Alebroides falcatus Sohi & Dworakowska, 1979

Qin, Dao-Zheng & Zhang, Ya-Lin, 2011, Taxonomic study of the typhlocybine leafhopper genus Alebroides Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in China, Zootaxa 2987, pp. 31-44 : 40

Alebroides falcatus Sohi & Dworakowska, 1979

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Alebroides falcatus Sohi & Dworakowska, 1979: 369 ; Dworakowska, 1997: 268. Alebroides qinlinganus Chou & Zhang, 1987: 294 . syn. nov.

Specimen examined. China: 13 (holotype of A. qinlinganus , NWAFU), Qinling Railway Station, Shaanxi Province, 8 May 1980, collector unknown; 13, Qinling Railway Station, Shaanxi Province, 8 May 1980, collector unknown; 33 1Ƥ, Hailuogou, Luding, Sichuan Province, 5 Nov. 1999, 2700 m; 43 4Ƥ, Wolong, Sichuan Province, 26 Oct. 1999, 2200 m; 23, Zixishan, Chuxiong, Yunan Province, 10 Nov. 1999, 2400 m; 23 1Ƥ, Xinzhu, Judian, Yunnan Province, 16 Nov. 1999, 2350–2400 m, coll. Daozheng Qin (NWAFU).

Distribution. China (Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), India, Nepal.

Remarks. Examination of the holotype deposited in NWAFU indicates that Alebroides qinlinganus Chou & Zhang is a junior synonym of Alebroides falcatus Sohi & Dworakowska and the aedeagus of the former is re-illustrated in Figs 44, 45 .

Figures

FIGURES 42 – 50. 42, 43, Alebroides discretus Chou & Zhang (paratype); 44, 45, Alebroides qinlinganus Chou & Zhang (holotype); 46 – 50, Alebroides shaanxiensis Chou & Zhang (holotype). 42, 44, 46, aedeagus, lateral view; 43, 45, 47, aedeagus, ventral view; 48, pygofer and anal tube process, lateral view; 49, ventral pygofer appendage; 50, anal tube process.