Neolimnus egyptiacus (Matsumura)

Rajgopal, N. N. & Dey, Debjani, 2022, A new species and some new records of leafhopper tribe Scaphoideini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from India, Zootaxa 5182 (4), pp. 348-360 : 353-354

Neolimnus egyptiacus (Matsumura)

( Fig. 1C & J ; Fig. 2C & J ; Fig. 4A–F ).

Scaphoideus egyptiacus Matsumura, 1908 ; Egypt

Neolimnus egyptiacus (Matsumura) ; Linnavuori, 1953

Scaphoideus karachiensis Ahmed, Murtaza & Malik, 1988 ; Synonymised by Khatri & Webb, 2010 Measurements (mm): Male 4.1 long, 1.08 wide across eyes, 0.76 wide across posterolateral angles of pronotum.

Material examined: 1 ♂, India: Delhi, Division of Entomology , ICAR-IARI 28°38’03”N 77°09’44”E, 17.IX.2021, Hg light, Rajgopal, N. N. ( NPC) . 7 ♂♂, India: Delhi Hg light, 09. XI.1939, W. Kerr ( NPC) .

Diagnosis: Pygofer rounded, with long and narrow dorso-lateral lobes ( Fig. 4A ). Subgenital plate short, rounded apically in ventral view, stout hook like processes from inner dorsal margin directed dorso laterally, uniserate stout macrosetae laterally and across plate subapically ( Fig. 4B ). Style long and slender, bilobed anteriorly, apophysis long with truncate apex, preapical lobe reduced. Connective large, Y-shaped with stem longer than arms; articulated with aedeagus. Aedeagus simple, curved dorsally, with apical gonopore, dorsal apodeme well developed ( Fig. 4E ).

Remarks: This species is identified based on the descriptions of Linnavuori (1953) and Khatri & Webb (2010). This species was previously recorded from Egypt, Ethiopia, Jordan, Pakistan, Iran Saudi Arabia, and Somalia ( Matsumura, 1908; Dlabola, 1979; Metcalf, 1967; Heller & Linnavuori, 1968; Nast, 1972; Khatri & Webb, 2010; Pakarpour Rayeni et al., 2015; Mozaffarian and Wilson, 2016). The genus and species are here recorded from India for the first time.

Figures

FIGURE 1A–N. Habitus dorsal view (A–G) and lateral view (H–N):A,H. Scaphoideus banjarensis sp. nov.; B,I. Scaphoideus banjarensis sp. nov., female; C,J. Neolimnus egyptiacus (Matsumura); D,K. Neolimnus quadricornis Khatri & Webb; E,L. Phlogothamnus maculiceps Ishihara; F,M. Wanritettix wanrianus (Matsumura); G,N. Grammacephalus punjabensis Shah & Duan.

FIGURE 2 A–N. Pronotum (A–G) and face (H–N): A,H. Scaphoideus banjarensis sp. nov.; B,I. Scaphoideus banjarensis sp. nov., female; C,J. Neolimnus egyptiacus (Matsumura); D,K. Neolimnus quadricornis Khatri & Webb; E,L. Phlogothamnus maculiceps Ishihara; F,M. Wanritettix wanrianus (Matsumura); G,N. Grammacephalus punjabensis Shah & Duan.

FIGURE 4 A–F. Neolimnus egyptiacus (Matsumura), male genitalia: A. genital capsule, lateral view; B. subgenital plate, ventral view; C. style, dorsal view; D. connective, dorsal view; E–F. aedeagus, lateral view; G. aedeagus, dorsal view.