Balocha pallida Maldonado-Capriles

VIRAKTAMATH, C. A. & YESHWANTH, H. M., 2024, Arboreal eurymeline leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae) of the Indian subcontinent with description of new genera and eight new species, Zootaxa 5462 (1), pp. 1-125 : 21

Balocha pallida Maldonado-Capriles

Figsn 7A–H.

Balocha pallida Maldonado-Capriles 1961: 304–305 , figs 3, 9–13; Khatri & Webb 2014: 284 , figs 6a–f.

Diagnosis. Pale yellow with orange tinge at some places, one round spot in third apical cell and base of appendix dark brown. Pygofer with rounded projection pointing mesoventrad near base. Aedeagus with posterior process 0.72× as long as anterior lobe.

Remarks. No specimens of this species were examined except for images of the male and female paratypes in BMNH ( Figs 7A–H ). Female sternite VII is almost twice as wide as long medially with posterior margin medially slightly concave. Maldonado-Capriles (1961) adequately described and illustrated this species based on male and female specimens collected from Lahore, Pakistan. Khatri & Webb (2014) reproduced the male genitalia figures provided by Maldonado-Capriles (1961). This species is very similar to B. fuscolinea except for the forewing fuscous stripe and differences in the male genitalia.

Figures

FIGURES 7A–H. Balocha pallida Maldonado-Capriles, paratypes: A–B, male, dorsal and lateral views; C, face; D, label data; E–F, female, dorsal and lateral views G, female terminal abdominal segments, ventral view; H, label data.