Hecalus umballaensis Distant, 1908

Naveed, Hassan & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, Review of the grass feeding leafhopper genus Hecalus Stål (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with description of four new species from Pakistan, Zootaxa 4415 (3), pp. 580-590 : 587

Hecalus umballaensis Distant, 1908

( Fig. 5A–I ; Plate IID–F)

Hecalus umballaensis Distant, 1908 ; Morrison, 1973; Rao & Ramakrishnan, 1990

Material examined: 2♂, 2♀ Pakistan: Punjab: Hafizabad, 17 July 2016, Hassan Naveed. Distribution: Pakistan, India.

Remarks. This species closely resembles H. morrisoni Rao & Ramakrishnan, 1990 in male genital characters but can be distinguished by the slightly spatulate head and the structure of abdominal apodemes.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Hecalus umballaensis Distant (India, figure by Rao and Ramakrishnan). A: PygoPhore, lateral view; B: aedeagus, dorsal view; C: aedeagus, lateral view; D: abdominal aPodemes; E: connective; F: aedeagus aPex, anterior view; G: style; H: female seventh sternite, ventral view; I: valve and subgenital Plate.