Uzeldikra Dworakowska, 1971

Zhang, Yalin & Kang, Juxia, 2007, A taxonomic study of the genus Uzeldikra (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), Zootaxa 1528, pp. 61-64 : 61

Uzeldikra Dworakowska, 1971

Uzeldikra Dworakowska, 1971: 579 –586. Hameedia Ahemd, 1972: 67 –68.

Type species: Empoasca citrina Melichar, 1903 , by original designation.

Body yellow with some whitish patches. Vertex slightly narrower than pronotum. Forewing slightly semitransparent or dull, 1st apical cell large, 2nd apical cell narrow, 3rd apical cell triangular. Male abdominal apodemes well developed.

Male genitalia: Genital capsule cylindrical, most components sclerotized. Pygophore side tapering, terminated bluntly, and covered by small teeth and some setae. Subgenital plate comparatively long with 4–6 macrosetae at outer margin and few rigid microsetae at apex. Connective lamellate, U-shaped. Paramere with broad apical part tapering. Penis asymmetrical, with distal process.

Distribution: China (Yunnan, Hainan, Hunan); Sri Lanka (Peradeniya); India (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Mizoram); West Bengal (Kurseong); Bangladesh (Dhaka); Nepal (nr Birganj); Malaysia (George Town).

Key to males of Uzeldikra

1 Subgenital plate slender, with apical part sharply narrowed ........................................................................... U. citrina – Subgenital plate broad, tapering gradually ................................................................................................................... 2 2 Distal process of penis shorter than the penis stem ......................................................................................... U. grisea – Distal process of penis longer than the penis stem .............................................................................. U. longiprocessa