Bambuphaga, Ramaiah & Meshram & Dey, 2023

Ramaiah, Mogili, Meshram, Naresh M. & Dey, Debjani, 2023, Bambuphaga, a new bamboo feeding-leafhopper genus (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Punctulini) from India, Zootaxa 5346 (3), pp. 325-330 : 326-327

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5346.3.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8F437982-16AC-4E59-81AF-A73B69201A0F
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10563064
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8B05203D-FFB5-FFA4-FF2F-FA65BC23E5BB
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Bambuphaga
status	gen. nov.

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Bambuphaga View in CoL n. gen.

Type species: Bambuphaga balajii n. sp., here designated

Medium sized, depressed, ochraceous with dark brown and orange markings on head, thorax and forewings. Head slightly wider than greatest width of pronotum. Crown mottled symmetrically, fore margin produced triangularly, median about half as long as width between eyes ( Figs. 2A View FIGURE 2 and 3A View FIGURE 3 ). Frontoclypeus narrow, anteclypeus slightly narrowed apically ( Figs. 2A–D View FIGURE 2 ). Forewing with reticulate venation in clavus, with three subapical and four apical cells and, inner subapical cell not closed, outer subapical cell open, extended to costal margin, appendix not extended to beyond second apical cell ( Figs. 1E–F View FIGURE 1 ). Pronotum mottled; lateral margin carinate and shorter than basal width of the eye. Mesonotum relatively large, depressed medially; transverse suture distinct. Scutellum with median groove. Prothoracic femur, with AV absent, AM 1 well developed, row IC with 7 fine setae, AD setae minute and sparse ( Fig 1A View FIGURE 1 ). Mesothoracic femur with AD1and PD 4 setae. Metathoracic femur with distal macrosetal formula 2+2+1 ( Fig 1C View FIGURE 1 ). Metathoracic tibia flattened, macrosetae on rows AD 9–10, AV 12–14, PD 20–22 and PV with less setae, metatarsomere II less than 1/2 length of metatarsomere I ( Fig 1B View FIGURE 1 ). Meatatarsomere I plantar surface with 12 short, stout setae arranged in two rows; transverse row with stout seta on either side ( Fig 1B View FIGURE 1 ).

Male genitalia: Male pygofer in lateral view relatively short and tall with ventral process, with a few stout setae near posterior margin ( Fig. 2E–F View FIGURE 2 ). Valve large. Subgenital plate triangular, apex conically rounded with lateral marginal row of setae. Style slender, elongate, preapical lobe well-developed ( Fig. 2G View FIGURE 2 ). Connective, loop-shaped, articulated with the aedeagus, Aedeagus symmetrical, dorsal apodeme well-developed, aedeagal shaft elongate, strongly compressed with pairs of apical and subapical processes, gonopore subapical ( Figs. 2H–I View FIGURE 2 ).

Etymology: The genus name is derived from the Latin words “ bambu- ” and “ phaga ”, meaning feeding on bamboo.

Remarks: The new genus is similar to Hochiminhus Dietrich et al. (2020) in external morphology although there are some important differences in the genitalia: male pygofer with ventral process, connective loop-shaped, style with well-developed preapical lobe, and the aedeagal shaft with three pairs of preapical processes.