Taxonomic review of the leafhopper genus Stirellus Osborn & Ball (Hemiptera Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Stenometopiini) from Pakistan with description of a new species
Author
Shah, Bismillah
School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University
Author
Naveed, Hassan
College of Life Sciences, Leshan Normal University
Author
Duan, Yani
School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University
duanyani@hotmail.com
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-04-09
4763
2
189
202
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4763.2.3
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Stirellus viridulus
(Pruthi)
(
Fig. 5
)
Paternus viridula
Pruthi, 1930: 42
.
Paternus viridulus
Metcalf, 1967: 2350
.
Stirellus viridulus
Khatri & Webb, 2010: 1–47
;
Naveed
et al
., 2020: 481
.
Measurement.
Male:
3.30–3.60mm
.
Material examined.
8♂♂
,
13♀♀
,
Pakistan
,
Punjab
,
July 2016
, coll. Hassan Naveed.
2♂♂
,
4♀♀
,
Pakistan
,
Punjab
,
August 2018
, coll. Hassan Naveed.
Remarks.
This species is similar to
S. lahorensis
in external appearance and genital characters but differs in color and in the structure of the pygofer lobe. The dorsal margin of the pygofer lobe in
S. viridulus
is straight but curved in
S. lahorensis
.