Phlogothamnus maculiceps Ishihara, 1961

Rajgopal, N. N. & Dey, Debjani, 2022, A new species and some new records of leafhopper tribe Scaphoideini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from India, Zootaxa 5182 (4), pp. 348-360 : 358-359

Phlogothamnus maculiceps Ishihara

( Fig. 1E & L ; Fig. 2E & L ; Fig. 8A–G ).

Phlogothamnus maculiceps Ishihara, 1961 ; Thailand

Measurements (mm): Male 4.52 long, 1.18 wide across eyes, 0.87 wide across posterolateral angles of pronotum.

Material examined: 1 ♂, India: Uttarakhand, Dehradun, Wildlife Institute of India 30°16’53”N 77°58’30”E, 13.X.2021, Hg light, Stuti & Rajgopal, N. N. ( NPC) . 1 ♂, India: Uttarakhand, Dehradun , 02.VIII.2019, Hg light, Stuti ( NPC) .

Diagnosis: Crown with pair of round black spots ( Fig. 1E ). Male pygofer longer than wide, patch of long stout macrosetae on postero- subapical region, pygofer processs stout, curved inwards with acute apex ( Fig. 8A&B ). Subgenital plate long, terminated by narrow fingerlike process, uniserate macrosetae on outer lateral margins, with numerous long hair like setae ( Fig. 8C ). Style elongate, well developed apophysis, apex of style is acute. Connective Y-shaped. Aedeagus elongate, tubular, narrowed gradually and curved dorsally, ended bluntly at the apex, with pair of small processes above gonopore dorsally ( Fig. 8G ).

Remarks: This species was well described by Ishihara (1961) from Thailand and it was recorded from India by Viraktamath & Yeshwanth in 2020. The description is here augmented with illustrations of the habitus and pygofer which are lacking in Ishihara (1961).

Figures

FIGURE 1A–N. Habitus dorsal view (A–G) and lateral view (H–N):A,H. Scaphoideus banjarensis sp. nov.; B,I. Scaphoideus banjarensis sp. nov., female; C,J. Neolimnus egyptiacus (Matsumura); D,K. Neolimnus quadricornis Khatri & Webb; E,L. Phlogothamnus maculiceps Ishihara; F,M. Wanritettix wanrianus (Matsumura); G,N. Grammacephalus punjabensis Shah & Duan.

FIGURE 2 A–N. Pronotum (A–G) and face (H–N): A,H. Scaphoideus banjarensis sp. nov.; B,I. Scaphoideus banjarensis sp. nov., female; C,J. Neolimnus egyptiacus (Matsumura); D,K. Neolimnus quadricornis Khatri & Webb; E,L. Phlogothamnus maculiceps Ishihara; F,M. Wanritettix wanrianus (Matsumura); G,N. Grammacephalus punjabensis Shah & Duan.

FIGURE 8 A–G. Phlogothamnus maculiceps Ishihara, male genitalia: A. pygofer, lateral view; B. pygofer, ventral view; C. valve and subgenital plate, ventral view; D. style, dorsal view; E. style apophysis, lateral view; F. aedeagus and connective, dorsal view; G. aedeagus and connective, lateral view.