Stegelytrini

A. Viraktamath, C., Yeshwanth, H. M. & D. Webb, M., 2020, Leafhopper tribe Stegelytrini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) of the Indian subcontinent, with a note on Aeternus hieroglyphicus Distant (Cicadellidae Athysanini), Zootaxa 4822 (4), pp. 551-566 : 551-552

Checklist of Stegelytrini from the Indian subcontinent

Aculescutellaris Zhang, Wei & Webb 2007: 423 . Type species: Aculescutellaris hirtellus Zhang, Wei & Webb. hirtellus Zhang, Wei & Webb 2007: 423 , fig.14. India: Sikkim. [ Thailand].

Cyrta Melichar 1902: 136 (61); Wei, Webb & Zhang, 2008a: 2–3, Type species: Cyrta hirsuta Melichar. Placidus Distant 1908: 341–342 . Type species: Placidus hornei Distant. Syn. by Wei, Webb & Zhang, 2008a. hornei ( Distant 1908: 342, fig. 218, Placidus ); Wei Webb & Zhang 2008a: 6, figs 2–4. India: N. W. Province. ( Figs 1 A–D). incurvata ( Wei & Zhang 2003: 91–94, figs 1–7, Placidus ); Wei Webb & Zhang 2008a: 6. Nepal. ( Figs 1 E–H)

Kunasia Distant 1908: 339 , Type species: Kunasia nivosa Distant. nivosa Distant 1908: 339 . Zhang & Wei 2002: 84, figs 1–9. Myanmar. [ China, Thailand]. ( Figs 2 A–D)

Pachymetopius Matsumura 1914: 214 ; Wei, Zhang & Webb 2008b: 289. Type species: Pachymetopius decoratus Matsumura. Sabimamorpha Schumacher 1915: 123 . Type species: Sabimamorpha speciosissima Schumacher. Syn. By Wei, Zhang & Webb 2008b: 289 . anamikus sp. nov. India: West Bengal, Meghalaya. ( Figs 6 A–D, G–H, 7 A–H, 8 A–G).

Paracyrta Wei, Webb & Zhang 2008a: 9–10 . Type species: Cyrta blattina Jacobi. bimaculata ( Zhang & Sun 2002: 38, fig 8 A, B, Cyrta ) (In: Zhang, Wei & Sun 2002). Nepal. [ China]. ( Figs 2 E–H).

Platyvalvatus Zhang, Wei & Webb 2006:291–293. Type species: Platyvalvatus longicornis Zhang Wei & Webb. longicornis Zhang, Wei & Webb 2006: 293–296, figs 21–28. Nepal. ( Figs 3 A–F).

Pseudododa Zhang, Wei & Webb 2007: 415 , 419. Type species: Pseudododa orientalis Zhang, Wei & Webb. orientalis Zhang, Wei & Webb 2007: 419–420 , figs 1–11. India: Assam. [ China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam]. ( Figs 3 F , 4 A–G)

Yaontogonia Wei & Webb In : Wei, Webb & Zhang 2010: 29–30. Type species: Yaontogonia flavopicta Wei & Webb. darjeelingensis Wei & Webb 2010: 31 , figs 1F, 8, in Wei, Webb & Zhang, 2010. India: West Bengal.( Figs 5 A–E). unipuncta sp. nov. India: Arunachal Pradesh. ( Figs 6 E–F, I, 9A–I).

Athysanini

Aeternus Distant 1918: 50 . Type species: Aeternus hieroglyphicus Distant. hieroglyphicus Distant 1918: 50–51 , fig. 25. ( Figs 5 F–I, 10 A–J).

Figures

FIGURES 1 A–H. Species of Cyrta Melichar.A–D, Cyrta hornei (Distant), holotype:A, habitus, dorsal view; B, habitus, lateral view; C, face; D, label data. E–H, Cyrta incurvata (Wei & Zhang): E, habitus, dorsal view; F, habitus, lateral view; G, habitus, ventral view; H, label data.

FIGURES 2 A–H. Species of Stegelytrini. A–D, Kunasia nivosa Distant, holotype: A, habitus, dorsal view; B, habitus, lateral view; C, face; D, label data. F–H, Paracyrta bimaculata (Zhang & Sun), paratype: E. habitus, dorsal view; F, habitus, lateral view; G, face; H, label data.

FIGURES 3 A–F. Species of Stegelytrini. A–D, Platyvalvatus longicornis Zhang, Wei & Webb, holotype: A, habitus, dorsal view; B, habitus, lateral view; C, habitus ventral view; D, face; E, label data. F, Pseudododa orientalis Zhang, Wei & Webb, male from Assam. F. habitus, dorsal view.

FIGURES 4 A–G. Pseudododa orientalis Zhang, Wei & Webb.A–C, male from Assam:A, lateral view; B, facial view; C. label data. D–G, male from Vietnam: D, habitus, dorsal view; E, habitus, lateral view; F, face; G, label data.

FIGURES 5 A–I. Species of Stegelytrini and Athysnini.A–D, Yaontogonia darjeelingensis Wei & Webb, holotype: A, habitus, dorsal view; B, habitus, lateral view; C, fore and hind wings; D, face; E, label data. F–I, Aeternus hieroglyphicus Distant, lectotype male: F. habitus, dorsal view; G, habitus, lateral view; H, face; I, label data.

FIGURES 6 A–I. Species of Stegelytrini. A–D, Pachymetopius anamikus sp. nov.: A, habitus male, dorsal view; B, habitus, male, lateral view; C, habitus female, dorsal view; D. habitus female, lateral view. E–F, Yaontogonia unipuncta sp. nov.: E, habitus, dorsal view; F, habitus lateral view. G–I, faces: G–H, P. anamikus sp. nov. male and female respectively; I. Y. unipuncta sp. nov.