Scaphoideus lamellaris, 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 : 29-30

Scaphoideus lamellaris sp. nov.

Figs 118–124 .

Coloration similar to S. sculptus sp. nov. but anterior submarginal chocolate brown band widened medially.

Head narrower than pronotum. Vertex slightly shorter than inter­ocular width.

Male genitalia; Pygophore longer than high; caudal lobe rounded, ventral margin slightly convex. Subgenital plate triangular, 3.5 times as long as width at base, with apical extension; four elongate setae near base, of which three form an oblique row. Style broad at base, preapical lobe slightly curved, distally narrowed. Connective with stem longer than arms, paraphyses bladelike, of uniform width for most of length, in distal 0.33 narrowed, apices slightly overlapping each other, in lateral aspect curved and strongly narrowed distally especially beyond midlength. Aedeagus compressed laterally, in lateral aspect widest at midlength, pointed distally, with two ventrally directed lamellae, gonopore subapical.

Measurements: Male 5.10 (approximately) mm long, 1.20 mm wide across eyes.

Material examined: MYANMAR: holotype ɗ, Upper Burma: Nam Tama Valley, 26.viii.1938, R. Kaulback, B.M. 1939–741, 3000 ft (910 m), Lat. N 27o 42’, Long. E 97o 54’ ( BMNH).

Remarks: S. lamellaris externally resembles sculptus , from which it can be readily distinguished by the absence of basal aedeagal processes and by the presence of ventrally directed lamellate aedeagal processes.

Figures

FIGURES 118 – 130. Species of Scaphoideus. 118 – 124. S. lamellaris sp. nov. 118. Male pygophore; 119. Subgenital plate; 120. Style; 121. Connective and paraphyses; 122. Same, lateral view; 123. Aedeagus and dorsal connective, lateral view; 124. Same, caudal view. 125 – 130. S. malaisei sp. nov. 125. Subgenital plate; 126. Style; 127. Connective and paraphyses 128. Same, lateral view; 129. Aedeagus, lateral view; 130. Same, caudal view. Scale line indicates 0.1 mm.