Revision of the leafhopper genus Gurawa (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Chiasmini) from Pakistan with description of a new species
Author
Naveed, Hassan
Author
Zhang, Yalin
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-07-26
4450
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488
journal article
29303
10.11646/zootaxa.4450.4.6
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Gurawa minorcephala
Pruthi
(short winged form)
Figs. 1E–H
;
4A–E
;
5B
Gurawa minorcephala
Pruthi, 1930
: 29
, Plate II-Figs. 10, 10a, 10b, Text-Figs. 41–42;
Zahniser, 2008
: 22
, Figs. 77–85;
Dai, Xing & Li, 2011
: 38
,
Fig. 1
;
Duan & Zhang, 2012
: 42
–44, Plate I-Fig. 1;
Viraktamath & Gnaneswaran, 2013
: 199
–200, Figs. 22–29, 41, 55–58.
Length.
Male:
4.3mm
; female:
4.9mm
.
Ochraceous brown. Vertex with a reddish brown median stripe (
Fig. 1E
). Pronotum pale with irregular brown spots. Scutellum at anterior margin with dark brown lateral band. Face yellowish brown, clypeus and anteclypeus with dark brown spots, antenna with dark brown elongated spot at base (
Fig. 1F
).
Vertex slightly more than 1.5x wider than its median length, medially 1.2x longer than median length of pronotum. Pronotum nearly 2.5x wider than longer; hind femoral spinulation 2+0. Forewings slightly short, nearly 2.2x longer than wider; hind wings reduced.
FIGURE 1.
A–D.
Gurawa longispina
sp. nov.
A. habitus, dorsal view; B. face; C. habitus, lateral view; D. female seventh sternite, ventral view; E–H.
Gurawa minorcephala
Pruthi E.
habitus, dorsal view; F. face; G. habitus, lateral view; H. female seventh sternite, ventral view.
FIGURE 2.
A–G.
G. minorcephala
Pruthi
(short winged form). A. habitus, dorsal view; B. habitus, lateral view; C. face; D. aedeagus, caudal view; E. aedeagus, dorsocaudal view; F. aedeagus, caudal view; G. aedeagus, dorsocaudal view.
Male genitalia.
Pygofer side with posterior half concave on dorsal margin, posterior margin convex, ventral margin slightly inclined (
Fig. 4A
). Valve triangular, nearly
2x
as broad as median length (
Fig. 4B
). Subgenital plates with inner margin shorter in length than width at base (
Fig. 4B
). Style with preapical lobe short, apophysis digitate, gradually narrowed towards apex with basal tooth followed by 3–4 small teeth on ventral margin (
Figs. 4B
,
5B
). Connective Y-shaped with stem shorter than arms (
Fig. 4B
). Aedeagal shaft with few small teeth on laterodorsal margin (
Fig. 4E
), lateroapical spines short, slightly close together, with three hair-like small setae on apical lobe (
Fig. 4C–D
), gonopore subapical on dorsal surface.
FIGURE 3.
A–D.
Gurawa longispina
sp. nov.
A. pygofer lobe, lateral view; B. style, valve and subgenital plates, dorsal view; C–D. aedeagus, caudal view; E. aedeagus, lateral view; F. aedeagus and connective, dorsal view.
Female
. Seventh sternum as shown in
Fig. 1H
.
Material
examined:
1♂
,
1♀
,
Pakistan
,
Punjab
:
Murree Hills
,
2291m
,
25 August 2017
, coll.
Hassan Naveed.
Remarks.
This species is a variant of
G. minorcephala
Pruthi.
Wing polymorphism is very common among other ground dwelling leafhoppers but has not previously been reported in this species.