Published July 26, 2018 | Version v1
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Gurawa minorcephala Pruthi

Description

Gurawa minorcephala Pruthi

Figs. 2A–G

Gurawa minorcephala Pruthi, 1930: 29, Plate II-Figs. 10, 10a, 10b, Text-Figs. 41–42; Zahniser, 2008: 22, Figs. 77–85; Dai, Xing & Li, 2011: 38, Fig. 1; Duan & Zhang, 2012: 42 –44, Plate I-Fig. 1; Viraktamath & Gnaneswaran, 2013: 199 –200, Figs. 22–29, 41, 55–58.

Length. Male: 3.4–3.8mm; female: 3.9mm.

Material examined. 2♂, 1♀, Pakistan: Punjab: Murree Hills, 2291m, 26 July 2017, coll. Hassan Naveed. 4♂, 1♀, Pakistan: Azad Jammu & Kashmir: Rawalakot, 1638m, 9 August 2017, coll. Hassan Naveed.

Distribution. Pakistan, India, China.

Remarks. Pruthi (1930) described the species G. minorcephala from Murree Hills (Pakistan). Here we have collected the specimens from the species type locality (Jhika Gali, Murree Hills) for the first time since Pruthi. This species is similar to G. intermediata in general appearance and male genitalia but can readily be distinguished by the latter having the aedeagal shaft with lateroapical spines well separated from each other.

Notes

Published as part of Naveed, Hassan & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, Revision of the leafhopper genus Gurawa (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Chiasmini) from Pakistan with description of a new species, pp. 481-488 in Zootaxa 4450 (4) on page 482, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/1444970

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Biodiversity

Event date
2017-07-26 , 2017-08-09
Verbatim event date
2017-07-26 , 2017-08-09
Scientific name authorship
Pruthi
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Gurawa
Species
minorcephala
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Pruthi, H. S. (1930) Studies on Indian Jassidae (Homoptera). Part I. Introductory and description of some new genera and species. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, 11 (1), 1 - 68.
  • Zahniser, J. N. (2008) Seven new species and new distributions of Old World Chiasmini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), with a redescription, key to genera, and species checklist for the tribe. Zootaxa, 1808, 1 - 32.
  • Dai, R. H., Xing, J. C. & Li, H. (2011) A new record species of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from China. Guizhou Science, 29 (4), 38 - 39.
  • Duan, Y. & Zhang, Y. (2012) A taxonomic review of the grassland leafhopper genus Gurawa Distantand Chiasmus Mulsant & Rey (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Chiasmini) from China with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 3537, 41 - 52.
  • Viraktamath, C. A. & Gnaneswaran, R. (2013) Review of the grass feeding leafhopper genus Gurawa Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from the Indian subcontinent with description of two new species. Entomon, 38 (4), 193 - 212.