Published February 9, 2023 | Version v1
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Mukariella Viraktamath & Webb 2019

  • 1. National Pusa Collection, Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India ICAR-Central Citrus Research Institute, Nagpur 440033, India. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7020 - 2084 & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2230 - 6567
  • 2. National Pusa Collection, Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India ICAR-Central Citrus Research Institute, Nagpur 440033, India. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7020 - 2084

Description

Key to species of the genus Mukariella (males) (modified from Viraktamath & Webb, 2019)

1. Aedeagal shaft ventral process straight, not laterally curved (Chen et al. 2012, Fig. 59 J)....... M. bambusana (Li & Chen)

- Aedeagal shaft ventral process laterally curved distally....................................................... 2

2. Aedeagal shaft slightly widened distally in anterior view and almost straight (Viraktamath & Webb, 2019: Figs. 31 F–G); Subgenital plate about 2x as long as wide near base.................................... M. daii Viraktamath & Webb

- Aedeagal shaft narrowed distally, slightly curved anteriorly near apex (Figs. 1, 2. I–J); subgenital plate more than 3x as long as width near base (Fig. 2H))........................................................... M. viraktamathi sp. nov.

Notes

Published as part of Ramaiah, Mogili, Meshram, Naresh M. & Dey, Debjani, 2023, A new species of bamboo-feeding leafhopper genus Mukariella Viraktamath and Webb (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) along with its morphological variant from India, pp. 289-295 in Zootaxa 5239 (2) on page 290, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5239.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/7624389

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Viraktamath & Webb
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Mukariella
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Mukariella Viraktamath, 2019 sec. Ramaiah, Meshram & Dey, 2023

References

  • Viraktamath, C. A. & Webb, M. D. (2019) Revision of the bamboo leafhopper tribe Mukariini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from the Indian subcontinent with description of new genera and species. Zootaxa, 4547 (1), 1 - 69. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4547.1.1