Libengaia (Nandiana) lamerallis Sunil & Meshram, 2023

Viraktamath, C. A., Webb, M. D. & Yeshwanth, H. M., 2024, Opsiini leafhopper genus Libengaia Linnavuori (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in Africa and India with description of one new subgenus and six new species, Zootaxa 5507 (1), pp. 104-122 : 115

Libengaia (Nandiana) lamerallis Sunil & Meshram

Figs 6K–N , 7 FG, 9A–H.

Libengaia lamerallis Sunil & Meshram 2024: 186 , figs 2a–k, 3a–i.

Diagnosis. Externally resembling L. (N.) bharatiensis but differs in having the aedeagal shaft with paired apical proesses and both male and female witout ivory markings.

Material examined: INDIA: Karnataka: 1♂, 1♀, Channapatna, 15.vii.1979, C.A. Viraktamath; ( UASB) ; 1♂, Bandipur, 20.i.1985, S.A. Viraktamath ( BMNH) ; Himachal Pradesh: 1♂, Largi , 1269m, 25.iv.2014, Hg. Light, N. M Meshram ( NPC) .

Remarks. Sunil & Meshram (2024) adequately described this species based on specimens collected from New Delhi and illustrated both male and female genitalia. Here it is illustrated based on specimens collected from south India. L.(N.) lamerallis resembles L.(N.) bharatiensis but differs in having bifid aedeagal processes, lamellate shafts and in the absence of processes on the preatrium of the aedeagus.

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FIGURE 6 A–P. Species of Libengaia (Nandiana), habitus dorsal and lateral views.A– J, color variation in L. (N.) bharatiensis (Malhotra & Shrma): specimens from Bandipur (AB), Khandala (CD), Mudigere (EF), Thirthahalli (GH) and Waghai (IJ); K–N, L. (N.) lamerallis Sunil & Meshram, male (KL), female (MN); O–P, L. (N.) ramamurthyi sp. nov., holotype male.

FIGURE 7 A–R. Species of Libengaia (Nandiana), faces and female genitalia.A–E, L. (N.) bharatiensis (Malhotra & Sharma), color variation in face: specimens from Bandipur (A), Khandala (B), Mudigere (C), Thirthahalli (D) and Waghai (E); F–G, L. (N.) lamerallis Sunil & Meshram, male and female; H, L. (N.) ramamurthyi sp. nov., holotype male face; I–M, L. (N.) bharatiensis: I, female sternite VII; JK, valvula I; LM, valvula II; N–R, L. (N.) lamerallis: N, female sternite VII; OP, valvula I; QR, valvula II.