Jilinga gopii (Distant)

Naveed, Hassan & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, Review of the genus Jilinga Ghauri (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Paralimnini) in Pakistan with description of two new species, Zootaxa 4457 (4), pp. 568-576 : 573

Jilinga gopii (Distant)

Fig. 6A–H

Deltocephalus gopii Pruthi, 1936: 127

Jilinga gopii (Pruthi) , n. comb. by Webb & Heller, 1990: 8; Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 34

Jilinga gopii (Pruthi) , Khatri & Webb, 2010: 15

Material examined. 17♂, 17♀, India: Himachal Pradesh: Kufri , 15 October 1979, C.A. Viraktamath ( UASB) . 1♂, 1♀, Nepal: Kathmandu , 22 October 1978, V.K. Thapa ( UASB) .

Distribution. India, Nepal, Pakistan.

Remarks. This species was described by Pruthi (1936) as a member of the Deltocephalus group ( Deltocephalini ) but later Webb & Heller (1990) transferred this species to Jilinga . Xing et al. (2012) illustrated the male genitalia. It can be distinguished by the following combination of features: anal tube appendage branches short with several small teeth; subgenital plate divided by deep concavity into two lobes; apophysis of style transverse and broadened distally; aedeagal shaft wide in posterior view, with approximately 7 asymmetrical teeth on lateral margin and apex produced medially.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Jilinga gopii (Pruthi) A. pygofer lobe, lateral view; B. annal tube appendage, lateral view; C. annal tube appendage, posterior view; D. subgenital plate and valve, ventral view; E. aedeagus, ventral connective and dorsal connective, lateral view; F. aedeagus and dorsal connective, ventral view; G. connective, ventral view; H. style.