Idioscopus virescens Viraktamath

VIRAKTAMATH, C. A. & YESHWANTH, H. M., 2024, Arboreal eurymeline leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae) of the Indian subcontinent with description of new genera and eight new species, Zootaxa 5462 (1), pp. 1-125 : 51

Idioscopus virescens Viraktamath

Figs 27A–H .

Idioscopus virescens Viraktamath 1979a: 22–3 , figs 27–31.

Diagnosis. Externally resembling I. irenae , but inner margin of corium bluish white and rest of forewing brown. Male antennae with subapical ring of black ( Fig. 27C ). Male pygofer with long ventral process. Aedeagus with well-developed dorsal apodeme, aedeagal shaft with lateral lamellate process in distal half each process with serrated lateral margin, shaft apex with ventrally directed short pair of processes ( Figs 27 GH).

Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂, INDIA: Kerala: Maraiyur , 24.ii.1977, S. Viraktamath Coll. ( UASB).

Remarks. Both I. irenae and I. virescens have bright yellowsh green clavus. Development of lateral lamellate process on aedeagal shaft is unique for the species of Idioscopus occurring in the subcontinent.

Figures

FIGURES 27A–H. Idioscopus virescens Viraktamath, holotype male: A–B, habitus, dorsal and lateral views; C, face; D, label data; E, male genital capsule, lateral view; F, style, lateral view; G, style, connective and aedeagus, ventral view; H, connective and aedeagus, lateral view.