Sophonia intricata, Meshram, Naresh M., 2017

Meshram, Naresh M., 2017, Review of the genus Sophonia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with three new species from India, Zootaxa 4243 (3), pp. 577-588 : 582-583

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.3.9
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:11652EBD-3C53-460A-ADF6-D4B14BC5C900
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6016507
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F787B6-FFFB-E37D-BDFE-035C5D8C95C4
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Sophonia intricata
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Sophonia intricata View in CoL sp. nov.

(Figs 8, 23,38,46–52)

Pale yellow. Ocelli and anterolateral margin of pronotum yellow, compound eyes yellow. Forewing white, costal margin with anterior, oblique and two posterior, transverse, black fasciae; second apical cell with black spot (Figs. 8, 23& 38)

Head angularly produced ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 16 – 30 ). Ocelli near lateral margins of vertex, distance between eye and ocellus 3.4x diameter of ocellus. Vertex broadly concave and with irregular sculpturing anteriorly, posterior half glabrous ( Fig. 38 View FIGURES 31 – 45 ). Scutellum 0.7x as long as pronotum. Pronotum 0.8x longer than broad and as long as vertex ( Fig. 38 View FIGURES 31 – 45 ).

Male genitalia. Pygofer triangular with few macrosetae in posterior half, caudodorsal angle roundly produced, below which small, slender, glabrous process arises, directed caudally, upcurved nearly at right angle at midlength ( Fig. 46 View FIGURES 46 – 52 ). Subgenital plate wider medially than at apex and base, with median row of three stout macrosetae ( Fig. 49 View FIGURES 46 – 52 ). Style slender, preapical lobe robust, apophysis slender, apex with very long, beaklike extension ( Fig. 47 View FIGURES 46 – 52 ). Connective Y-shaped with stem 3X as long as arms, apex expanded ( Fig. 48 View FIGURES 46 – 52 ). Aedeagus complex, each dorsal apodome arm with winglike posteroventrally directed lobe in middle, long dorsomedian process extended mesa across midline, and slightly shorter caudal processcurved posteroventrad; aedeagal shaft strongly curved anteriorly, apex with pair of anteriorly directed processes ( Figs. 50–52 View FIGURES 46 – 52 ).

Measurements. Male 4.4 mm long, 0.8 mm wide across eyes, 0.6 mm wide across hind margin of pronotum.

Type material. Holotype ♂, INDIA: Himachal Pradesh: Katrain (32.1297° N, 77.1241° E, 1688 M), 21.ix.2016, Mercury vapour lamp, Naresh Meshram Coll. ( NPC). GoogleMaps

Etymology. The species name alludes to very complicated structure of the aedeagus.

Remarks. Sophonia intricata sp. nov. is similar to S. complicata Viraktamath & Wesley in external appearance (Fig. 5), but differs in the structure of the male genitalia (features of S. complicata in parentheses):style slender, preapical lobe robust, apophysis slender, apex with very long beaklike extension (style with elongate, slender, praeapicallobe, apophysis slender avicephaliform); aedeagus with shaft relatively slender, tubular (broadly expanded distally in both lateral and posteroventral views; Figs. 67–69 View FIGURES 67 – 79 ).