Gurawa minorcephala Pruthi

Naveed, Hassan & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, Revision of the leafhopper genus Gurawa (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Chiasmini) from Pakistan with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4450 (4), pp. 481-488 : 482

Gurawa minorcephala Pruthi

Figs. 2A–G

Gurawa minorcephala Pruthi, 1930: 29 , Plate II-Figs. 10, 10a, 10b, Text-Figs. 41–42; Zahniser, 2008: 22, Figs. 77–85; Dai, Xing & Li, 2011: 38, Fig. 1 ; Duan & Zhang, 2012: 42 –44, Plate I-Fig. 1; Viraktamath & Gnaneswaran, 2013: 199 –200, Figs. 22–29, 41, 55–58.

Length. Male: 3.4–3.8mm; female: 3.9mm.

Material examined. 2♂, 1♀, Pakistan: Punjab: Murree Hills , 2291m, 26 July 2017, coll. Hassan Naveed . 4♂, 1♀, Pakistan: Azad Jammu & Kashmir: Rawalakot , 1638m, 9 August 2017, coll. Hassan Naveed .

Distribution. Pakistan, India, China.

Remarks. Pruthi (1930) described the species G. minorcephala from Murree Hills ( Pakistan). Here we have collected the specimens from the species type locality (Jhika Gali, Murree Hills) for the first time since Pruthi. This species is similar to G. intermediata in general appearance and male genitalia but can readily be distinguished by the latter having the aedeagal shaft with lateroapical spines well separated from each other.

Figures

FIGURE 1. A–D. Gurawa longispina sp. nov. A. habitus, dorsal view; B. face; C. habitus, lateral view; D. female seventh sternite, ventral view; E–H. Gurawa minorcephala Pruthi E. habitus, dorsal view; F. face; G. habitus, lateral view; H. female seventh sternite, ventral view.

FIGURE 2. A–G. G. minorcephala Pruthi (short winged form). A. habitus, dorsal view; B. habitus, lateral view; C. face; D. aedeagus, caudal view; E. aedeagus, dorsocaudal view; F. aedeagus, caudal view; G. aedeagus, dorsocaudal view.