Aconurella erebus ( Distant, 1908 )

Naveed, Hassan & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, Taxonomic review of the leafhopper genus Aconurella Ribaut (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Chiasmini) from Pakistan with description of three new species, Zootaxa 4418 (1) : -

Aconurella erebus ( Distant, 1908)

( Fig. 2 ; Plate I, D–F)

Deltocephalus erebus Distant, 1908: 385

Aconurella erebus ( Distant, 1908) , Ghauri, 1974: 553 –555, Figs 14–17

Length. Male: 2.8–3.2mm; female: 3.2mm.

Dark brown (Plate I: D). Head broader than pronotum. Vertex black with yellowish posterior margin, a pair of yellowish spots at anterior margin. Ocelli at anterior margin next to eyes. Pronotum and scutellum with shiny black appearance. Eyes grey to silvery. Forewing macropterous with brown veins. Frontoclypeus mostly black, anteclypeus black with lateral yellow spots (Plate I: F).

Genitalia. Pygofer with darkly sclerotized part on posteroventral margin less than its half, with sparse spinules, dorsoapical margin with macrosetae ( Figure 2 : A). Pair of spinular bunches present near the anal tube base. Connective Y-shaped with arms close together distally ( Figure 2 : C). Subgenital plate with 5–6 macrosetae, longer than pygofer ( Figure 2 : B). Style with well developed claw-like apophysis, inner process longer than outer process, wide apart ( Figure 2 : D). Aedeagus slightly expanded at apex ( Figure 2 : E–F).

Material examined. 4♂, 1♀, PAKISTAN: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Naran , 2500m, 2016, coll. Hassan Naveed.

Distribution. Pakistan; India.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Aconurella erebus (Distant). A. male pygofer side, lateral view; B: subgenital plate, ventral view; C: connective, dorsal view; D: style, dorsal view; E: aedeagus, dorsal view; F: aedeagus, lateral view; G: valve, ventral view.