Revision of the evacanthine leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) of the Indian subcontinent
Author
Viraktamath, C. A.
Author
Webb, M. D.
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-02-23
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4386.1.1
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Key to species of
Evacanthus
of the Indian subcontinent
1 Face largely ochraceous, very pale brown with median carina darker (
Fig. 4 S
,
5 A B
)............................... 2
- Face largely dark brown or black (
Fig. 4 R
)................................................................. 4
2 Pronotum broader than head, ochraceous with median area dark brown (
Fig. 1 Q
) or with black spots in anterior half (
Fig. 6 W
)................................................................................................... 3
- Pronotum narrower than head, anterior half black or dark brown and posterior half ochraceous (
Fig. 2
IJ).....................................................................................................
E. militaris
(Distant)
3 Forewings straw coloured except fuscous broken stripe along inner claval margin, pronotum with median broad pale brown patch (
Fig. 1 Q
)......................................................................
E. albipennis
sp. nov.
- Forewings with black stripes (
Fig. 6 U
); three black spots on anterior half of pronotum (
Fig. 6 W
).......
E. repexus
(Distant)
4 Crown rough sculptured and not polished (
Fig. 2 E
)..........................................
E. distinctus
sp. nov
.
- Crown smooth and polished except sometimes basal round area (
Fig. 2 C
)........................................ 5
5 Pronotum with anterior half dark brown and posterior half ochraceous, crown with one round black spot on either side of median line in basal half (
Fig. 2 A
,
6 Q
)......................................................
E. bellus
(Distant)
- Pronotum black with narrow lateral and posterior margins ochraceous, crown black with anterior and lateral ochraceous areas (
Figs 2 C E
).......................................................................................... 6
6 Aedeagus with process of dorsolateral lobe not extended beyond midlength of shaft (
Fig. 24 E F
)..................... 7
- Aedeagus with process of dorsolateral lobe extended nearly to apex of shaft (
Fig. 27 F
)............
E. manaliensis
sp. nov
.
7 Pygofer ventral process strongly abruptly narrowed and dorsoposteriorly curved (
Fig. 24 B C
).......
E. convolutus
sp. nov
.
- Pygofer ventral process not so curved (
Fig. 29 A
,
30 B
)........................................
E. repexus
(Distant)