Onukindia connexa, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Viraktamath, C. A.
name: Webb, M. D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Onukindia
Onukindia connexa

description: Onukindia connexa (Distant) comb. nov.
Figs 3 O–P, 5 N–O, 7 M–P, 8 C, 10 F, 38 A–G.
Platyretus connexus Distant1918: 37–38, fig. 19.
Onukia connexia [sic] (Distant), Rao 1989: 60, figs 8–13; 1990: 30–31, fig. 1.
Coloration and structure as in O. compressa.
Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view about as long as height, with basal dorsal marginal fracture, ventral margin deeply incised basally, dorsal margin beyond fracture convex for short distance then straight, posterodorsal angle acute and rounded. Subgenital plate broader in distal 0.33, with inner submarginal macrosetae in 2–3 rows. Connective and style as in Figs 38C, D. Aedeagus with dorsal apodeme plate-like, dorsolateral lobe small, with dorsal finger-like process narrowed distally, shaft slender, with dorsal marginal serration at base, broader in apical region near gonopore, with one pair of shorter and pair of apical longer appendages, their length and curvature vary.
Female genitalia. Posterior margin of seventh sternum almost straight.
Measurements. Male 5.2–5.5 mm long, 1.1 mm wide across eyes and 1.2–1.3 mm wide across posterolateral angles of pronotum. Female 5.6–5.8 mm long, 1.2 mm wide across eyes and 1.3–1.4 mm wide across posterolateral angles of pronotum.
Material examined. INDIA: Lectotype ♀ (Figs 7M–P) (here designated) “ Type H. T. [red edged disc]” “ Gumti, Darjiling Dist. E. Himalayas, c. 4000 ft, vii.11, F.H. Gravely” “ Platyretus connexus Dist. type [Distant’s hw]” “Distant Coll. 1922-383”; paralectotypes 1 ♂, “Kurseong, 3148” “Distant Coll. 1911-383” (BMNH). West Bengal: 2 ♂, Algarah nr Kalimpong, 1788 m, 7.vi.2005, C.A. Viraktamath; Meghalaya: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, East Khasi Hills Upper Shillong, 1686 m, 25o 32’ N, 91o 48’ E, 22.ix.2013, ex Raphanus sativus, Yeshwanth, H.M.; 5 ♂ 1 ♀, Jaintia hills: Jawai, 1297 m, 25o 27’ N, 92o 11’ E, 23.ix.2013; Arunachal Pradesh: 7 ♂, 11 ♀, Roing: Kebali, 28o 11’ 56” N, 95o 48’ 48” E, 10.ix.2014; 1 ♂, Tiwarigaow, 1085 m, 28o 13’ 12.9” N, 95o 47’ 38.5” E, 11.ix.2014; 1 ♂, Tegnoupal: Sita Road, 24o 23’ 322” N, 94o 08’ 82.6” E, 26.viii.2014; Manipur: 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Sijang Mongjang, 1053 m, 24o 58’ N, 94o 08’E, 29.ix.2013; 1 ♀, Churachandpur: Ngaloi Falls, 24o 19’ 53.7” N, 93o 38’ 47.7” E, 18.viii.2014; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Pallel: Saibom, 1387 m, 24o 23’ 50” N, 94o 05’ 20” E, 21, viii.2014; 1♂, Pallel: Tarao, 1530 m, 24o 25’ 51.6: N, 94o 05’ 59.9”, 25.viii.2014, all collectd by sweeping on vegetation by Yeshwanth, H.M. (UASB). BHUTAN: 1 ♂, on Cardomom foliage (BMNH).
Remarks. Originally described from at least two specimens (syntype) with the following data: “E. Himalayas; Kurseong, and Ghumti, Darjiling Distr. (F.H. Gravely)”. O. connexa and O. compressa have an overlapping distribution and have been collected together. It is difficult to differentiate them without dissection.
description: Published as part of Viraktamath, C. A. & Webb, M. D., 2018, Revision of the evacanthine leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) of the Indian subcontinent, pp. 1-78 in Zootaxa 4386 (1) on pages 26-27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4386.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1195886