Tasnimocerus clypeatus Ghauri

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 : 80

Tasnimocerus clypeatus Ghauri

Figs 42A–G , 62C , 70E–H .

Tasnimocerus clypeatus Ghauri 1975 c: 288–290 , figs. 1–15.

Diagnosis. Male anal collar process as long as or longer than anal segment. Aedeagus strongly S-shaped, with one pair of lateral processes arising almost at midlength of shaft, about 0.33 as long as shaft; apex of shaft not hooked. Female sternite VII about 1.7× as wide basally as long medially, strongly narrowed posteriorly in distal half ( Fig. 62C ) with median lobe entire. Valvulae as in generic diagnosis.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂, INDIA: Himachal Pradesh: Pear, Mashobra, 1.v.74, Bandhu, Pres Comm. Inst. Ent., B.M. 1975-1, Tasnimocerus clypeatus gen. et sp. nov. det. M.S.K. Ghauri 1975 ( BMNH). Other material. INDIA: Himachal Pradesh: 1 ♀, Simla, Taradevi, 14.iii.1986, A.S. Sohi Coll. ( UASB).

Remarks. Ghauri (1975) adequately described and figured this species. Here the female of the speies is diagnosed and figured for the first time. The female is very similar to the mle externally. T. clypeatus and T. sindhensis closely resemble each other but differ in the structure of male genitalia and also female sternite VII as given in the key.

Figures

FIGURES 42A–G. Tasnimocerus clypeatus Ghauri: A–D, holotype male: A–B, habitus, dorsal and lateral views; C, face; E, label data; E–G, female non-type, E–F, habitus, dorsal and lateral view; G, face.

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.