Scaphoideus coloratus Rao

Viraktamath, C. A. & Mohan, G. S., 2004, A revision of the deltocephaline leafhopper genus Scaphoideus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Indian subcontinent, Zootaxa 578, pp. 1-48 : 16

Scaphoideus coloratus Rao

Figs 39–45 .

Scaphoideus coloratus Rao, 1990: 79 , Figs 83–90 . HOLOTYPE ɗ, INDIA [ZSI, examined].

Ochraceous. Anterior margin of vertex with a marginal and a submarginal inverted Vshaped chocolate brown to black stripe; head with one pronotum with an anterior and a posterior submarginally and scutellum with an anterior broader transverse reddish band. Front wing brownish with oblique brown spots.

Head triangularly produced with a blunt anterior angle. Vertex shorter than inter ocular width.

Male genitalia: Pygophore with caudal lobe rounded, longer than high. Subgenital plate triangular, elongate, 3 times as long as basal width, caudally rather pointed. Style with well­developed preapical lobe, apophysis long, narrowed distally, laterally curved rather abruptly at 0.33. Connective with arms as long as stem, paraphyses widely separated at base, convergent till midlength, then gradually divergent, twisted and narrowed to apex at distal 0.25. Aedeagus with well­developed distally bilobed dorsal apodeme, shaft in lateral aspect slender, rather long, with an apical toothlike projection on dorsal margin, laterally keeled, ventrally furrowed; gonopore elongate, almost occupying half length of shaft in ventral aspect.

Measurements: Male 4.60 mm long and 1.17 mm wide across eyes.

Material examined: INDIA: holotype ɗ, Meghalaya: Shillong, Nongthumai, 20.ix.1975, M.S. Jyrwa Coll. (ZSI). Other material: NEPAL: 1 ɗ, Taplejung Dist., Dabhan, c 3500 ft (1062 m), shady places on shrubby slope above R. Tamur, 21–27.i.1962, Brit. Mus. East Napal Exp., 1961­62, R.L. Cole Coll., B.M. 1962­177 ( BMNH).

Remarks: S. colorata has coloration similar to that of the species of Scaphotettix and is related to S. sculptus sp. nov. (see below), from which it differs in the shape of the paraphyses.

Figures

FIGURES 28 – 45. Species of Scaphoideus. 28 – 38. S. bifidus sp. nov. 28. Head and thorax; 29, Face; 30, Head and thorax, profile; 31. Male pygophore; 32. Subgenital plate; 33. Style; 34. Connective and paraphyses; 35. Same, lateral view; 36. Aedeagus and dorsal connective; 37. Same, caudal view; 38. Female seventh sternum. 39 – 45. S. coloratus Rao. 39. Male pygophore; 40. Subgenital plate; 41, Style; 42. Connective and paraphyses, lateral view; 43. Same, dorsal view; 44. Aedeagus and dorsal connective; 45. Same, caudal view. Scale line indicates 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 81 – 96. Species of Scaphoideus. 81 – 87. S. inequalis sp. nov. 81. Male pygophore; 82. Subgenital plate; 83. Style; 84. Apophysis of style; 85. Connective and paraphyses; 86. Aedeagus, lateral view; 87. Same, caudo­ventral view. 88 – 96. S. insignis (Distant) 88. Head and thorax; 89. Face; 90. Subgenital plate; 91. Style; 92. Apophysis of style; 93. Connective and paraphyses 94. Same, lateral view; 95. Aedeagus and dorsal connective, lateral view; 96. Same. caudo­ventral view. Scale line indicates 0.1 mm.