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Idiocerus (Idiocerus) cedarae Viraktamath & Sohi

Description

Idiocerus (Idiocerus) cedarae Viraktamath & Sohi

Figs 17A–J, 59F, 61A, 65E–H.

Idiocerus cedarae Viraktamath and Sohi 1994: 25–26, figs 13–21.

Diagnosis. Ochraceous. Crown with round black spots on foremargin, pronotum with a few dark broun and fuscous spots. Mesonotum with basal triangles black. Forewings hyaline with veins brown interrupted by white spots. Male abdomenal apodemes exceeding anterior margin of following segment. Aedeagus with dorsal apodeme well developed and dark pigmented. Female sternite VII as in Fig. 61A.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂, INDIA: Himachal Pradesh: Kufri, Simla, 2600m, 15.x.1979, ex Cedrus deodora, V.A. Viraktamath (UASB). Paratype. 1 ♀, data as for holotype (UASB).

Remarks. I. (I.) cedarae is very similar to I. (I.) sharmai, but darker than the latter species and breeds on Cedrus deodara (Roxb.) G. Don (Pinaceae) whereas the latter species is much lighter in color and breeds on Salix sp. (Salicaceae). They also differ in the shape of the basal abdominal apodemes and development of the aedeagal dorsal apodeme as given in the key.

Notes

Published as part of VIRAKTAMATH, C. A. & YESHWANTH, H. M., 2024, Arboreal eurymeline leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae) of the Indian subcontinent with description of new genera and eight new species, pp. 1-125 in Zootaxa 5462 (1) on page 37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5462.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11610410

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Viraktamath & Sohi
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Idiocerus
Species
cedarae
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Viraktamath, C. A. & Sohi, A. S. (1994) Three new species of Idiocerus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from north India. Entomon, 19, 23 - 28.