Yelahanka Viraktamath & Webb & Yeshwanth 2021, gen. nov.
Creators: name: Viraktamath, C. A.
name: Webb, M. D.
name: Yeshwanth, H. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Yelahanka

description: Key to species of Yelahanka gen. nov.
1. Mesonotum with three raised crest-like projections (Figs 1 B, D)............................. Y. canaraica sp. nov.
- Mesonotum smooth, without crest-like projections (Figs 1 F, H, J)........................................... 2
2. Pronotum with grey or silvery white borders on anterior and lateral margins (Figs 3 F–J, 4 G–H).................... 3
- Pronotum without grey or silvery white borders but may be laterally black or dark brown (Figs 1 D–J, 3 C–D)......... 4
3. Hind tibia setal row PD with two macrosetae (Fig. 7 B); aedeagal shaft with one long and one short subapical process (Figs 11 F–G).................................................................... Y. granulosa (Distant) (part)
- Hind tibia setal row PD with four macrosetae (Fig. 7 H); aedeagal shaft without subapical processes (Figs 15 G–H)....................................................................................... Y. punctata (Walker)
4. Crown and pronotum with small red punctations (Figs 1 E–F); aedeagal shaft sinuate near apex, with distal lateral angular projections (Figs 12 F–H)........................................................... Y. kodaiensis sp. nov.
- Crown and pronotum without red punctations (Figs 5 A–E); aedeagal shaft not sinuate near apex but curved smoothly, with pair of slender subapical to apical processes (Figs 16 H, 17 I)............................................... 5
5. Male pygofer process branched at apex (Figs 14 C, 18 A–B)................................................ 6
- Male pygofer process not branched at apex (Fig. 11 A), at most with a small projection near base................... 7
6. Male pygofer apical process 3-branched (Fig. 18 A–B)....................................... Y. trifida sp. nov.
- Male pygofer apical process multi-branched (Fig. 14 C)..................................... Y. nepalica sp. nov.
7. Aedeagus with subapical processes unequal, longer process about half as long as shaft (Figs 11 G, 13 G–I)............ 8
- Aedeagus with subapical processes equal, each process at most ¼ as long as shaft (Figs 16 G–H, 17 H–I)............. 9
8. Style apical process distally narrowed and pointed (Fig. 11 C); longer process of aedeagal shaft with apex broadened and rounded, shorter process slender and of uniform width (Figs 11 F–G).................... Y. granulosa (Distant) (part)
- Style apical process distally broadened and truncate (Fig. 13 C); longer process of aedeagal shaft with apex narrowed and pointed, shorter process broad at base (Figs 13 G–I)........................................ Y. montana sp. nov.
9. Aedeagal shaft processes slender and curved (Figs 17 H–I)................................ Y. sikkimensis sp. nov.
- Aedeagal shaft processes stouter and straighter, not curved (Figs 16 G–H)................... Y. shillongensis sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Viraktamath, C. A., Webb, M. D. & Yeshwanth, H. M., 2021, Leafhopper subfamily Ledrinae of the Indian subcontinent: 1. Description of Yelahanka gen. nov. (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with seven new species and new combinations, pp. 451-480 in Zootaxa 4915 (4) on pages 453-454, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4915.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4461403