Amritodus brevistylus, VIRAKTAMATH, 1976

Xue, Qingquan & Zhang, Yalin, 2020, Phylogeny and revision of the Oriental leafhopper genus Amritodus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Idiocerini), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189, pp. 1438-1463 : 1447-1448

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AMRITODUS BREVISTYLUS VIRAKTAMATH, 1976 View in CoL

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Amritodus brevistylus Viraktamath, 1976: 234 View in CoL , figs 1–5. – Viraktamath, 1997: 115, figs 15–21, 27.

Diagnosis: Rostrum broadened on apical half ( Fig. 5D). Subgenital plate with dense, long and fine setae on dorsal margin and a few setae on ventral margin ( Fig. 14A). Style apex and dorsal margin with dense, short and fine setae, serrate medially on ventral margin ( Fig. 14G). Aedeagus with basal pair of short processes on ventral surface; preatrium much longer than shaft; dorsal apodeme fan shaped in ventral view ( Fig. 14E, F).

Materials examined: Five ♂ and five ♀, Sri Lanka, Kan., Dist., Kandy 1800 feet, Peak View Motel, 15–24 January 1970, coll. Davis & Rowe ( USNM) .

Distribution: India and Sri Lanka.

Remarks: This species is an economically problematic pest, feeding on mango and other fruit crops. It is close to A. atkinsoni , having the same colour and similar male genitalia; see remarks under A. atkinsoni for differences.