Scaphoideus sabourensis Rao and Ramakrishnan

Viraktamath, C. A. & Mohan, G. S., 2004, A revision of the deltocephaline leafhopper genus Scaphoideus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Indian subcontinent, Zootaxa 578, pp. 1-48 : 36

Scaphoideus sabourensis Rao and Ramakrishnan

Figs 160–170 .

Scaphoideus sabourensis Rao and Ramakrishnan, 1988: 71 –72. HOLOTYPE ɗ, INDIA [NPC, examined]

Coloration and structure as described by Rao and Ramakrishnan (1988) and similar to that of S. coloratus .

Head shorter than inter­ocular distance, anteriorly obtusely rounded.

Male genitalia: Dorsal margin of pygophore with a stout spine, caudal lobe ventrally produced into a short blunt process. Tenth segment sclerotized. Subgenital plate elongate, triangular, with bluntly rounded apex, marginal setae stout, long. Style with well­developed preapical lobe, apophysis slender, elongate, slightly curved laterally with ventral area pustulate. Connective with stem short, slender, arms divergent, paraphyses long, twisted, divergent at caudal apex. Aedeagus compressed, V­shaped, shaft broader at base, slightly narrowed at apex in lateral aspect, dorsal apodeme well­developed, 0.80 as long as shaft, gonopore subapical.

Female genitalia: Hind margin of seventh sternum sinuate.

Measurements: Male 4.20 mm long, and 1.15 mm wide across eyes. Female 4.50 mm long and 1.20 mm wide across eyes.

Material examined: INDIA: Holotype ɗ, Bihar: Sabour, Oct. 1965, light, S.N. Prasad ( NPC). Other material examined: Maharashtra: 1ɗ, 1Ψ, Matheran, 915 m, 23.xi.1977, C.A. Viraktamath; Karnataka: 1ɗ, 25 Km S Shimoga, 26.xi.1982, H.V.A. Murthy; 3ɗ, Jog Falls, 16.xi.1976, B. Mallik and C.A. Viraktamath; West Bengal: 1ɗ, 1Ψ, Paresnath. 4400 ft (1335 m), 11.iv.1909, Annandale, Ind. Mus. Distant Coll. B.M. 1911­383; 2Ψ, same data but collected on 12.iv.1909 at heights of 4000–4400 ft (1213–1335 m); 1Ψ, Kurseong, 5000 ft (1517 m), E. Himalayas, 5.vii.1908, N. Annandale, Ind. Mus. Distant Coll. B.M. 1911–383 ( BMNH, UAS).

Remarks: S. sabourensis resembles S. asymmetricus but differs in having a stouter and longer aedeagal shaft that lacks lateral processes.

Figures

FIGURES 160 – 185. Species of Scaphoideus. 160 – 170. S. sabourensis Rao and Ramakrishnan 160. Head and thorax; 161, Face; 162. Profile; 163. Front wing; 164. Male pygophore; 165. Subgenital plate; 166. Style; 167. Connective and paraphyses; 168. Aedeagus, lateral view; 169. Same, caudal view; 170. Female ovipositor. 171 – 175. S. sculptellus sp. nov. 171. Male pygophore; 172. Subgenital plate; 173. Connective and paraphyses; 174. Same. Lateral view; 175. Aedeagus and dorsal connective, lateral view. 176 – 185. S. sculptus sp. nov. 176. Head and thorax; 177. Face; 178. Male pygophore; 179. Subgenital plate; 180, Style; 181. Apophysis of style, lateral view; 182. Connective and paraphyses; 183. Aedeagus and dorsal connective, lateral view; 184. Same, caudal view. 185. Female ovipositor. Scale line indicates 0.1 mm.