Penthimia

Shobharani, M., Viraktamath, C. A. & Webb, M. D., 2018, Review of the leafhopper genus Penthimia Germar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from the Indian subcontinent with description of seven new species, Zootaxa 4369 (1), pp. 1-45 : 4-5

Checklist of species of the genus Penthimia of the Indian subcontinent

Penthimia attenuata Distant 1918: 22 –23, Fig. 8 .

Distribution. India: Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal.

Penthimia compacta Walker complex

Distribution. India: Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu,

West Bengal.

Penthimia compacta Walker 1851: 842

Penthimia subniger Distant 1908: 243 –244, Fig 154 .

Penthimia scapularis Distant 1908: 244 .

Penthimia curvata sp. nov.

Distribution. India: Karnataka.

Penthimia distanti Baker

Penthimia nitida Distant 1912: 444 , junior homonym of P. nitida Lethierry 1876 .

Penthimia distanti Baker 1924: 367 , nom nov. for P. nitida Distant 1912 nec Lethierry 1876.

Distribution. Myanmar.

Penthimia ereba Distant 1908: 245 .

Neodartus scutellatus Distant 1908: 246 –247. Syn. nov.

Distribution. India: Karnataka, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu. Sri Lanka. Myanmar.

Penthimia fraterna Distant 1918: 21 .

Penthimia funebris Distant 1918: 19 . Syn. nov.

Distribution. India: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu.

Penthimia juno Distant 1908: 245 .

Distribution. Sri Lanka.

Penthimia maculosa Distant 1908: 244 –245. Stat. nov.

Distribution. India: Assam, Maharashtra, West Bengal. Myanmar, Mergui Archipelago.

Penthimia meghalayensis sp. nov.

Distribution. India: Meghalaya.

Penthimia melanocephala de Motschulsky 1863: 95

Distribution. India: Karnataka. Sri Lanka. Myanmar.

Penthimia montana Distant 1918: 17 .

Penthimia nilgiriensis Distant 1918:16 –17. S yn. nov.

Distribution. lndia: Tamil Nadu. Myanmar.

Penthimia mudonensis Distant 1912: 444

Distribution. Myanmar: Tenasserim.

Penthimia noctua Distant 1918: 22 .

Distribution. India: West Bengal.

Penthimia neoattenuata sp. nov.

Distribution. India: Tamil Nadu.

Penthimia quadrinotata Distant 1918: 21 –22.

Penthimia thoracica Distant 1918: 19 . Preoccupied.

Penthimia alba Zahniser, McKamey & Dmitriev 2012: 361 (replacement name for Penthimia thoracica

Distant 1918 nec Panzer 1799). Syn. nov.

Distribution. India: Tamil Nadu.

Penthimia ribhoi sp. nov.

Distribution. India: Meghalaya.

Penthimia rufopunctata de Motschulsky revised placement.

Penthimia rufopunctata de Motschulsky 1863: 94 .

Neodartus rufopunctatus (Motschulsky) : Distant 1908: 247.

Distribution. Sri Lanka.

Penthimia sahyadrica sp. nov.

Distribution. India: Karnataka, Kerala.

Penthimia spiculata sp. nov.

Distribution. India: Karnataka.

Penthimia tumida sp. nov.

Distribution. Kerala, Tamil Nadu.

Figures

FIGURES 1–13. Habitus of species of Penthimia. 1–4. P. attenuata Distant: 1–2. Male, dorsal and lateral view; 3–4. Color variation in female. 5–9. P. compacta Walker, 5–6. Male, dorsal and lateral view; 7–9, colour variation in female. 10–11. P. curvata sp. nov., holotype male, dorsal and lateral view. 12–13. P.ereba, male, dorsal and ventral view.

FIGURES 148–156. Penthimia neoattenuata sp. nov. 148. Male pygofer, lateral view; 149. Valve, ventral view; 150. Subgenital plate, ventral view; 151. Style, dorso-lateral view; 152–153. Aedeagus, lateral view; 154. Connective, dorsal view; 155–156.Aedeagus, posterior view.