Amritodus saeedi Ahmed, Naheed & Ahmed

VIRAKTAMATH, C. A. & YESHWANTH, H. M., 2024, Arboreal eurymeline leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae) of the Indian subcontinent with description of new genera and eight new species, Zootaxa 5462 (1), pp. 1-125 : 23

Amritodus saeedi Ahmed, Naheed & Ahmed

Figs 10A–J , 60L , 64E–H .

Amritodus saeedi Ahmed, Naheed & Ahmed 1980: 221 , figs 1A–D. Viraktamath 1997: 114–115, figs 7–13, 22–26: Khatri & Webb 2014: 282, figs 3a–e.

Diagnosis. Very similar to A. atkinsoni but can be distinguished by the style apex not curved, dorsal surface with short slender setae. Aedeagus with shaft about as long as preatrium and preatrium almost straight. Female sternite VII 3.3× as wide as long medially, rest of structures as in A. quinquepunctatus ( Fig. 60L ).

Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: 1♂, 1♀, Jog Falls , 534m, 18.xi.1976, C.A. Viraktamath ( UASB).

Remarks. This species is very similar externally to A. atknisoni and has been adequately described by Ahmed et al. (1980). Viraktamath (1997) recorded it from the West coast of Karnataka and also redescribed and illustrated the male genitalia. Khatri & Webb (2014) reproduced the figures provided by Ahmed et al. (1980) and mentioned that the male genitalia of Indian specimens figured by Viraktamath (1997) do not exactly match the original figures of A. saeedi . However, these differences can be expected in widely distributed species. Probably this species is distributed along the west coast of the Indian subcontinent breeding on mango.

Figures

FIGURES 10A–J. Amritodus saeedi Ahmed, Naheed & Ahmed: A–B, male, dorsal and lateral views, C–D, female, dorsal and lateral views; E–F, face, male and female, respectively; G, metabasitarsomere, ventral view; H, male genital capsule, lateral view; I, styles, connective and aedeagus dorsal view; J, connective and aedeagus, lateral view.

FIGURES 60A–O. Idiocerini and Megipocerini of the Indian subcontinent, forewings (A–F) and female sternite VII (G– O). A, Matangia indica; B, Metidiocerus deodarae; C, Periacerus lalithae; D, Ulavius anasuyae; E, Busonia distanti; F, B. manipurensis; G, Balocha astuta; H, B. fuscolinea; I, Amritodus atkinsoni; J, A. brevis; K, A. quinquepunctatus; L, A. saeedi; M, Bellacerus bellus; N, Busoniomimus manjunathi; O, B. mudigerensis.

FIGURES 64A–P. Idiocerini of the Indian subcontinent, female valvula I, magnified view and valvula II, magnified view:A–D, Amritodus quinquepunctatus; E–H, A. saeedi; I–L, Bellacerus bellus; M–P, Busoniomimus manjunathi.