Cicadulina chinai Ghauri, 1964

Naveed, Hassan & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, Review of the leafhopper tribe Macrostelini Kirkaldy (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in Pakistan with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4462 (2), pp. 257-273 : 271

Cicadulina chinai Ghauri, 1964

Figs. 7A–C , 8F–M

Cicadulina chinai, Ghauri, 1964: 205 .

Coloration and morphology. General colour yellow ( Fig. 7A ). Thorax and abdomen with smoky markings. Vertex yellow, with two black spots reaching ocelli anteriorly ( Fig. 7A–B ). Eyes light brown. Pronotum yellow, with two dark narrow stripes just behind eyes ( Fig. 7A ). Scutellum yellow. Legs yellow with fuscous claws. Forewings hyaline with brownish shade, veins brownish ( Fig. 7A, C ). Head broader than pronotum. Crown median length shorter than breadth between eyes ( Fig. 7A ).

Male. Pygofer lobe more in length than width; with thick, sinuate process at posterior margin, bifurcated at apex; subapically with few macrosetae ( Fig. 8F–G ). Aedeagus broad, rounded apically in lateral view, with two lateral spines ( Fig. 8L–M ).

Material examined. 6♀♀, Pakistan: Punjab: Murree Hills , 2291m, 9 July 2016, coll. Hassan Naveed . 2♂♂, 18♀♀, Punjab: Jhang , 14 June 2016, coll. Hassan Naveed . 1♀, Azad Jammu & Kashmir: Muzaffarabad , 737m, 6 July 2016, coll. Hassan Naveed .

Distribution. Pakistan, India, Egypt, Congo, Israel, Kenya, Sudan.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Cicadulina chinai (Ghauri) A. habitus, dOrsal view; B. face; C. habitus, lateral view.

FIGURE 8. Cicadulina bipunctata (Melichar) A. head and thOrax, dOrsal view; B. pygOfer, lateral view; C. valve, subgenital plate and style, dOrsal view; D. cOnnective; E. aedeagus, dOrsal view (ReprOduced frOm Lu & Zhang, 2011); Cicadulina chinai (Ghauri) F. pygOfer, lateral view; G. apex Of pygOfer prOcess, lateral view; H. subgenital plate; I. style; J. cOnnective; K. valve; L. aedeagus, dOrsal view; M. aedeagus, lateral view.