Review of the leafhopper genus Penthimia Germar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from the Indian subcontinent with description of seven new species
Author
Shobharani, M.
Author
Viraktamath, C. A.
Author
Webb, M. D.
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-01-03
4369
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1
45
journal article
31087
10.11646/zootaxa.4369.1.1
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1175-5326
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Penthimia meghalayensis
sp. nov.
Figs 23–24
, 48, 127–133.
Black. Labium and apical area of forewing light brown. Hind legs with dark brown to black macrosetae.
Male genitalia.
Pygofer with caudal angle almost truncate, ventral margin straight with long stout setae on caudal 0.33. Subgenital plate with long hair-like setae. Aedeagus with well developed dorsal apodeme, shaft of uniform width in basal 0.75 length, then narrowed, apex hooked, with lateral feebly serrated flanges, gonopore apical.
Length.
Male
4.2mm
.
Material examined.
Holotype
,
INDIA
:
Meghalaya
: holotype ♂, Nangpoh,
752m
,
4.xi.1981
, C. A. Viraktamath (UASB).
Paratype
:
1♂
, data as for holotype (
UASB
)
Etymology.
The species name alludes to the collection of this species from the Indian state of
Meghalaya
.
Remarks
.
P. meghalayensis
is similar to several species, all predominantly black with the apical area of the forewing paler and with a relatively slender body (see under
P
.
curvata
). The aedeagus of
P. meghalayensis
is similar to
P
.
noctua
but has more prominent lateral flanges and the apical hook of the aedeagal shaft is more slender in
P. noctua
compared to that in
P. meghalayensis
.