Identity of Baker’s species described in the Oriental leafhopper genus Pythamus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with description of a new genus Author Wei, Cong Author Webb, Michael D. Author Zhang, Yalin text Zootaxa 2014 3795 3 289 300 journal article 45805 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.4 c993ae71-4381-4508-b1f1-0edca2c691e3 1175-5326 230999 102C1E10-686B-404B-AF68-849A41B444A1 Pythochandra singaporensis ( Baker ) , stat. n., comb. n. ( Figs 1 E, 6A–H) Pythamus melichari var. singaporensis Baker , 1923 : 368 ; pl. 2, fig. 14. Body length: male 6.0 mm; female: 6.8 mm . Vertex ( Figs 1 E, 6A, B) with a large yellow spot next to eye and pronotum dark brown with lateral areas yellow. Forewing ( Fig. 1 E) with clavus, adjacent area of main longitudinal veins and patch adjacent apex of clavus, dark brown. Male pygofer process ( Fig. 6 F) relatively straight with a few recurved teeth sub-apically. Aedeagus ( Fig. 6 D, E, G) with ventral keel arising near base with lower margin concave, moderately broad in lateral view, thereafter shaft dorsoventrally flattened lamellate with a short subapical process on each side and a more basad medial process. Material examined. Lectotype ♂ (here designated, Fig. 1 E): “Island of Penang, Baker ”; 1♀ paralectotype : “ Singapore , Baker ” ( NMNH ). 1 ♂ , Malay Peninsular, Pahang, 22-26.xii.1958 , T.C. Maa ( BPBM ). Distribution. Malay Peninsular (Pahang, Singapore and Penang Island). Remarks. This species was originally described from an unknown number of specimens from “ Singapore , Panang’. It can be distinguished from other species of the genus by the large yellow spot next to the eye on the vertex and distinctive shape of the aedeagus (see above).