Jogocerus Viraktamath

Zhang, Bin & Li, Zi-Zhong, 2008, First report on the leafhopper genus Jogocerus Viraktamath (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from China, with description of one new species, Zootaxa 1936, pp. 66-68 : 66

Genus Jogocerus Viraktamath

Jogocerus Viraktamath, 1979: 17 .

Type species. Jogocerus fretagi Viraktamath, 1979 , by original designation. Type locality: India (Karnataka).

Diagnosis. Medium-sized leafhoppers. Length: male 4.8–5.2 mm, female 5.5–6.2 mm. Head distinctly wider than pronotum. Vertex, pronotum, scutellum and face dorsad of ocelli finely transversely rugose. Face including eyes wider than long. Clypellus projecting beyond genae, gradually widened distally and truncate. Pronotum about half as long as broad. Scutellum slightly longer than pronotum. Forewings with 4 apical cells and 2 or 3 subapical cells, r-m crossvein present, appendix moderately broad. Hind femora with setal formula 2: 1. Crown with black spot on either side of median line, scutellum with basal triangles black.

Male genitalia. Pygofer with or without well developed dorsal apodemes, anal collar process and ventral pygofer process. Subgenital plates elongate, narrow with a few hair-like setae. Style with apophysis elongate, curved laterally, without macrosetae on outer margin. Connective with anterior half broad, caudal half with U-shaped excavation caudally. Aedeagus with well developed dorsal apodeme, with pair of lateral processes arising subapically, gonopore subapical on ventral margin.

Female genitalia. Sternite VII convexly produced; posterior margin of median area narrowly concave in ventral view. Second valvula regularly broadened in lateral view, bearing approximately 23–25 teeth along dorsal margin.

Distribution. Oriental ( India and China).