Durgades sineprocessus Meshram & Rai & Rajgopal & Ramya 2018, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Meshram, Naresh M.
name: Rai, Stuti
name: Rajgopal, N. N.
name: Ramya, N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Durgades
Durgades sineprocessus

description: Durgades sineprocessus sp. nov. Meshram
(Figs. 1,5,9,13 & 24–29)
Yellow with extensive symmetrical black markings (Figs. 1&5) Three spots on inner margin of eye on vertex, median line on vertex continued on face as rectangular area, one transverse stripe from each ocellus to antennal ledge, upper median black spot on frontoclypeus, with submarginal row of black bulbous spots; outer & inner margin of gena and upper margin of lorum with black spots (Fig. 9). Pronotum with narrow median diamond shaped mark and pair of broad lateral T-shaped marks. Scutellum black with yellow posterolateral border (Fig. 13). Forewing with black macula on commissure between claval veins.
Male genitalia: Pygofer (Fig. 24) in lateral view longer than broad, caudo-dorsally strongly curved and terminated by spine and subapically forked on caudal margin. Subgenital plates(Fig. 25) triangular, apically obliquely blunt, with small setae throughout. Style (Fig. 26) broad at base with well-developed preapical lobe, apophysis long,>0.5x of total style length, blunt apically, with tooth on ventral side. Connective (Fig. 29) broad at base, narrowed apically with straight anterior margin. Aedeagus (Figs. 27 & 28) in lateral view with dorsal apodomes, mid-dorsal margin oblique to subtriangular to triangularly produced, blunt apically; preatrium of aedeagus straight, bulbous, crenulate without any process, gonopore subapical on dorsal margin.
Measurements. Male 4.2 mm long, 1.4 mm wide across eyes, 1.02 mm wide across hind margin of pronotum.
Type material: Type material: Holotype ♂, INDIA: Himachal Pradesh: Kinnaur District, Powari (31°31'42"N 78°16'19"E), 14.viii.2017, Sweep net Coll. Rajgopal., N.N. (NPC). Paratype 2♂ same data as on holotype.
Etymology. The species name (Latin: sineprocessus meaning without process) alludes to the preatrium of aedeagus lacking elongate processes.
Remarks. The new species closely resembles D. aviana Viraktamath overall but differs in having a short, blunt projection rather than an elongate spine posteroventrally on the preatrium of the aedeagus.
Japanagallia dolabra sp. nov. Meshram (Figs. 2, 6, 10, 14 & 30–36)
Yellow with extensive black markings (Figs. 2 & 6).Two spots on vertex, median black line on vertex continued on face (Fig. 10) as inverted Y on upper part of face, two sub-marginal bands on frontoclypeus, clypellus, antennal pits, lateral frontoclypeal sulci, black. One transverse stripe encircling ocellus joining semicircular stripe. Anterior margin of pronotum (Fig.14) with transverse stripe continue as rectangular area on lateral margin. Scutellum with two posterolateral areas ochraceous.
Male genitalia: Pygofer (Fig. 30) longer than broad, broadly rounded caudally, with short, acute apical process, ventral margin concave. Subgenital plates (Fig. 36) triangular with pointed apex, with small submarginal setae. Style (Fig. 32), in lateral view, with well developed preapical lobe, outer fork rounded, inner fork shorter with basal portion strongly curved flat apically. Connective (Fig. 34) quadrate. Aedeagus (Figs. 31, 3 3 –34) with well developed elongate dorsal apodeme, with short process on dorsal margin, and pair of long blade-like processes distally, each process curved first dorsally then caudally, exceeding pygofer, with distal region slightly expanded and pickaxe shaped apically; shaft short, with two small curved spines (Fig.35) on mid ventral margin, gonopore large, apical; preatrium, stocky, with caudally directed lobe terminated in small conical process.
Measurements. Male 4.4 mm long, 1.5 mm wide across eyes, 0.9 mm wide across hind margin of pronotum.
Type Material: HOLOTYPE ♂ INDIA: Sikkim, Lachung, 07.vi.2012, Mercury vapour lamp, N. M. Meshram Coll. (NPC).
Etymology.The species name (Latin: dolabra meaning pickaxe) alludes to the apically pickaxe shaped dorsal aedeagal processes.
Remarks. Japanagallia dolabra sp. nov. Externally resembles J. palmata Viraktamath Dai & Zhang but can be distinguished as follows (features of J. palmata in parentheses): pygofer (Fig. 30) with ventrally and dorsally directed point process (with mesal spine on caudodorsal margin); aedeagus (Fig. 35) shaft short, with two small curved processes on mid ventral margin (shaft short, with small curved spine on ventral margin); long blade-like processes on dorsal margin apically pickaxe shaped (long blade-like processes on dorsal margin with their distal region slightly expanded and branched into three digitate processes).
description: Published as part of Meshram, Naresh M., Rai, Stuti, Rajgopal, N. N. & Ramya, N., 2018, Two new species of tribe Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) with note on intraspecific variations, pp. 442-450 in Zootaxa 4378 (3) on page 443, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4378.3.11, http://zenodo.org/record/1169929