Atkinsoniella thalia ( Distant, 1918 )

Naveed, Hassan & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, Newly recorded leafhoppers of the subfamily Cicadellinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with description of a new species from Pakistan, Zootaxa 4504 (2), pp. 285-295 : 287

Atkinsoniella thalia ( Distant, 1918) n. rec.

Figs. 1B , H–I

Tettigoniella thalia Distant, 1918: 2 ; Tettigella thalia (Distant) : Metcalf 1965: 146; Atkinsoniella thalia (Distant) : Young: 1986: 97; Atkinsoniella rubrivenosa Kuoh & Zhuo, 1996: 3 .

Length. Male: 6.9mm.

Material Examined. 2♂, Pakistan: Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Rawlakot , 1638m, 7 August 2017, Coll. Hassan Naveed.

Remarks. A. thalia can be distinguished from others by the crown with an apical and basal black spot and aedeagus with biundulate dorsal margin laterally.

Distribution. China, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand.

Figures

FIGURE 1A, E–G. Atkinsoniella opponens (Walker, 1851) n. rec. A. habitus, dorsal view E. pygofer, lateral view F. connective, style, subgenital plates and valve, dorsal view G. aedeagus, lateral view; B, H–I. Atkinsoniella thalia (Distant, 1918) n. rec. B. habitus, dorsal view H. connective, style, subgenital plates and valve, dorsal view I. aedeagus, lateral view; C. Cofana unimaculata (Signoret, 1854); D. Cofana spectra (Distant, 1908).