Scaphoideus jogensis, Viraktamath, C. A. & Mohan, G. S., 2004

Viraktamath, C. A. & Mohan, G. S., 2004, A revision of the deltocephaline leafhopper genus Scaphoideus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Indian subcontinent, Zootaxa 578, pp. 1-48 : 25-26

Scaphoideus jogensis sp. nov.

Figs 97–106 .

Vertex, pronotum, and scutellum yellowish brown, a spot at apex of vertex and two marginal dots fuscous to dark brown. A transverse yellowish­brown band between eyes interrupted in the middle; a pair of faint median lines traversing from apex to base of vertex and fused beyond coronal sulcus. Face dark brown with sub­marginal inverted U­shaped band across eyes and area immediately below and above it yellowish­brown, lateral area of clypellus, lorum, and gena darker; scape, pedicel, and basal 0.33 of antennae pale ochraceous. In specimens from Mahabaleshwar and one male each from Jog Falls and Sandur the genae and lora are ochraceous. Pronotum with a pair of longitudinal yellowish­brown stripes on either side of median line. In the female and paratype male a broad stripe narrowed anteriorly and obliquely touching caudal margin and a more lateral spot behind eyes fuscous. Scutellum with basal triangles and two lateral spots beyond median impressed line, fuscous; a median longitudinal stripe and two lateral arched spots on scutellum in a few specimens fuscous. Thoracic pleura with fuscous area. Legs ochraceous, three spots on middle tibiae, first and second tarsomeres of middle leg, bases of hind tibial spines, apex of hind tibia, apex of hind basitarsus and middle area of second tarsal segment except at apex, apex of third tarsomere, all fuscous. Front wings streaked with dark brown, venation dark brown, an oblique spot on clavus in basal half, a spot on costal margin in basal half, apex of front wing, oblique cross vein and costa all more darker and prominent.

Head bluntly pointed at apex, distinctly narrower than pronotum. Vertex 1.3 times longer than inter­ocular width, slightly longer than pronotum. Paratypes from Mahabaleshwar have less pointed apex of head than those from Jog Falls.

Male genitalia: Pygophore longer than high, with two subapical tufts of setae in vertical row; caudal margin rounded. Subgenital plate triangular with a mesal lobe at apical 0.33, basal region with long setae arranged in an oblique row near base. Style slender, elongate, apophysis slender, straight, directed slightly laterally, half as long as total length, ventral margin with small tooth in basal half. Connective with arms as long as stem, paraphyses arched, in apical 0.20 strongly dorso­ventrally flattened, triangularly expanded. Aedeagus compressed with well­developed dorsal apodeme, preatrium short, with a pair of lateral lamellate processes near apex which in ventral aspect appear as a pair of short toothlike processes; gonopore apical on ventral margin; dorsal connective strongly sclerotized and fused with aedeagus.

Female genitalia: Hind margin of seventh sternum more or less straight.

Measurements: Male 4.70–5.0 mm long, 1.08–1.12 mm wide across eyes. Female 4.90–5.50 mm long and 1.19–1.25 mm wide across eyes.

Material examined: INDIA: holotype ɗ, Karnataka: Jog Falls, 17.xi.1976, C.A. Viraktamath ( UAS). Paratypes: 2Ψ, data as holotype, but collected on 18.ii.1976; 1ɗ, 12 km NE Sandur, 12.ix.1985, Shashidhar; Kerala: 1ɗ, Thekkadi, 27.iii.1977, S. Viraktamath; Maharashtra: 2ɗ, 3Ψ, Kate’s point, 6 Km N Mahabaleshwar, 19.x.1985, C.W. & L.B. O’Brien; 1ɗ, 2Ψ, 6 Km SW Mahabaleshwar, 19.x.1985, C.W. & L.B. O’Brien ( BMNH, UAS.).

Remarks: S. jogensis is similar to S. literatus Distant described from Borneo and S. orientalis Kitbamroong and Freytag from Thailand. They share a similar style, aedeagus, subgenital plates, and paraphyses. However, jogensis differs from the others in having a more slender laterally compressed aedeagal shaft, a straight laterally directed apophysis of the style, and differently shaped paraphyses which abruptly expand in the distal 0.20 into triangular lobes. The external coloration of jogensis is very similar to that of S. orientalis .

Figures

FIGURES 97 – 117. Species of Scaphoideus. 97 – 106. S. jogensis sp. nov. 97. Hed and thorax; 98. Face; 99. Male pygophore; 100. Style; 101. Apophysis of style; 102. Connective and paraphyses; 103. Same, lateral view; 104. Aedeagus and dorsal connective, lateral view; 105. Same, caudal view; 106. Female genitalia. 107 – 109. S. katraini Rao and Ramakrishnan 107. Male genital capsule; 108. Connective and paraphyses; 109. Aedeagus, lateral view. 110 – 117. S. kirti sp. nov. 110. Male pygophore; 111. Subgenital plate; 112. Style; 113. Connective and paraphysis; 114. Aedeagus lateral view; 115. Same, caudal view; 116. Female seventh sternum. 117. Female second pair of valvula. Scale line indicates 0.1 mm.