India
: Nilgiri Hills)....................................................................................................
Nilgiriscopus
Viraktamath
- Clypellus either narrowed or widened at apex, not parallel sided; either male pygofer or anal collar or both with processes..
2
2. Clypellus broad at base; aedeagus with poorly developed dorsal apodeme, pygofer without ventral process (
Pakistan
: Tandojam;
India
: Simla)....................................................................
Tasnimocerus
Ghauri
- Clypellus narrower at base compared to apex; aedeagus with well developed dorsal apodeme; pygofer with ventral process (South
India
: Western Ghats)..........................................................
Jogocerus
Viraktamath