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Igerna priyankae Viraktamath 2011

  • 1. Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru 560065, India
  • 2. Department of Plant Protection, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Central Agricultural University (Imphal), Pasighat- 791102, Arunachal Pradesh, India

Description

Igerna priyankae Viraktamath

Figs 4A–K

Diagnosis. Habitus similar to that in species of Japanagallia but lacks claval cross vein in the forewings. Male pygofer about 1.1× as long in lateral view as proximal height, pygofer lobes narrowed posteriorly, less sclerotized and pigmented, but dorsal border sclerotized and pigmented; about 0.35× as long as total length. Aedeagus with atrium wall well-sclerotized and rimmed, with well-developed preatrium and dorsal apodeme; shaft almost straight, compressed, slightly flared distally, anterior angle produced anterodorsally much more than ventral angle; gonopore apical. Anal collar process well-developed, as long as pygofer, rod-like deeply forked distally.

Material examined. INDIA: Manipur: 3♂, Pallel: Tarao, 1530m, 25.viii.2014, Yeshwanth, H.M.; 4♂, Pallel: Saibom, 1387m, 21.viii.2024, Yeshwanth, H.M.; 3♂, Tengnoupal, Sita Road, 1352m, 26.viii.2014, Yeshwanth, H.M.; 1♂, Ukhrul, 1647m, 28.viii.2014, Yeshwanth, H.M. (UASB).

Remarks. Viraktamath (2011) adequately described and illustrated the species. Meshram et al. 2016) redescribed and re-illustrated the species.

Notes

Published as part of Viraktamath, C. A., Yeshwanth, H. M. & Ajaykumara, K. M., 2024, New species of the leafhopper tribes Agalliini and Macropsini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from north and northeast India with checklist of species of the tribes from the Indian subcontinent, pp. 267-282 in Zootaxa 5486 (2) on page 275, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5486.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/13209921

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
UASB
Event date
2014-08-25 , 2014-08-26 , 2014-08-28 , 2024-08-21
Verbatim event date
2014-08-25 , 2014-08-26 , 2014-08-28 , 2024-08-21
Scientific name authorship
Viraktamath
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Igerna
Species
priyankae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Igerna priyankae Viraktamath, 2011 sec. Viraktamath, Yeshwanth & Ajaykumara, 2024

References

  • Viraktamath, C. A. (2011) Revision of the Oriental and Australian Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae). Zootaxa, 2844 (1), 1 - 118. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2844.1.1