Igerna priyankae Viraktamath

Meshram, Naresh M., Chandra Bose, N. S. & Parveen, Shama, 2015, Two new species of the genus Igerna (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) from India, Zootaxa 3946 (2), pp. 241-250 : 249

Igerna priyankae Viraktamath

Igerna priyankae Viraktamath 2011: 72 Paratype Nepal (examined)

Material examined. Paratype ♂ INDIA: Himachal: Kasauli, 23.vii.1962, S.S. Singh Coll.; Nepal: Kathmandu: Godawan Thanks, 5.ix.1978, V. K. Thapa Coll. ( NPC).

Remarks. This species was described by Viraktamath (2011), and its male genitalia exhibit minor variation in the ventral margin of the aedeagal shaft which is either straight as in the holotype (Fig. 348, Viraktamath, 2011) or sinuate as in the paratype ( Figs 43–44 ). These seem to be intraspecific variation.

In the key to the species of Igerna in the Oriental region by Viraktamath (2011), couplet 12 can be modified as follows to include the two new species currently described herein along with the other two species from China viz., Igerna channa Viraktamath, et al. (2012) and Igerna tenuicula Li, et al. (2012) .

12. Anal collar process forked or hook shaped................................................................. 13 - Anal collar process sea-horse shaped..................................................... .. kolasibensis sp. nov. 13. Anal collar process hook shaped...................................................... channa Viraktamath , et al. - Anal collar process forked.............................................................................. 14 14. Anal collar process bifurcate to two branches, upper branch with spine in middle and tip twisted ventrally, lower branch

directed posteriorly, apically bent dorsally; aedeagus with pair of long apical processes............... .. tenuicula Li , et al. - Anal collar process bifurcated but without any spines on branches; aedeagus with or without single apical process........15 15. Aedeagus caudal margin with process near apex; connective posterior margin bilobed............. priyankae Viraktamath - Aedeagus without process on caudal margin near apex; connective posterior margin with single lobes... shillongensis sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 37 – 44. Habitus, face and genitalia male Igerna priyankae Viraktamath 37, 38. Habitus, dorsal and lateral view; 39. Face; 40. Subgenital plate; 41. Pygofer, lateral view; 42. Anal collar process; 43. Aedeagus with style; 44. Aedeagus.