Durgades confusa Viraktamath

C. A. Viraktamath, 2011, Revision of the Oriental and Australian Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) 2844, Zootaxa 2844, pp. 1-118 : 44

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scientific name	Durgades confusa Viraktamath
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Durgades confusa Viraktamath View in CoL

Figs 180–188.

Durgades confusa Viraktamath 2004: 368 View in CoL , figs 9–16. HOLOTYPE ♂, NEPAL: Dunche (BPBM, examined).

Color. Coloration and structure similar to D. aviana View in CoL .

Male genitalia. Pygofer caudally rounded with bifurcate process dorso-mesally, one of the arm directed anteriorly and the other caudally ( Fig. 182). Pygofer with large divided unpigmented area along dorsocaudal margin. Preatrium of aedeagus poorly developed, without process; dorsal apodeme well developed, with elongate process on each lateral corners; gonopore large, with two lateral fangs, shaft short and stout.

Measurements. Male 3.2 mm long, 1.3 mm wide across eyes.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂, NEPAL: Dunche , 28 Km N of Trisuli (Nuawakot), 1950m, 7– 12.xi.1965, L. W. Quate ( BPBM).

Remarks. This species is closely related to D. montana and D. dunchensis but lacks a pre-atrial process and long processes on the dorsal apodeme.