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03EA87E0FFFBD047FD807517FA847E37.text	03EA87E0FFFBD047FD807517FA847E37.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ramya Rajgopal & Dey & Meshram 2025	<div><p>Genus Ramya Rajgopal gen. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: D5A108E3-E86B-42AD-AEF1-8F689A3F10A9</p><p>Type species</p><p>Ramya longiprocessus gen. et sp. nov., by present designation.</p><p>Differential diagnosis</p><p>Ramya gen. nov., shares similar external morphology with the Chinese leafhopper genus Longicornus Li &amp; Song, 2008 like a brownish body with markings on the head, thorax and forewings. Whereas Ramya gen. nov. is small to medium-sized (3.67–4.6 mm), forewing costal area with two or three extra veins from the outer ante-apical cell close to R1, outer ante-apical cells with accessory cross veins, pygofer with the ventral process, subgenital plate pointed and without bifid apex, aedeagus without processes; Longicornus is large-sized (&gt; 5 mm), forewing costal area without extra veins from the outer ante-apical cell, outer ante-apical cells without accessory cross veins, pygofer ventral process absent, subgenital plate pointed with bifid apex, aedeagus with processes.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>This genus name is given in honour of the first author’s late sister Ramya in remembrance; the gender is feminine.</p><p>Description</p><p>Body brown. Crown with median sulcus brown, one large irregular spot on either side of median line (Fig. 1C), and one short outwardly curved stripe on either side of the median line (may be broken into spots). Face shagreen, sutures on face, area surrounding antennal base, series of lateral transverse lines on frontoclypeus, brown, frontoclypeus medially brownish yellow; clypellus pale brown (Fig. 1D). Pronotum stippled with brown, few spots coalesce to form larger spots. Exposed mesonotum with basal triangles, few longitudinal patches on scutellum, brown (Fig. 1C). Forewing venation brown, apices of claval veins, clavus, with dark brown spots, apical and anteapical cells, few cells with brown patches (Fig. 1A–B). Legs ochreous.</p><p>Head including eyes as wide as pronotum, slightly produced in front of eyes, anterior margin rounded to face. Ocelli placed close to inner margin of eye. Crown 1.7–1.9 × as broad as long medially and about ½× as long as median length of the pronotum. Face including eyes as wide as or slightly wider than long, outer margin of gena slightly incurved beneath eyes. Clypellus slightly wider near apex than at base, exceeding apical margin of gena. Pronotum slightly convex dorsally and finely and sparsely punctate, with lateral margins carinate, shorter than dorsal length of eye, about 2 × as wide as long medially, posterior margin almost straight. Mesonotum slightly longer than pronotum (Fig. 1A–C). Forewing rounded apically, apices overlapping on appendix and part of inner apical cell, with three ante-apical and four apical cells, inner ante-apical cell open or with accessory cross veins, costal area with two or three extra-costal veins arising from outer ante-apical cell close to R1, with darkly coloured and sometimes fused, one cross vein present between Pcu-claval suture, claval veins free throughout (Fig. 1A–B). The row AV on profemur with short, stout macrosetae (14–15) in the basal half and AV1 slender and long near the apex distal margin of IC row, with one long, stout AM1 seta placed on the ventral margin, IC setae (up to 12) hair-like. Protibial macrosetae 1+4. Metafemur with 2+2+1 distal macrosetae. Metabasitarsomere with 3 platellae on apical transverse row flanked by one seta on either side (Fig. 3A–E).</p><p>MALE GENITALIA. Pygofer in lateral view longer than broad, group of long macrosetae distributed in distal half, ventral process present (Fig. 1E–F). Valve triangular. Subgenital plate triangular, longer than wide, with uniserate submarginal macrosetae initiating from base; few long fine setae present laterally and dorsally, apex pointed, often thin membranous (Fig. 1G). Style broadly bilobed basally, with pre-apical lobe well developed, apophysis short, smoothly curved laterad, inner margin often rugose (Fig. 1I–J). Connective Y-shaped, stem longer than anterior arms (Fig. 1H). Aedeagal shaft simple, with or without flanges, curved dorsad (Fig. 1K). Dorsal apodeme well developed. Atrium large with ventral surface prolonged. Gonopore subapical to apical on ventral surface.</p><p>FEMALE GENITALIA. Sternite VII broader than long (Fig. 2E). First valvula curved dorsally with sculptured area confined to posterior one third, sculpturing pattern concatenated to strigate, reaching dorsal margin (Fig. 2F–G). Second valvula slightly curved dorsally, denticular area confined to posterior half, teeth prominent (Fig. 2H–I).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>India: Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh.</p><p>Key to the species of Ramya Rajgopal gen. nov.</p><p>1. Pygofer ventral process straight (Fig. 1E); aedeagal shaft with lateral and dorsal flanges; atrium not enlarged, about ½ × as long as shaft in lateral view (Fig. 1K) ............................................................ ....................................................................................................... R. longiprocessus gen. et sp. nov.</p><p>– Pygofer ventral process curved dorsally and recurved ventrally (Fig. 4E); aedeagal shaft lateral and dorsal flanges absent; atrium greatly enlarged, about as long as shaft in lateral view (Fig. 4I) ................................................................................................ R. megatrium gen. et sp. nov.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EA87E0FFFBD047FD807517FA847E37	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rajgopal, Nernakallu Narayanaswamy;Dey, Debjani;Meshram, Naresh Manohar	Rajgopal, Nernakallu Narayanaswamy, Dey, Debjani, Meshram, Naresh Manohar (2025): A new leafhopper genus with description of two new species of Scaphoideini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 1007: 163-175, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1007.3003, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3003/13493
03EA87E0FFFAD042FE2B72F6FE7A7FFB.text	03EA87E0FFFAD042FE2B72F6FE7A7FFB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ramya longiprocessus Rajgopal & Dey & Meshram 2025	<div><p>Ramya longiprocessus Rajgopal gen. et sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 2673C4CB-3BF7-4AA2-97A6-2BC19BB81024</p><p>Figs 1–2, 3A–E</p><p>Differential diagnosis</p><p>Ramya longiprocessus gen. et sp. nov. is externally most similar to its sister species R. megatrium gen. et sp. nov.; however, R. longiprocessus has pronounced, dark markings on the crown, thoracic dorsum, mesonotum, scutellum and the inner ante-apical cell with accessory cross veins. Additionally, the male pygofer ventral process is straight, aedeagus with lateral and dorsal flanges, atrium not enlarged, about half as long as the shaft in lateral view, segment X long, tubular, lateral and dorsal anterior band sclerotized, while in R. megatrium the male pygofer ventral process is curved dorsally and recurved ventrally, the aedeagal shaft lateral and the dorsal flanges absent, the atrium greatly enlarged, about as long as the shaft in lateral view, segment X short and sclerotized.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific name ‘ longiprocessus ’, a compound from the Latin ‘ longi ’ (long) and ‘ processus ’ (process), which refers to the elongated pygofer process. It is a noun in apposition.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype INDIA – Karnataka • ♂; Gulbarga; 17.3297° N, 77.8343° E; 1 Oct. 2017, Sunil leg.; Hg light; NPC.</p><p>Paratypes INDIA – Karnataka • 2 ♂♂; same data as for holotype; NPC • 1 ♀; Bidar; 17.9211° N, 77.4983° E; 3 Oct. 2017; Sunil leg.; Hg light; NPC .</p><p>Description</p><p>HEAD AND THORAX. Small-sized (3.67–3.86 mm) leafhoppers. Crown flat, 1.7× as wide as long. Pronotum 2.0 × as wide as long medially (Fig. 1A–C). Crown, thoracic dorsum, mesonotum, and scutellum with darker markings, crown with one short outwardly curved stripe on either side of the median line continues. Forewing outer ante-apical and inner ante-apical cells with accessory cross veins. Profemur row AV with 15 short, stout peg-like setae, intercalary row (IC) with 12 hair-like setae (Fig. 3A–D).</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Male 3.67–3.86 mm long, 1.05 mm wide across eyes, 1.01 mm wide across lateral margins of pronotum and 0.81 mm wide across posterolateral angles of pronotum. Female 4.25 mm long, 1.14 mm wide across eyes, 1.10 mm wide across lateral margins of pronotum and 0.84 mm wide across posterolateral angles of pronotum.</p><p>MALE GENITALIA. Pygofer 1.3 × as long as wide, with straight, elongated blade-like ventral process, directed dorso-posteriorly surpassing pygofer (Fig. 1E–F). Subgenital plate 2.5× as long as wide, outer margin concave, apex long, thin, membranous (Fig. 1G). Style 2 × as long as wide, apophysis with rounded apex (Fig. 1I–J). Connective stem 2.5× as long as arms (Fig. 1H). Aedeagal shaft moderately long, curved dorsally, with pair of lateral flanges arising from base to pre-apical region and unpaired dorsal flange from base to apex (Fig. 1K, M); pre-atrium reduced, atrium well developed, not enlarged (Fig. 1M), about ½ × as long as shaft in lateral view. Segment X long, tubular, lateral and dorsal anterior band sclerotized.</p><p>FEMALE GENITALIA. Sternite VII broader than long, posterior margin weakly convex with narrow V-shaped notch medially (Fig. 2E). First valvula curved dorsally with sculptured area confined to posterior onethird, sculpturing pattern concatenate to strigate, reaching dorsal margin (Fig. 2F–G). Second valvula slightly curved dorsally, with hyaline area before denticular area, teeth prominent, triangular and distinctly separated, confined to posterior half (Fig. 2H–I).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>India: Karnataka.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EA87E0FFFAD042FE2B72F6FE7A7FFB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rajgopal, Nernakallu Narayanaswamy;Dey, Debjani;Meshram, Naresh Manohar	Rajgopal, Nernakallu Narayanaswamy, Dey, Debjani, Meshram, Naresh Manohar (2025): A new leafhopper genus with description of two new species of Scaphoideini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 1007: 163-175, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1007.3003, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3003/13493
03EA87E0FFFFD04DFDC373BBFE147F5D.text	03EA87E0FFFFD04DFDC373BBFE147F5D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ramya megatrium Rajgopal & Dey & Meshram 2025	<div><p>Ramya megatrium Rajgopal gen. et sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 266FECF0-768B-4EC2-A8F7-D0729D0B8515</p><p>Figs 3F–J, 4</p><p>Differential diagnosis</p><p>The coloration closely resembles that of R. longiprocessus Rajgopal gen. et sp. nov. but it is less pronounced, with paler markings on the crown, thoracic dorsum, mesonotum, and scutellum in R. megatrium Rajgopal gen. et sp. nov., the male genitalia characters readily separate R. megatrium from R. longiprocessus, the male pygofer ventral process is curved dorsally and recurved ventrally, the aedeagal shaft without flanges, atrium greatly enlarged, segment X short and sclerotized, while in R. longiprocessus the pygofer ventral process is straight, the aedeagal shaft with lateral and dorsal flanges, atrium not enlarged, segment X long, tubular, lateral and dorsal anterior band sclerotized.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific name ‘ megatrium ’, a compound from Greek ‘mega’ (large) and Latin ‘ atrium ’ (atrium), which refers to the greatly enlarged atrium. It is a noun in apposition.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype INDIA – Himachal Pradesh • ♂; Kinnaur, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=78.2758&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=31.5372" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 78.2758/lat 31.5372)">Sharbu</a>; 31.5372° N 78.2758° E; 14 Aug. 2017; Rajgopal N.N. leg.; Hg light; NPC.</p><p>Description</p><p>HEAD AND THORAX. Small to medium-sized (4.62 mm) leafhoppers. Crown flat, 2 × as wide as long. Pronotum 2.3 × as wide as long medially (Fig. 4A–B). Crown, thoracic dorsum, mesonotum, and scutellum with paler markings, crown with short outwardly curved stripe on either side of median line broken into spots. Forewing outer ante-apical cells with accessory cross veins. Profemur row AV with 14 short, stout peg-like setae, intercalary row (IC) with 13 hair-like setae (Fig. 3F–I).</p><p>Male</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. 4.62 mm long, 1.16 mm wide across eyes, 1.18 mm wide across lateral margins of pronotum and 0.96 mm wide across posterolateral angles of pronotum.</p><p>GENITALIA. Pygofer 1.6 × as long as wide, with elongated blade-like ventral process curved dorsally and recurved ventrally (Fig. 4E–F). Subgenital plate 2.5× as long as wide, outer margin concave, apex rounded (Fig. 4G). Style 2.5× as long as wide, apophysis apex pointed (Fig. 4H). Connective stem 1.5× as long as lateral arms (Fig. 4K). Aedeagus short, stout, curved dorsally, shaft very small, apex hood-like (Fig. 4I, K), pre-atrium reduced; atrium greatly enlarged, about as long as shaft in lateral view (Fig. 4I). Segment X short, sclerotized.</p><p>Female</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>India: Himachal Pradesh.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EA87E0FFFFD04DFDC373BBFE147F5D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rajgopal, Nernakallu Narayanaswamy;Dey, Debjani;Meshram, Naresh Manohar	Rajgopal, Nernakallu Narayanaswamy, Dey, Debjani, Meshram, Naresh Manohar (2025): A new leafhopper genus with description of two new species of Scaphoideini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 1007: 163-175, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1007.3003, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3003/13493
