Cofana unimaculata ( Signoret, 1854 )

Naveed, Hassan & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, Newly recorded leafhoppers of the subfamily Cicadellinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with description of a new species from Pakistan, Zootaxa 4504 (2), pp. 285-295 : 288

Cofana unimaculata ( Signoret, 1854)

Figs. 1C , 5 D–F

Tettigonia unimaculata Signoret, 1854a: 26 ; Cofana unimaculata Young, 1979: 7 ; Cofana karjatensis Ramakrishnan, 1985: 129 ; Cofana karachiensis Ara & Ahmed, 1988: 290 . Synonymised by Krishnankutty and Viraktamath, 2008.

Length. Male: 5.5–6.2mm; female: 6.1–6.8mm.

Material Examined. 1♂, 1♀, Pakistan: Punjab, Jhang , 13 June 2016, coll. Hassan Naveed ; 9♂, 7♀, Jhang , 17 June 2017, coll. Hassan Naveed.

Remarks. It can be differentiated from C. spectra by lacking the prominent muscle markings and having dark spots on crown.

Distribution. China, French Equatorial Africa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Zaire, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Pakistan, Burma, Philippines, Borneo, New Guinea, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia (Wilson et al., 2009).

Figures

FIGURE 1A, E–G. Atkinsoniella opponens (Walker, 1851) n. rec. A. habitus, dorsal view E. pygofer, lateral view F. connective, style, subgenital plates and valve, dorsal view G. aedeagus, lateral view; B, H–I. Atkinsoniella thalia (Distant, 1918) n. rec. B. habitus, dorsal view H. connective, style, subgenital plates and valve, dorsal view I. aedeagus, lateral view; C. Cofana unimaculata (Signoret, 1854); D. Cofana spectra (Distant, 1908).

FIGURE 5A–F. Cofana spectra (Distant, 1908) A. pygofer, lateral view B. aedeagus, ventral view C. aedeagus, lateral view; Cofana unimaculata (Signoret, 1854) D. pygofer, lateral view E. aedeagus, ventral view F. aedeagus, lateral view.