Balala fulviventris (Walker)

Viraktamath, C. A. & Yeshwanth, H. M., 2023, Leafhopper subfamily Hylicinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) in the Indian subcontinent with description of new species, Zootaxa 5319 (4), pp. 451-500 : 458

Balala fulviventris (Walker)

Figs 1E–H

Diagnosis. Mesonotum reaching claval apex. Male pygofer posteroventral angle angularly projected ventrally, pygofer ventral process strongly recurved anteriorly. Aedeagus without processes.

Material examined. Type ♁, 360, 4. Penthimia fulviventris (BMNH) .

Remarks. Walker (1851) described this species from an unspecified number of specimens from unknown locality. Distant (1908) recorded this species from India (Assam, Nilgiri Hills), Myanmar and Borneo. Tang & Zhang (2020) recorded this species from China and Sumatra. This species resembles B. karenia Tang & Zhang , B. nigrifrons Kuoh , B. mekangia Tang & Zhang , B. lui Shen & Zhang and B. fujiana Tang & Zhang , in having the mesonotum reaching the apex of the clavus but differs in the aedeagal shaft lacking processes and in having a strongly hooked apex of the ventral pygofer process.

Figures

FIGURES 1A–H. Hylicinae genera Assiringia and Balala, habitus. A–D, Assiringia exhibita Distant, syntype male: A, dorsal view; B, lateral view; C, face, D, label data. E–H, Balala fulviventris (Walker), holotype male: E, dorsal view; F, lateral view; G, face, H, label data.