Scaphoideus karachiensis Ahmed, Murthaza & Malik

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 : 28

Scaphoideus karachiensis Ahmed, Murthaza & Malik

Scaphoideus karchiensis Ahmed, Murthaza & Malik 1988: 410 –411, Figs 1 A–L. HOLOTYPE ɗ, PAKISTAN [UKKP, not examined].

Remarks: This species was not studied. However, the illustrations of the species given by Ahmed et al. (1988) make it possible to identify the species correctly. They did not however illustrate the paraphyses and wrongly identified the male pygophore as the subgenital plate ( Ahmed et al. 1988: Fig. 1 F). In male genitalia this species resembles S. sabourensis and S. zhangi but differs in having the pygophore spine meso­ventrally curved and hooklike ( Ahmed et al. 1988: Fig. 1 L).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 9. Scaphoideus assamensis Distant 1. Head and thorax; 2. Male pygophore; 3. Subgenital plate; 4. Style; 5. Connective and paraphyses, dorsal view; 6 Paraphysis, lateral view; 7. Aedeagus lateral view; 8. Same, ventral view; 9. Seventh sternum of holotype female. Scale line indicates 0.1 mm.