Review of the Old World leafhopper genus Mimotettix Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with description of new species
Author
Dai, Wu
Author
Zhang, Yalin
text
Zootaxa
2010
2651
1
26
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.198836
d8a2bcc5-3df6-448e-88ec-0a53f24782e8
1175-5326
198836
Mimotettix hieroglyphicus
(Distant)
Scaphoideus hieroglyphicus
Distant, 1918
: 65
–
66.
Mimotettix hieroglyphicus
(Distant)
;
Webb & Heller, 1990
: 7
.
Material examined.
India
, 5Ƥ (1Ƥ,
syntype
of
Scaphoideus hieroglyphicus
Distant
), Nandidrug, T.V. Campbell (
BMNH
) (see Remarks below).
Remarks.
The identity of this species is uncertain as it is known only from the five females listed above. Only one of the examined specimens bears a museum
type
disc but the remaining specimens could also be
syntypes
as they bear similar data labels. The species are labelled in the following manner: 1Ƥ (
syntype
) ‘Nandidrug, S.
India
T.V. Campbell’ (original handwritten label), ‘N.D. 9.
15
58 8 ’ hand written under the specimen mount; 4Ƥ: ‘S.
India
, Mysore, Nandidrug, T.V. Campbell’ (modern printed label), ‘N.D. 10. 16’ (3Ƥ) and ‘N.D. 7.18’ (1Ƥ) hand written under the specimen mounts.
Distribution.
India
(Madras) (
Fig.16
).