Anaceratagallia (Anaceratagallia) acuteangulata Zachvatkin, 1946

Tishechkin, Dmitri Yu., 2020, Review of the leafhopper genus Anaceratagallia Zachvatkin, 1946 (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae: Agalliini) from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Central Asia, Zootaxa 4821 (2), pp. 250-276 : 273

13. Anaceratagallia (Anaceratagallia) acuteangulata Zachvatkin, 1946

Figs. 241–245

Description. Only one series of specimens from Northern Caucasus (North Ossetia, the Ardon River Basin, SadonUnal Depression) was investigated. Penis in side view with straight or slightly convex serrated ventral crest in basal two-thirds and with dorsal margin strongly expanded in basal half ( Figs. 241–242 ). Male anal collar appendage bifurcate, with dorsal angle pointing up and ventral angle directed back ( Figs. 243–245 ).

Biology. Collected in mountainous-xerophyte plant community in arid depression on southern slopes of Skalisty Mtn. Range.

Calling signal. Unknown.

Distribution. Italy, Greece, Turkey ( Zakhvatkin, 1946), Northern Caucasus (North Ossetia). The records from Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Central Asia by Logvinenko (1984), Mityaev (1971), and Dubovskiy (1966) in fact belong to A. (A.) laevis .

Remarks. Mountainous-xerophyte plant communities are typical of arid regions of Transcaucasia and the Mediterranean. Thus, the occurence of this species in similar biotopes North of the Great Caucasus Mtn. Range is quite natural.

Figures

FIGURES 228–247. Male genitalia. 228–233―Anaceratagallia (Anaceratagallia) aciculata, 234–236―A. (A.) kungradica, 237–238―A. (A.) aciculata sensu Khatri et al., 2010, 239–240―A. (A.) seriphidii, holotype, 241–245―A. (A.) acuteangulata, 246–247―A. (Oedicora) kerzhneri. 228, 230, 232, 234, 237, 239, 241–242, 246―penis, lateral view, 229, 231, 233, 235–236, 240, 243–245―male anal collar appendage, 238―end of pygofer lobe and male anal collar appendage, 247―end of pygofer lobe. 234–236―after Dubovsky (1967), 237–238―after Khatri et al. (2010).