Igerna shillongensis Meshram, 2015

Viraktamath, C. A., Yeshwanth, H. M. & Ajaykumara, K. M., 2024, New species of the leafhopper tribes Agalliini and Macropsini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from north and northeast India with checklist of species of the tribes from the Indian subcontinent, Zootaxa 5486 (2), pp. 267-282 : 275

Igerna shillongensis Meshram

Figs 5A–H

Diagnosis. Externally resembling I. priyankae , male pygofer and its processes are very similar, but differ in the structure of the aedeagus. In lateral view the aedeagus in I. shillongensis is very broad proximally with longer preatrium and shorter dorsal apodeme compared to that in I. priyankae and has a short process (either blunt or pointed) arising from dorsal apodeme at base of shaft which is not found in I. priyankae .

Material examined. INDIA: Manipur: 1♂, Senapati, Sijong Monjong , 28.ix.2014, Yeshwanth, H.M. ( UASB) .

Remarks. Meshram et al. (2015) adequately described and illustrated the species. Here it is illustrated to show some variation. In the specimen collected from Manipur, the aedeagus has the process on the dorsal apodeme distally pointed compared to the blunt process in the type specimen and also there is an indication of presence of a small protuberance on the ventral margin of the preatrium that is absent in the type specimen.

Figures

FIGURES 5A–H. Igerna shillongensis Meshram, male:A–C, habitus dorsal, lateral view and face (C); D, valve and subgenital plates, ventral view; E, genital capsule, lateral view; F–G, styles, connective and aedeagus, ventral and dorsal views; H, styles, connective and aedeagus, lateral view.