Penthimia spiculata, 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 : 18

Penthimia spiculata sp. nov.

Figs 35–36 , 53, 176–183.

Black, forewings with apical area light brown.

Body relatively slender with sides parallel.

Male genitalia. Pygofer with rounded caudal margin, with long stout setae at caudal third, much shorter setae along the mid line between dorsal and ventral margin. Subgenital plate with lateral margin slightly convex, caudal angles rounded, with stout setae at posterior half. Style slender long, with well developed preapical lobe, apical apophysis short, thumblike, slightly curved laterally with serrated lateral margin. Connective with stem more than twice as long as arms. Aedeagus with well developed dorsal apodeme and preatrium, shaft directed caudally at base and slightly curved dorsally, surface with spicules on lateral aspect, apex with U-shaped notch; gonopore apical.

Length. Male 4.2–4.3mm.

Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: holotype ♂, Nagarahole, 16.iii.2006, K. B. Raj ( UASB). Paratypes: 1♂, INDIA: Karnataka: Dakshina Kannada : Vittla, 60m, 20o45.814’N, 0 75o06.095’E, 29.ix.2011, light trap, Nayana E.D. ( UASB). Other material. Sri Lanka: 1♂, Maskeliya, 7.i.2008, Gnaneswaran ( UASB).

Etymology. The species name refers to the spicules on the aedeagal shaft.

Remarks. This species 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 male genitalia of P. spiculata resemble those of P. tumida . In both species the aedeagus has a well developed dorsal apodeme and the shaft curved dorsally. In P. spiculata the shaft of the aedeagus has spicules on the lateral margin that are absent in P. tumida .

Figures

FIGURES 27–40. Habitus of species of Penthimia. 27–28. Holotype male P. neoattenuata sp. nov., dorsal and lateral view. 29–30. P.quadrinotata Distant topotypes, color variation; 31–32. Holotype male P.ribhoi sp. nov., dorsal and lateral view.33– 34. Holotype male P.shyadrica sp. nov., dorsal and lateral view.35–36.Holotype male P.spiculata sp. nov., dorsal and lateral view.37–40. P.tumida sp. nov. 37–38. Holotype male, dorsal and lateral view; 39–40. Paratypefemale dorsal and lateral view.