Pediopsoides (Sispocnis) sharmai Viraktamath, 1981

Li, Hu, Li, Juan & Dai, Ren-Huai, 2019, Review of the leafhopper subgenus Pediopsoides (Sispocnis) (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Eurymelinae, Macropsini) with description of two new species from China, ZooKeys 855, pp. 71-83 : 78

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.855.33591

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D5616EE-C446-7705-6B42-FB00A4566736

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scientific name

Pediopsoides (Sispocnis) sharmai Viraktamath, 1981
status

 

Pediopsoides (Sispocnis) sharmai Viraktamath, 1981 View in CoL

Pediopsoides (Sispocnis) sharmai Viraktamath, 1981: 308

Material examined.

None.

Distribution.

India.

Remarks.

Based on the original description by Viraktamath (1981), this species can be separated from other members of the subgenus mostly by the following features: the pygofer ventral margin has two spine-like processes distally, the tapered aedeagal shaft has an excavated distal margin in middle formed into a U-shaped in caudal view, and the dorsal connective has a bifid apex and caudally-directed triangular process from its inner ventral margin.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

SubFamily

Eurymelinae

Tribe

Macropsini

Genus

Pediopsoides

SubGenus

Pediopsoides