Penthimia mudonensis Distant, 1912

Shobharani, M., Viraktamath, C. A. & Webb, M. D., 2018, Review of the leafhopper genus Penthimia Germar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from the Indian subcontinent with description of seven new species, Zootaxa 4369 (1), pp. 1-45 : 14-15

Penthimia mudonensis Distant

Figs 25–26 , 55.

Penthimia mudonensis Distant 1912: 444 ; 1918: 20.

Dorsum reddish-brown, vertex with anterior and basal margins and central longitudinal line black. Female genitalia. Hind margin of seventh sternite with median projection having concavity in middle. Length. Female 5.30mm.

Type material examined. MYANMAR: syntype, ♂ P. mudonensis : ‘ Penthimia mudonensis Dist. type [hw]’, ‘Mudon, Amhirst Dist., Tenasserim, 8.iii.1908. N.A.’ ‘5725/19’ (ZSI).

Other material examined. MYANMAR: 1♀, Yadashe, 10.iii.1918, A.G.R. Coll. R-8239. ( NPC). Remarks. This species was described from an unknown number of specimens (syntypic) with the following data: ‘ Tenasserim; Mudon-Amherst Distr. (Annandale, Ind. Mus.).’ The syntype male in ZSI has the head slightly damaged.

This species can be distinguished by its overall pale coloration with black markings on the head and by the shape of the posterior margin of female sternite VII ( Figs 25 , 55).

Figures

FIGURES 14–26. Habitus of species of Penthimia. 14–17.P.ereba, colour variation in female; 18. P. fraterna Distant, female topotype, dorsal view; 19–20. Female P. funebris Distant, dorsal and lateral view. 21–22. Female P. maculosa Distant, dorsal and lateral view; 23–24. Holotype male P. meghalayensis, dorsal and lateral view. 25–26. Female P. mudononensis Distant, dorsal and lateral view.