Ulavius anasuyae (Viraktamath & Viraktamath) VIRAKTAMATH & YESHWANTH, 2024

VIRAKTAMATH, C. A. & YESHWANTH, H. M., 2024, Arboreal eurymeline leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae) of the Indian subcontinent with description of new genera and eight new species, Zootaxa 5462 (1), pp. 1-125 : 83

Ulavius anasuyae (Viraktamath & Viraktamath) comb. nov.

Figs 44A–H , 60D , 62D , 70I–L .

Idioscopus anasuyae Viraktamath and Viraktamath 1985: 307–308 , figs 16–28.

Diagnosis. Among the species of Ulavius this species can be recognized by the immaculate mesonotum and paler mesoscutellum. The aedeagus is similar to that of U. spectabilis but differs in the aedeagal shaft having a pair of lateral processes in proximal half that are not present in any other known species of the genus.

Description. Female. Sternite VII about 1.5× as wide as medially long, posterior margin strongly convex ( Fig. 62D ). Valvula I almost straight, narrowed distally to shorply pointed apex; sculptured area 0.6 distal length, sculpture constists of short vertical stigae reaching dorsal margin ( Figs 70 IJ). Valvula II almost straight, more or less of uniform width with rounded apex, with very few effaced teeth ( Figs 70 KL).

Material examined. Holotype ♂, INDIA: Karnataka: Mangalore, 12.i.1984 ex mango, Shashidhar Coll. ( UASB). Paratypes 1 ♂, 1 ♀, same data as for holotype ( UASB). Other material. INDIA: Karnataka: Mudigere, RRS, 23.v.1976, C.A. Viraktamath ( UAB). INDIA: Kerala: 2♂, 2♀, Palode, 1988, sp. G.5, on leves of Areca catechu, CIE A 19656 ( BMNH) .

Remarks. Viraktamath & Viraktamath (1985) adequately described this species. Here the habitus, male and female genitalia are illustrated. U. anasuyae , U. dworakowskae and U. spectabilis (see below) form a more or less morphologically uniform group having more or less similar genitalia differing only in the details of the male genitalia structures. U. anasuyae in addition to having pair of lateral processes on the shaft in proximal half, has one tooth on the style apex as in the case of U. dowrakowskae; U. spectabilis lacks such a tooth on the style. The style apex is hooked in I. dworakowskae , U. poornachandrai sp. nov. and U. radhamaniae sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 44A–H. Ulavius anasuyae (Viraktamath & Viraktamath) comb. nov., holotype male:A–B, habitus, dorsal and lateral views; C, face; D, label data; E, metabasitarsomere, ventral view; F, male genital capsule, lateral view; G, styles, connective and aedeagus, ventral view; H, styles, connective and aedeagus, lateral view.

FIGURES 60A–O. Idiocerini and Megipocerini of the Indian subcontinent, forewings (A–F) and female sternite VII (G– O). A, Matangia indica; B, Metidiocerus deodarae; C, Periacerus lalithae; D, Ulavius anasuyae; E, Busonia distanti; F, B. manipurensis; G, Balocha astuta; H, B. fuscolinea; I, Amritodus atkinsoni; J, A. brevis; K, A. quinquepunctatus; L, A. saeedi; M, Bellacerus bellus; N, Busoniomimus manjunathi; O, B. mudigerensis.

FIGURES 62A–L. Idiocerini and Megipocerini of the Indian subcontinent, female sternite VII: A, Periacerus bidentatus; B, P. lalithae; C, Tasnimocerus clypeatus D, Ulavius anasuyae; E, U. decoratus; F, U. dworakowskae; G, U. jayashriae; H, U. parvathiae; I, U. poornachandrai; J, U. spectabilis; K, Busonia distanti; L, B. manipurensis.

FIGURES 70A–P. Idiocerini of the Indian subcontinent, female valvula I, magnified view and valvula II, magnified view:A–D, Periacerus lalithae; E–H, Tasnimocerus clypeatus; I–L, Ulavius anasuyae; M–P, U. decoratus.