Hatigoria praeiens Distant

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 : 459

Hatigoria praeiens Distant

Figs 2A–D

Diagnosis. Anterior projection of crown slightly curved dorsally, lateral margins of pronotum with longitudinal band of white setae making the lateral margins white. Frontoclypeus and clypellus with carina. Pronotum shorter than crown, about 1.9× as wide posteriorly as anteriorly behind eyes, 1.6× as wide as long medially. Mesonotum longer than pronotum but shorter than crown, not gibbous. Male pygofer ventral process with inner fork about 3.5× as long as outer fork, curved mesally and then anterodorsally ( Tang & Zhang 2021, fig. 1G). Subgenital plate elongate, broadest at midlength, apex conically rounded, about 2.8× as long as its greatest width. Apices of style apophysis reaching apex of connective. Aedeagal shaft with basal 0.25 posteriorly directed then directed dorsally, with shaft tapering apically, dorsal surface transversely rugose.

Material examined: MYANMAR: 1 ♀, Karen Hills (Doherty), Hatigoria praeiens Dist., Distant Coll. 1911 -383 ( BMNH). Other material. 1 ♁, N.E. Burma, Kambaiti, 1000m, 23.v.1964, R. Malaise. Det. Zhang Yalin ( BMNH) .

Remarks. Distant (1908) described this species based on an unspecified number of specimens from “ Burma; Karen Hills (Doherty)”. There is also one male collected from Myanmar which was studied by the first author at Northwest A&F University in Yangling, China. This species is very similar to other known species of the genus but differs in having lateral margins of the pronotum with a longitudinal stripe of white setae and the crown curved smoothly dorsally ( Fig. 2B ).

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FIGURES 2A–H. Hylicinae genera Hatigoria and Kalasha, habitus.A–D, Hatigoria praeiens Distant, syntype male:A, dorsal view; B, lateral view; C, face, D, label data. E–H, Kalasha nativa Distant, holotype male: E, dorsal view; F, lateral view; G, face, H, label data.