Penthimia meghalayensis, Shobharani & Viraktamath & Webb, 2018

Shobharani, M., Viraktamath, C. A. & Webb, M. D., 2018, Review of the leafhopper genus Penthimia Germar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from the Indian subcontinent with description of seven new species, Zootaxa 4369 (1), pp. 1-45 : 13

Penthimia meghalayensis sp. nov.

Figs 23–24 , 48, 127–133.

Black. Labium and apical area of forewing light brown. Hind legs with dark brown to black macrosetae.

Male genitalia. Pygofer with caudal angle almost truncate, ventral margin straight with long stout setae on caudal 0.33. Subgenital plate with long hair-like setae. Aedeagus with well developed dorsal apodeme, shaft of uniform width in basal 0.75 length, then narrowed, apex hooked, with lateral feebly serrated flanges, gonopore apical.

Length. Male 4.2mm.

Material examined. Holotype, INDIA: Meghalaya : holotype ♂, Nangpoh, 752m, 4.xi.1981, C. A. Viraktamath (UASB). Paratype: 1♂, data as for holotype ( UASB)

Etymology. The species name alludes to the collection of this species from the Indian state of Meghalaya.

Remarks. P. meghalayensis is similar to several species, all predominantly black with the apical area of the forewing paler and with a relatively slender body (see under P. curvata ). The aedeagus of P. meghalayensis is similar to P. noctua but has more prominent lateral flanges and the apical hook of the aedeagal shaft is more slender in P. noctua compared to that in P. meghalayensis .

Figures

FIGURES 14–26. Habitus of species of Penthimia. 14–17.P.ereba, colour variation in female; 18. P. fraterna Distant, female topotype, dorsal view; 19–20. Female P. funebris Distant, dorsal and lateral view. 21–22. Female P. maculosa Distant, dorsal and lateral view; 23–24. Holotype male P. meghalayensis, dorsal and lateral view. 25–26. Female P. mudononensis Distant, dorsal and lateral view.