Amasha decepta Medler

Zhang, Ya-Lin, Peng, Ling-Fei & Wang, Ying-Lun, 2010, Review of the planthopper genus Amasha Medler (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae: Phyllyphantini) with description of one new species from China, Zootaxa 2664, pp. 61-68 : 63

Amasha decepta Medler

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Amasha decepta Medler, 1992: 25 . Holotype, male, Doi Suthep, N.W. Chiangmai Prov., Thailand, 1278m, 29.iii– 4.v.1958, T.C. Maa (BPBM)

The species was not examined by author, the following description is from Medler (1992).

Anterior margin of vertex convex, angled at 135° ( Fig. 2 ); frons oval, dorsal margin thickened, U-shaped carina indicated weakly ( Fig. 1 ). Tegmen postclaval sutural margin extended from apex of clavus at angle of 175°, meeting apical margin at angle of 95° ( Fig. 3 ); margin normally red or red orange, black spots absent, or if present, then restricted to postclaval sutural margin; well developed submarginal line of crossveins, submarginal area narrow, 0.5 mm wide. Holotype genitalia illustrated ( Fig. 4 ). Allotype valvulae III with single row of six strong teeth closely inserted along ventral margin.

Distribution: Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6 (after Medler 1992). Figs. 1 – 4, A. decepta; Figs. 5 – 6, A. abrupta; 1, frons; 2, head, dorsal view; 3, sutural margin; 4, male genitalia, left lateral view; 5, frons; 6, head, dorsal view.