Leafhopper subfamily Ledrinae of the Indian subcontinent: 1. Description of Yelahanka gen. nov. (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with seven new species and new combinations

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4915 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-480
Author(s):  
C.A. VIRAKTAMATH ◽  
M. D. WEBB ◽  
H.M. YESHWANTH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Himachal Pradesh ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
Key To Species

One new genus of the tribe Ledrini, Yelahanka gen. nov. is described with Petalocephala granulosa Distant as its type species. The genus is characterised by the flexing of the forewing laterad of a strongly carinate or keeled outer claval vein and the claval veins fused in the distal two thirds. Seven new species, Yelahanka canaraica sp. nov. (India: Karnataka), Y. kodaiensis sp. nov. (India: Tamil Nadu), Y. montana sp. nov. (India: Tamil Nadu), Y. nepalica sp. nov. (Nepal), Y. sikkimensis sp. nov. (India: Sikkim), Y. shillongensis sp. nov. (India: Meghalaya) and Y. trifida sp. nov. (India: Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh) are described and illustrated. The following new combinations are proposed: Yelahanka bainbriggei (Distant) comb. nov., Y. granulosa (Distant) comb. nov., Y. punctata (Walker) comb. nov. and Y. tabulata (Distant) comb. nov.; originally punctata was placed in the genus Ledra Fabricius and remaining species were placed in Petalocephala Stål. Petalocephala bainbriggei Distant 1916 is treated as a junior synonym of Y. granulosa (Distant 1910) syn. nov. and P. tabulata Distant 1908 is treated as a junior synonym of Yelahanka punctata (Walker 1851) syn. nov. Y. granulosa is newly recorded from Africa (Tanzania and Kenya) and Malaya. Relationships of the new genus with other genera of Ledrini are discussed and a key to species of the genus is also provided. 

Review of the leafhopper genus Pythamus Melichar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) in the Indian subcontinent

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1546 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-61
Author(s):  
C. A. VIRAKTAMATH ◽  
M. D. WEBB
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Three New Species

The genus Pythamus Melichar (type species: P. dealbatus Melichar) is redefined. The genus Dussana Distant (type species: D. quaerenda Distant) is treated as a junior synonym of Pythamus. Three new species, Pythamus biramosus sp. nov. (India: Karnataka), P. bispinosus sp. nov. (India: Tamil Nadu, Kerala) and P. montanus sp. nov. (India: Tamil Nadu) in addition to P. dealbatus are described and illustrated. Dussana quaerenda is treated as a junior synonym of P. dealbatus. Dussana assamensis Ramakrishnan is transferred to the genus Onukia. A key to species of Pythamus is also provided.

Three new leafhopper species of Macropsis Lewis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae: Macropsini) with a key to species from the Indian subcontinent

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4903 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-372
Author(s):  
C.A. VIRAKTAMATH ◽  
H.M. YESHWANTH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Himachal Pradesh ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Acacia Catechu

Three new species, Macropsis dalhousiensis sp. nov. (India: Himachal Pradesh), M. krishna sp. nov. (India: Karnataka) and M. puttarudriahi sp. nov. (India: Arunachal Pradesh) are described and illustrated. M. krishna breeds on Acacia catechu and is actively attended by the ant Camponotus sp. in nymphal and adult stages. A checklist and a revised illustrated key to species of the genus for the Indian subcontinent are also given. 

Checklist and comments on the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) from the Indian subcontinent

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4457 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANIEL BURCKHARDT ◽  
ANAMIKA SHARMA ◽  
ANANTANARAYANAN RAMAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Species Level ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
The World ◽  
Level 3

A checklist comprising information on taxonomy, distribution and host plants is provided for 161 species of jumping plant-lice from the Indian subcontinent (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) based on published records and museum material. In addition there are 15 species recorded in the literature which are identified to genus only. Museum material provides eight new country and two new state (within India) records. The taxonomy is updated and following nomenclatorial acts are proposed: new genus (1), new generic synonymies (2), designation of type species (1), new species synonymies (5), replacement names for primary homonyms at species level (3), new status of subspecies (3), new combinations (23). Toonapsylla Burckhardt, gen. nov. is described for Psylla cedrelae (Kieffer, 1905). The new genus belongs to Mastigimatinae (Calophyidae) and is probably closest related to Bharatiana and Mastigimas, both associated with Cedrela and Toona (Meliaceae). The new genus is diagnosed and a key is provided for the world genera of Mastigimatinae. The Neoptropical genus Allophorina Hodkinson is transferred here from Mastigimatinae (Calophyidae) to Psyllinae (Psyllidae).

Revision of the evacanthine leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) of the Indian subcontinent

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4386 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
C.A. VIRAKTAMATH ◽  
M.D. WEBB
Keyword(s):  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Type Species ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Himachal Pradesh ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
Species Complexes ◽  
In Parenthesis ◽  
First Time

The leafhoppers of the tribe Evacanthini of the Indian subcontinent (Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka) are reviewed. The genus Apphia Distant 1918, is reinstated as a valid genus from synonymy with Onukia Matsumura stat. rev. and redefined based on the male genitalia characters. The genus Angustuma Xing & Li 2013, (new name for Angustella Li 1986, not Waagen 1907) is considered a junior synonym of Apphia. The genera Carinata Li & Wang, Concavocorona Wang & Zhang, Risefronta Li & Wang, Shortcrowna Li & Li, Striatanus Li & Wang and Taperus Li and Wang along with Bundera bambusana Yang, Chen & Li, Carinata midfasciana Wang & Li, Onukia albiclypeus Li & Wang, O. flavocapitata Li & Wang and Risefronta albicincta Li & Wang are here recorded for the first time from the Sub-Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent. Keys to genera and included species are given. The new taxa recognized are Apphia flava sp. nov. (India: Meghalaya), Bundera acutivertex sp. nov. (India: Mizoram), Concavocorana kambaiti sp. nov. (Myanmar; Kambaiti), Evacanthus albipennis sp. nov. (Nepal), E. convolutus sp. nov. (India: Himachal Pradesh), E. distinctus sp. nov. (India: Himachal Pradesh), E. manaliensis sp. nov. (India: Himachal Pradesh), E. yeshwanthi sp. nov. (India: Meghalya), Onukia echina sp. nov. (India: Manipur), Onukindia gen. nov. (type species : Platyretus connexus Distant), Onukindia aruna sp. nov. (India: Arunachal Pradesh), O. compressa sp. nov. (India: Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal), Shortcrowna rubrostriata sp. nov. (Myanmar: Kambaiti), Striatanus delta sp. nov. (India: West Bengal; Mizoram) and Taperus indicus sp. nov. (India: Arunachal Pradesh). The following new combinations (genera of original combination in parenthesis): Apphia albida Li & Li) comb. nov., A. albonotata (Yang & Zhang) comb. nov., A. basinigra (Wang & Zhang) comb. nov., A. flavimacula (Wang & Zhang) comb. nov., A. flavinigra (Wang & Zhang) comb. nov., A. jinghongensis (LI & Li) comb. nov., A. leucostriata (Li & Wang) comb. nov., A. longipyga (Li & Wang) comb. nov., A. nigricarina (Li) comb. nov., A. nigricauda (Cheng, Yang & Li) comb. nov., A. nigrimargina (Li & Li) comb. nov., A. nigrinota (Yang & Zhang) comb. nov., A. pallida (Cai & He) comb. nov., A. panxianensis (Li & Li) comb. nov., A. rudorsuma (Xing & Li) comb. nov. and A. rufipenna (Li & Wang) comb. nov. (all from Angustuma), Apphia assamensis (Ramakrishnan) comb. nov. (Dussana), Apphia himalayana (Distant) comb. nov. (Platyretus) and Onukindia connexa (Distant) comb. nov. (Platyretus) are made. Evacanthus repexus Distant and Vangama steneosaura Distant appear to be species complexes and need to be further investigated. Lectotypes are designated for: Apphia burmanica Distant, Apphia himalayana (Distant), Bundera venata Distant, Cunedda phaeops Distant, Evacanthus bellus (Distant), Evacanthus militaris (Distant), Evacanthus repexus Distant, Mainda praeculta Distant, Onukindia connexa (Distant) and Vangama steneosaura Distant. 

Revision of the Oriental and Australian Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2844 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. VIRAKTAMATH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Himachal Pradesh ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
New Genera ◽  
New Synonyms

The tribe Agalliini of the subfamily Megophthalminae is revised for the Oriental and Australian regions. Fifteen genera and 86 species have been recognized including 6 new genera, 40 new species, 7 new synonyms and 9 new combinations. The new genera and species described are Austroagallia balii sp. nov. (Indonesia: Bali Is.), A. distanti sp. nov. (India: Karnataka), A. prachuabensis sp. nov. (India, Thailand), Formallia gen. nov., F. ishiharai sp. nov.(Taiwan), F. longipenis sp. nov. (Taiwan), F. longistyla sp. nov. (Taiwan), F. rugosa sp. nov. (Taiwan), F. truncata sp. nov. (type sepcies) (Taiwan), Hemagallia gen. nov. (type-species: Agallia plotina Distant), Ianagallia gen. nov. (type-species Austroagallia bifurcata Sawai Singh & Gill), Igerna aurora sp. nov. (Sunda Is, Timor Is.), I. darjeelingensis sp. nov. (India: Sikkim, West Bengal), I. delineata sp. nov. (India: Tamil Nadu), I. himalayensis sp. nov. (India: West Bengal), I. keyae sp. nov. (India: Sikkim), I. priyankae sp. nov. (India: Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya. Nepal), I. quinlani sp. nov. (Nepal), I. sikkima sp. nov. (India: Sikkim), I. wilsoni sp. nov. (India: West Bengal), Japanagallia asymmetrica sp. nov. (China: Fukien), J. curvata sp. nov. (China: Fukien), J. javana sp. nov. (Indonesia: Java), J. longipenis sp. nov. (China: Fukien), J. malaisei sp. nov. (Myanmar), J. mussooriensis sp. nov. (India: Uttar Pradesh), J. neotappana sp. nov. (China: Fukien), J. nepalensis sp. nov. (Nepal), J. peculiaris sp. nov. (Nepal), J. sumatrana sp. nov. (Indonesia: Sumatra), J. yoshimotoi sp. nov. (Taiwan), Nandigallia gen. nov. N. matai sp. nov. (India: West Bengal; China: Fukien), N. nandiensis sp. nov. (type-species) (India: Karnataka, Maharashtra), Paulagallia gen. nov., P. maai sp. nov. (Malaysia: Borneo: Sabah), P. punctata sp. nov. (type-species)( Malaysia: Borneo: Sabah), Sangeeta gen. nov. S. dentata sp. nov. (Indonesia: Pahang), S. dlabolai sp. nov. (Laos), S. fyanensis sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. linnavuorii sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. nigra sp. nov. (Indonesia: Java), S. quadriloba sp. nov. (Indonesia: Sumatra), S. sadongensis sp. nov. (type-species) (Malaysia: Sadong) and S. sarawakensis sp. nov. (Malaysia: Borneo: Sarawak) The following new combinations are proposed: Anaceratagallia srinagarensis (Kameswara Rao & Ramakrishnan) comb. nov. (Agallia), Hemagallia biplagiata (Melichar) comb. nov. (Agallia), Hemagallia plotina (Distant) comb. nov. (Agallia), Ianagallia bifurcata (Sawai Singh & Gill) comb. nov. (Austroagallia), Igerna atrovenosa (Melichar) comb. nov. (Agallia), Igerna fasciata (Osborn) comb. nov. (Agalliopsis), Igerna quadrinotata (Melichar) comb. nov. (Agallia), Igerna nigrita (Melichar) comb. nov. (Oncopsis) and Igerna violacea (Distant) comb. nov. (Nehela). The following species are treated as new synonyms: Agallia pseudorobusta Kameswara Rao & Ramakrishnan syn. nov. of Anaceratagallia cuspidata Dlabola; Anaceratagallia delhiensis Kameswara Rao & Ramakrishnan syn. nov. of Anaceratagallia robusta Pruthi; Agallia campbelli Distant syn. nov. and Agallia janaka Distant syn. nov. of Hemagallia biplagiata (Melichar); Agallia rugosa Distant syn. nov. and Agallia bhuntra Sawai Singh syn. nov. of Hemagallia plotina (Distant), Austroagallia bisinuata Viraktamath & Viraktamath syn. nov. of Igerna quadrinotata (Melichar), and Dryodurgades bifurcatus Cai & Shen syn. nov. of Dryodurgades formosana (Matsumura). Most of these taxa are described and illustrated. Keys to genera and species are also included.

New genus and new species of the subfamily Metrodorinae from China (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4964 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-362
Author(s):  
XIANG-YI LU ◽  
WEI-AN DENG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
New Genus ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
New Name ◽  
Three New Species

The genus Concavetettix Deng, gen. nov. (type species: Concavetettix yunnanensis Deng, sp. nov.) is described from Daweishan, Pingbian County, Yunnan Province, China. The genus Macromotettix Günther, 1939 is reviewed. Three new species of the genus, M. microptera Deng, sp. nov., M. zhengi Deng, sp. nov. and M. brachyptera Deng, sp. nov. are described with detailed illustrations of external morphology. One new name is proposed: Macromotettix napoensis Deng, nom. nov.. Additionally, an updated key to species of the genus Macromotettix is given. 

Review of Madagascaran Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) with descriptions of a new genus and six new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3616 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. VIRAKTAMATH ◽  
ANA CLARA GONÇALVES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Previous Record ◽  
Terrestrial Arthropods ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

Studies on the Agalliini leafhoppers collected from the Terrestrial Arthropods of Madagascar inventory project of the Cal-ifornia Academy of Sciences, resulted in the discovery of one new genus Agallidwipa gen. nov. (type-species: A. biramosa sp. nov.) with three new species, A. biramosa sp. nov., A. bispinosa sp. nov. and A. webbi sp. nov. and three new species of the genus Igerna Kirkaldy, I. delta sp. nov., I. flavocosta sp. nov. and I. malagasica sp. nov. Two new combinations proposed are Agallidwipa pauliana (Evans) comb. nov. (from genus Agalliana Oman) and Igerna neosa (Webb) comb. nov. (from genus Stonasla White), a species previously recorded from Aldabra Islands. A previous record of Igerna bi-maculicollis (Stål) from Madagascar is shown most likely to be a case of misidentification. All the taxa are described and illustrated. Keys to species of Agalliini from Madagascar are included along with notes on the distinction between Agal-liana and Agallidwipa.

The Chinese Hecalina (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Hecalini) with descriptions of a new genus and seven new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4679 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-285
Author(s):  
ZHIQIANG HE ◽  
YALIN ZHANG ◽  
STUART H. MCKAMEY ◽  
JAMES N. ZAHNISER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Combinations

The Chinese Hecalina (Deltocephalinae: Hecalini), which consists of five genera, is reviewed. Coloration and shape of the head and body, venation of forewing, and genitalia structures are the main morpological characters utilized to distinguish taxa. Fangamanus gen. n. is proposed for Parabolocratus tripunctatus Matsumura (type species of the new genus) and two other species. A key to the five genera of the Chinese Hecalina (Fangamanus gen. n., Hecalus Stål, Hecalusina He et al., Linnavuoriella Evans, and Thomsonia Signoret) is given, and seven new species from China are described: Hecalus changjiaotus, H. feithailandus, H. nadanus, H. triundosus, H. yuanmouensis, Thomsonia breviaea, and T. daliensis. In addition, four new combinations are proposed: Thomsonia nitobei (Matsumura), Fangamanus rufofascianus (Li), F. tripunctatus (Matsumura) (n. rec.), and F. morrisoni (Kwon and Lee). Only seven previously described species from China remain in Hecalus Stål: H. bifurcatus Cai & Wang, H. furcatus Morrison, H. henanus Cai & Shen, H. katoi Metcalf, H. prasinus (Matsumura), H. thailandensis Morrison, and H. wallengreni (Stål) plus two species (H. paykulli Stål and H. lefroyi Distant) previously recorded but unconfirmed here from China. Four species are redescribed: Fangamanus rufofascianus, F. tripunctatus, Thomsonia porrecta, and the first description and illustration of the male of T. nitobei (Matsumura) are provided. 

scholarly journals Description of Asiothrixus gen. nov. (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and two new species with diagnoses and a puparial key to species

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2417 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
ANIL KUMAR DUBEY ◽  
CHIUN-CHENG KO ◽  
JON H. MARTIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Two New Species

A new Asian genus is diagnosed, Asiothrixus, with Aleurothrixus antidesmae Takahashi as type species, together with Asiothrixus smilaceti (Takahashi) comb. nov., Asiothrixus silvestris (Corbett) comb. nov., Asiothrixus specialis sp. nov. and Asiothrixus unicus sp. nov. Lectotypes are designated for both A. antidesmae and A. smilaceti. Characteristics of the new genus are discussed, and puparial diagnoses and illustrations for the species provided, together with a puparial key to species.

Revision of the Ulopinae leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) of the Indian subcontinent, I. Ulopini genera: Daimachus, Radhades and Ulopsina

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4613 (3) ◽  
pp. 557
Author(s):  
C.A. VIRAKTAMATH ◽  
M. D. WEBB
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Himalayan Region ◽  
New Subgenus ◽  
First Time

The Ulopinae leafhopper genera of the tribe Ulopini from the Indian subcontinent (Daimachus Distant and Radhades Distant) are redescribed. Four new species of Daimachus are described: D. matheranensis sp. nov. (India: Maharashtra), D. robustus sp. nov. (India: Kerala), D. sirsiensis sp. nov. (India: Karnataka) and D. sudindicus sp. nov. (India: Karnataka, Kerala). Ulopa brunnea Pruthi 1930 is treated as a junior synonym of Daimachus exemplificatus Distant 1916 based on a study of the male genitalia of both species. The latter species, together with Radhades crassus Distant and Ulopsina Dai, Viraktamath & Zhang are redescribed and a new subgenus of Ulopsina, Indoulopa subgen. nov. is described from Sub-Himalayan region with Ulopsina (Indoulopa) himalayana sp. nov. as the type species; the genus is reported for the first time from the subcontinent. Key to genera and species dealt with are also provided, all taxa are illustrated and lectotypes are designated for Daimachus exemplificatus, Ulopa brunnea and Radhades crassus. 

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