Sangeeta sarawakensis, C.A.Viraktamath, 2011

C. A. Viraktamath, 2011, Revision of the Oriental and Australian Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) 2844, Zootaxa 2844, pp. 1-118 : 114-115

Sangeeta sarawakensis sp. nov.

Figs 558–561.

Color. Brown. Median stripe and two lateral subglobse spots on vertex, apical half of clypellus, two spots on anterior depressions of pronotum, two triangular spots at basal angles of scutellum, black. Submarginal stripe on clypellus, submarginal band on posterior half of pronotum, median semicircular spot and area around median line, fuscous. Forewing veins yellowish brown.

Morphology. Clypellus obovate; frontoclypeus overhanging clypellus, one pit on either side of transclypeal suture. Ocelli closer to each other than to adjacent eye.

Male genitalia. Pygofer rounded caudally. Subgenital plates elongate, fused basally with three elongate, three short, stout setae. Aedeagal shaft tubular near base, laterally expanded near apex with sloping angular shoulders, gonopore subapical. Anal collar process simple, with caudal margin concave.

Measurements. Male 4.9 mm long, 1.5 mm wide across eyes.

Material examined. EAST MALAYSIA: (Borneo): Sarawak: HOLOTYPE ♂, Merirai Valley , 1–6.viii.1958, T.C. Maa ( BPBM).

Remarks. S. sarawakensis is similar to S. sadongenesis but is longer and darker in color. The submarginal fuscous band on the posterior half of the pronotum, black triangular spots at the basal angles of the scutellum and the structure of aedeagus distinguish this species.