Gunghuyana cingalensis Distant, 1918

Viraktamath, C. A. & Yeshwanth, H. M., 2020, A new genus and three new species of leafhopper tribe Scaphoideini (Hemiptera Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from India with a note on Gunghuyana cingalensis Distant, Zootaxa 4895 (1), pp. 67-85 : 76

Gunghuyana cingalensis Distant

Figs 11 A–E.

Gunghuyana cingalensis Distant 1918: 62 , fig. 33.

Description given by Distant (1918) is reproduced below.

“Ochraceous; vertex of head distinctly paler, with two prominent black spots near eyes and with a subprominent central darker longitudinal line; pronotum convex, anteriorly declivous towards base of head; scutellum [mesonotum] transversely impressed near middle; face, body beneath and legs pale ochraceous; tegmina [forewings] ochraceous beyond claval area and excepting costal margin pale hyaline; legs pale ochraceous; structural characters as in generic diagnosis.”

Female sternite VII abruptly narrowed at base then of uniform width, posterior margin more or less straight with median V-shaped excavation.

Material examined. SRI LANKA: LECTOTYPE ♀ (here designated), “Maskeliya, Ceylon, 4.05”: “Distant Coll. 1911-383” “ Gunguyama cingalensis Dist. type” ( BMNH).

Remarks. Distant (1918) described this species under the genus Gunghuyana based on an unspecified number of specimens with collection data “ Ceylon; Maskeliya (E.E.Green)”. At present there is a single female in BMNH illustrated here. This species is uniformly ochraceous and as in the case of A. siddappajii lacks a dark brown spot ventrad of the lateral marginal carina of the pronotum. It differs from species described here from India and Andaman Islands in being much longer—8.0 mm long compared to 5.2–6.8 mm long—in the remaining three new species described here. This species is probably misplaced in the African genus Gunghuyana and may belong to an undescribed genus. However, until the male sex becomes available the species is retained in this genus.

Figures

FIGURES 11 A–E. Gunghuyana cingalensis Distant, female lectotype:A, habitus, dorsal view; B, habitus, lateral view; C, face and part of thorax, ventral view; D, terminal abdominal segments, ventral view; E, label data.