Durgades saura Viraktamath

C. A. Viraktamath, 2011, Revision of the Oriental and Australian Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) 2844, Zootaxa 2844, pp. 1-118 : 49

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Durgades saura Viraktamath View in CoL

Figs 215–219.

Durgades saura Viraktamath 2004: 373 View in CoL , figs 43–47. HOLOTYPE ♂, INDIA: Simla [UASB, examined].

Color. Coloration and structure similar to D. duchensis but frontoclypeus entirely black. Claval veins connected by two cross veins, one near midlength and other at apex of inner claval vein.

Male genitalia. Pygofer lobe triangular, membranous, not exceeding subgenital plates; dorsal margin with blade-like process not exceeding pygofer lobe. Styles with inner arm longer than outer arm. Connective broader at anterior region than caudal region. Aedeagus similar to that in D. spatulata (see below) but more slender, with posterior ventrally directed tooth-like process, pair of short denticles on anterior margin, dorsal apodeme with long slender processes describing arch in cephalic view. Tenth segment long.

Measurements. Male 3.7 mm long and 1.37 mm wide across eyes.

Material examined. Holotype ♂, INDIA: Himachal Pradesh: Simla , 22.x.1981, I. Dworakowska ( UASB).

Remarks. Externally D. saura is very similar to D. spatulata but differs mainly in having shorter pygofer process and in the shape of the aedeagus.