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Anaceratagallia pararobusta C.A.Viraktamath 2011, comb. nov.

Description

Anaceratagallia pararobusta (Pruthi) comb. nov.

Figs 3, 4, 14, 106–108.

Agallia pararobusta Pruthi 1936: 104–105, fig. 119, pl. VIII, fig. 4. HOLOTYPE ♀, INDIA: Guvvalucherru [ZSI, examined].

Color. Two rectangular spots on vertex placed obliquely, black. Other features as in A. robusta (see below).

Male genitalia. Pygofer produced caudo-ventrally into spine-like process of variable width (Figs 109–112). Aedeagal shaft slender, with slender dorsal apodeme. Anal collar process directed ventrally with finger-like process on dorsal angle.

Female genitalia. Hind margin of seventh sternite broadly concave.

Measurements. Male 3.20–3.30 mm long, 1.06–1.10 mm wide across eyes. Female 3.7 mm long, 1.25 mm wide across eyes.

Material examined. INDIA: Andhra Pradesh: HOLOTYPE ♀, Guvvalucherru, 500 ft (152 m), Palkonda Hills, 1–3.viii.1929, at light, H.S. Pruthi (ZSI); 2 ♂, 3 ♀, Delhi, 1969, H.M. Harris (UASB). West Bengal: 1 ♀, Purneah dist.: Katihar, 7–31.viii.1910, C.Paiva (BMNH).

Remarks. This species closely resembles A. laevis (Ribaut) but differs in having a more slender aedeagal shaft.

Notes

Published as part of C. A. Viraktamath, 2011, Revision of the Oriental and Australian Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) 2844, pp. 1-118 in Zootaxa 2844 on page 17

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ZSI , ZSI, UASB, BMNH
Event date
1910-08-07
Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Anaceratagallia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
C.A.Viraktamath
Species
pararobusta
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1910-08-07/1929-08-03

References

  • Pruthi H. S. (1936) Studies on Indian Jassidae (Homoptera). Part III. Description of new genera and species with first records of some known species from India. Memoirs of Indian Museum, 11, 100 - 121.