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EF, 9HI, 34AG
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but with an orange stripe running from the crown to the exposed mesonotum on either side of the median line. Male pygofer more or less quadrangular with the ventral process curved dorsally and exceeding the dorsal margin. Aedeagus with ventral process exceeding the shaft which is in line with the curvature of the shaft in lateral view, subgenital plate with macrosetae confined to the membranous appendage (see also remarks).
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Ochraceous yellow. Crown, pronotum and exposed mesonotum with orange stripe on either side of median line. Ocelli dark brow. Pronotum with a few spots on anterior submargin brownish. Forewing with apices of claval veins, clavus and apices of veins reaching costal margin with dark brown spots, venation brownish.
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Pygofer more or less quadrangular, 1.5× longer than wide in lateral view, dorsal margin straight, ventral process directed posteriorly in basal half then curved dorsally and far exceeding dorsal margin. Subgenital plate with macrosetae on membranous appendage. Aedeagus with shaft elongate slightly curved at base dorsally, slightly narrowed apically, with ventral processes arising almost at distal 0.25, exceeding shaft apex and tapering distally.
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,
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,
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(
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.
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<paragraph id="8BA1EE55F055FF80FF18716136992536" blockId="28.[151,1437,871,1941]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="B96A3247F055FF80FF18716137722512" box="[199,319,1591,1617]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Etymology</emphasis>
. The specific epithet (deccanensis, -ense) is derived from the Deccan plateau where the species lives.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C304BDDEF055FF80FF187129348024D6" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BA1EE55F055FF80FF187129348024D6" blockId="28.[151,1437,871,1941]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="B96A3247F055FF80FF187129377925DA" bold="true" box="[199,308,1663,1689]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Remarks</emphasis>
. This species forms a group with
<emphasis id="B96A3247F055FF80FD1C712932D325DA" box="[707,1182,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<taxonomicName id="4C1E95D6F055FF80FD1C7129351125DA" authorityName="VIRAKTAMATH &amp; WEBB &amp; YESHWANTH" authorityYear="2025" box="[707,860,1663,1689]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Monobazus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bilineatus">M. bilineatus</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1E95D6F055FF80FCB47129325025DA" authorityName="VIRAKTAMATH &amp; WEBB &amp; YESHWANTH" authorityYear="2025" box="[875,1053,1663,1689]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Monobazus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nilgalaensis">M. nilgalaensis</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1E95D6F055FF80FBF4712932D325DA" authorityName="VIRAKTAMATH &amp; WEBB &amp; YESHWANTH" authorityYear="2025" box="[1067,1182,1663,1689]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Monobazus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paulus">M. paulus</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B96A3247F055FF80FB05712933D125DA" box="[1242,1436,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<taxonomicName id="4C1E95D6F055FF80FB05712933D525DA" authorityName="VIRAKTAMATH &amp; WEBB &amp; YESHWANTH" authorityYear="2025" box="[1242,1432,1663,1689]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Monobazus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rubrostriatus">M. rubrostriatus</taxonomicName>
,
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all having an orange stripe running from the crown to the exposed mesonotum on either side of the median line; they also have a slightly conically produced crown about as long as the interocular distance (slightly shorter in
<taxonomicName id="4C1E95D6F055FF80FF4871BD37472446" authorityName="VIRAKTAMATH &amp; WEBB &amp; YESHWANTH" authorityYear="2025" box="[151,266,1771,1797]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Monobazus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paulus">
<emphasis id="B96A3247F055FF80FF4871BD37472446" box="[151,266,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">M. paulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). To this list,
<taxonomicName id="4C1E95D6F055FF80FE6F71BD340B2446" authorityName="Pruthi" authorityYear="1936" box="[432,582,1771,1797]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Paralimnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="confuscus">
<emphasis id="B96A3247F055FF80FE6F71BD340B2446" box="[432,582,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">M. confuscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1E95D6F055FF80FD8871BD34AF2446" authorityName="VIRAKTAMATH &amp; WEBB &amp; YESHWANTH" authorityYear="2025" box="[599,738,1771,1797]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Monobazus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rotundus">
<emphasis id="B96A3247F055FF80FD8871BD34AF2446" box="[599,738,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">M. rotundus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B96A3247F055FF80FCC271BD35EF2446" box="[797,930,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">M. fletcheri</emphasis>
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can be added as they have a similar colour pattern except that the stripes are replaced by a spot on the crown, on the anterior half of the pronotum and on the basal triangles of the exposed mesonotum. These eight species appear to form a closely related species assemblage differing from each other in the shape of the pygofer, pygofer process and the aedeagus.. The Chinese species,
<taxonomicName id="4C1E95D6F055FF80FAA1700137D224D6" authority="(Xing &amp; Li)" baseAuthorityName="Xing &amp; Li" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Monobazus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aurantinus">
<emphasis id="B96A3247F055FF80FAA17001375D24D7" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">M. aurantinus</emphasis>
(Xing &amp; Li)
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also belongs to this group.
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