Pterilia ceylonensis Stål

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. & Wilson, Michael R., 2006, Systematic notes on tribes in the family Caliscelidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) with the description of new taxa from Palaearctic and Oriental Regions, Zootaxa 1359, pp. 1-30 : 19-20

Pterilia ceylonensis Stål

(figs 8, 24)

Female genitalia (fig. 24). Anal tube wide, flattened dorso-ventrally, with deep and wide cavity apically. Gonoplacs nearly rectangular, flat, with deep incision between first and second lobes. Posterior connective lamina of gonapophyses IX flattened laterally. Proximal part of the lamina well sclerotized with a pair of triangular processes near the base of Median field. Distal parts of the lamina wide, weakly turned to median line, without teeth. Median field with a pair of lobes and deep incision. Lateral fields flat. Anterior connective lamina narrow, with 2 large teeth in apical group and 2 smaller teeth in lateral group. Endogonocoxal process wide. Gonocoxa VIII with straight lobe-shaped hind margin.

Note. Chamber of ovipositor contained fragments of soil.

Material examined. Sri-Lanka [ Ceylon]: 1 ɗ, 3 Ψ; 2 Ψ, Pundaloya, all leg. Green, BMNH.