Platyretus javanicus Viraktamath & Webb

Dai, Wu & Zhang, Yalin, 2008, A review of the Oriental grassland leafhopper genus Platyretus Melichar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), Zootaxa 1696, pp. 37-47 : 41

Platyretus javanicus Viraktamath & Webb , sp. nov.

( Figs 20–26 )

Color and external characters as in generic description.

Male genitalia: Pygophore rather triangular, with distal narrow lobe, dorsal margin with setae in caudal half, setae on lobe stouter. Subgenital plate with semicircular lateral margin, with submarginal row of long setae. Apical apophysis of style expanded distally, thereafter abruptly tapered to narrowly rounded apex, ventral margin with stout setae as in P. gangeticus . Aedeagal shaft with dorsal marginal ridge, distally concave, shaft more cylindrical with large gonopore.

Measurements: Male 6.0 mm long, 1.5 mm wide across eyes.

Material examined: INDONESIA: Holotype ɗ, Java, Baluran N.P. ca 600m, 16-19.iv.1996, R. Dajiek leg ( MMB); 1Ψ, same data as Holotype ( MMB).

Remarks: This species can be distinguished by its peculiar shape of the style and slightly excavated apex of the aedeagus.

Figures

FIGURES 20 – 26. Platyretus javanicus Viraktamath and Webb, sp. nov. 20. Pygofer, lateral view; 21. Subgenital plate and valve, ventral view; 22. Aedeagus, caudal view; 23. Aedeagus, lateral view; 24. Male style, dorsal view; 25. Apex of male style, lateral view; 26. Median lobe of female seventh sternite.