Paraidioscopus Maldonado-Capriles, 2022

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 : 70

Genus Paraidioscopus Maldonado-Capriles

Paraidioscopus Maldonado-Capriles 1964: 98 . Type species: Idioscopus tagalicus Baker , by original designation.

Dignosis. Very similar to Idioscopus . Aedeagal shaft thin often sinuate with two slender long processes directed basally. Breed on species of the plant genus Semecarpus , family Anacardiaceae .

Remarks. Viraktamath & Yeshwanth (2022) have adequately diagnosed the genus and treated the three included species from the subcontinent. The three species included are Paraidioscopus andamanicus Viraktamath & Yeshwanth ( Figs 38A–E , from Diglipur, Andaman Islands), P. harrisi Viraktamath ( Figs 38F–J , from Karnataka, breeding on Semecarpus anacardium L.) and P. unimacultus (Melichar) ( Figs 38K–N , from Sri Lanka, breeding on Semecarpus coriaceus Thwaites ). They also illustrated the habitus and male and female genitalia of these species and included a key to four included species of the genus.

Figures

FIGURES 38A–N. Species of Paraidioscopus Maldonado-Capriles: A–E, P. andamanicus Viraktamath & Yeshwanth: A–B, holotype male, habitus, dorsal and lateral views; C, face; D, label data; E, aedeagus, lateral view. F–J, P. harrisi Viraktamath: F–G, paratype male, habitus, dorsal and lateral views; H, face; I, label data; J, aedeagus, lateral view. K–N, P. unimaculata (Melichar): K–L, male, habitus, dorsal and lateral views; M, face; N, aedeagus, lateral view.