Japanagallia tappana (Matsumura)

C. A. Viraktamath, 2011, Revision of the Oriental and Australian Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) 2844, Zootaxa 2844, pp. 1-118 : 92-94

Japanagallia tappana (Matsumura)

Figs 463–465.

Agallia tappana Matsumura 1912:313 . SYNTYPE ♂, TAIWAN [EIHU, examined]

Japanagallia tappana (Matsumura) : Viraktamath, 1973: 310–311, figs 8–11.

Color. Coloration as described by Matsumura (1912).

Male genitalia. Pygofer as in pteridis , with sharp caudodorsal blade-like process, caudal area with short, stout, conical setae. Aedeagus L-shaped in lateral view, preatrium well developed with pair of plate-like processes borne on caudal margin ventrocaudal region produced to short curved horn, shaft compressed, apex broad, caudoventrally curved, with pair of hooks at basal region on dorsal margin. Anal tube elongate with strap-like anterior collar.

Material examined. TAIWAN: SYNTYPES 2 ♂, “Formosa, Matsumura, Tappan, 24.iv.1907, Agallia tappana n. sp., Det. Matsumura ” ( EIHU) . Additional material: TAIWAN: 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Fenchuihu , Chiayi Hsien, 1370 m, 10– 12.iv.1965, C.M. Yoshimoto and B.D. Perkins Collectors ( BPBM) .

Remarks. J. tappana resembles J. pteridis but differs from the latter in the aedeagus by the laterally compressed shaft with broad apex, strongly developed preatrium with pair of plate-like processes and caudoventral horn of the preatrium.