Penthimia sahyadrica, Shobharani & Viraktamath & Webb, 2018

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 : 17-18

Penthimia sahyadrica sp. nov.

Figs 33–34 , 52, 164–171.

Head, pronotum and scutellum shiny black. Scutellum touched with two lateral spots and one apical spot, orangebrown. Forewings black with orange-brown spots.

Male genitalia. Pygofer with rounded caudal margin, ventral area with short setae. Subgenital plate angularly produced on lateral margin near base with caudal angle rounded, surface with short hairlike setae. Style linear with well developed preapical lobe, apical apophysis short, thumblike. Connective with arms 0.33 as long as stem. Aedeagus simple, dorsal apodeme long, well developed, preatrium reduced, shaft curved dorsoanteriorly and slightly narrowed caudally, with large gonopore on ventral margin.

Length. Male: 4.1–4.3mm. Female: 4.0 mm.

Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Holotype ♂, Dharmasthala, 23. xi. 1984, S. Viraktamath ( UASB) . Paratypes: 1♀, data as in holotype; 1♂, Agumbe, 5.i.1984, S. Viraktamath (UASB); Kerala: 1♂, Thekkady, 27.iii.1977, S. Viraktamath ( UASB) .

Etymology. The species name refers to the mountain range where it has been collected namely Sahyadri range or Western Ghats.

Remarks. This species has male genitalia similar to those of P. attenuata and P. neoattenuata , however the aedeagus in the new species lacks the flanges present in P. attenuata and dorsal keel in P. neoattenuata .

Figures

FIGURES 27–40. Habitus of species of Penthimia. 27–28. Holotype male P. neoattenuata sp. nov., dorsal and lateral view. 29–30. P.quadrinotata Distant topotypes, color variation; 31–32. Holotype male P.ribhoi sp. nov., dorsal and lateral view.33– 34. Holotype male P.shyadrica sp. nov., dorsal and lateral view.35–36.Holotype male P.spiculata sp. nov., dorsal and lateral view.37–40. P.tumida sp. nov. 37–38. Holotype male, dorsal and lateral view; 39–40. Paratypefemale dorsal and lateral view.