Mimotettix hieroglyphicus (Distant)

Dai, Wu & Zhang, Yalin, 2010, Review of the Old World leafhopper genus Mimotettix Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with description of new species, Zootaxa 2651, pp. 1-26 : 7-8

Mimotettix hieroglyphicus (Distant)

Scaphoideus hieroglyphicus Distant, 1918: 65 – 66.

Mimotettix hieroglyphicus (Distant) ; Webb & Heller, 1990: 7.

Material examined. India, 5Ƥ (1Ƥ, syntype of Scaphoideus hieroglyphicus Distant ), Nandidrug, T.V. Campbell ( BMNH) (see Remarks below).

Remarks. The identity of this species is uncertain as it is known only from the five females listed above. Only one of the examined specimens bears a museum type disc but the remaining specimens could also be syntypes as they bear similar data labels. The species are labelled in the following manner: 1Ƥ (syntype) ‘Nandidrug, S. India T.V. Campbell’ (original handwritten label), ‘N.D. 9. 15 58 8 ’ hand written under the specimen mount; 4Ƥ: ‘S. India, Mysore, Nandidrug, T.V. Campbell’ (modern printed label), ‘N.D. 10. 16’ (3Ƥ) and ‘N.D. 7.18’ (1Ƥ) hand written under the specimen mounts.

Distribution. India (Madras) ( Fig.16 ).

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FIGURE 16. Map showing the geographical distributions of Mimotettix species: M. alboguttulatus (●), M. brevicornis (), M. dietrichi (), M. facialis (˔), M. hieroglyphicus (О), M. lateralis (․), M. rectatus (*).