Scaphoideus sculptellus, 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 : 36-38

Scaphoideus sculptellus sp. nov.

Figs 171–175 .

Coloration and structure similar to those of S. sculptus sp. nov. (see below), but clypellus, lora, and genae with fuscous patches. Head triangularly produced in front, bluntly angled, longer than inter­ocular width.

Male genitalia: Pygophore longer than high, ventral margin convexly rounded. Subgenital plate triangular, caudally slightly curved laterally, with pointed apex, 3.75 as long as broad at base. Style as in S. sculptus . Connective with stem longer than arms, paraphyses in dorsal view constricted at basal 0.40 length, then slightly broadened, in distal 0.15, narrowed with strongly inwardly curved outer margin, entire surface of paraphyses sculpted with short spicules. Aedeagus with well­developed dorsal apodeme, shaft in lateral aspect narrowed distally, strongly bent dorsally beyond gonopore, a pair of curved processes on dorsal connective directed caudoventrally.

Measurements: Male 4.80 mm long, 1.12 mm wide across eyes.

Material examined: SRI LANKA: holotype ɗ, Maskeliya, Ceylon, 6.iii.1909, T.B. F[letcher]. Brit. Mus. 1909­80 ( BMNH).

Remarks: S. sculptellus shares the sculptured paraphyses of sculptus , a species it closely resembles. However, sculptellus differs from sculptus in lacking the basal processes of the aedeagal shaft, and in possessing a curved process on the dorsal connective.

Figures

FIGURES 160 – 185. Species of Scaphoideus. 160 – 170. S. sabourensis Rao and Ramakrishnan 160. Head and thorax; 161, Face; 162. Profile; 163. Front wing; 164. Male pygophore; 165. Subgenital plate; 166. Style; 167. Connective and paraphyses; 168. Aedeagus, lateral view; 169. Same, caudal view; 170. Female ovipositor. 171 – 175. S. sculptellus sp. nov. 171. Male pygophore; 172. Subgenital plate; 173. Connective and paraphyses; 174. Same. Lateral view; 175. Aedeagus and dorsal connective, lateral view. 176 – 185. S. sculptus sp. nov. 176. Head and thorax; 177. Face; 178. Male pygophore; 179. Subgenital plate; 180, Style; 181. Apophysis of style, lateral view; 182. Connective and paraphyses; 183. Aedeagus and dorsal connective, lateral view; 184. Same, caudal view. 185. Female ovipositor. Scale line indicates 0.1 mm.