Hylicinae

Viraktamath, C. A. & Yeshwanth, H. M., 2023, Leafhopper subfamily Hylicinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) in the Indian subcontinent with description of new species, Zootaxa 5319 (4), pp. 451-500 : 455

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5319.4.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8224698

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scientific name

Hylicinae
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Key to genera of Hylicinae View in CoL View at ENA of the Indian subcontinent

(Modified from Viraktamath & Webb 1991)

1. Crown distinctly longer than combined length of pronotum and exposed mesonotum, pronotum with straight sublateral carinae ( Fig. 3A, B View FIGURES 3 )............................................................................... Nacolus Jacobi View in CoL

- Crown about as long as or shorter than combined length of pronotum and exposed mesonotum ( Figs 1A, E View FIGURES 1 , 2A View FIGURES 2 , 3E View FIGURES 3 , 4A View FIGURES 4 ); pronotum without sublateral carinae ( Figs 4A, C View FIGURES 4 , 5A, B View FIGURES 5 ) (except in Hylica View in CoL wherein carinae are oblique, Fig. 5E, H View FIGURES 5 )....... 2

2. Crown median length shorter than distance between eyes ( Figs 1E View FIGURES 1 , 5C View FIGURES 5 ).......................................... 3

- Crown median length longer than distance between eyes...................................................... 4

3. Crown rounded in front, meta femora with distal setae 2+1+1+1 and borne on apical ridge-like extension; ocelli closer to posterior margin of eyes; anterior half of mesoscutellum not crested in profile ( Fig.1F View FIGURES 1 )................... Balala Distant View in CoL

- Crown triangular in front ( Fig. 5C View FIGURES 5 ); meta femora with distal setae 2+1+1 and not borne on apical ridge-like extension; ocelli closer to anterior margins of eyes; anterior half of mesoscutellum crested in profile ( Fig. 5D View FIGURES 5 ).......... Hemisudra Schmidt View in CoL

4. Pronotum tuberculate ( Fig. 5E–H View FIGURES 5 ); pregenital abdominal segments with dentate lateral margins ( Fig. 12C–E View FIGURES 12 ).... Hylica Stål View in CoL

- Pronotum smooth, not tuberculate ( Figs 1A View FIGURES 1 , 2A View FIGURES 2 , 3E View FIGURES 3 , 4A View FIGURES 4 , 6G View FIGURES 6 , 7A View FIGURES 7 ; pregenital abdominal segments with smooth lateral margin5

5. Crown longer than median length of pronotum ( Figs 1A View FIGURES 1 , 2A View FIGURES 2 , 3A View FIGURES 3 , 4A View FIGURES 4 )........................................... 6

- Crown shorter than median length of pronotum ( Figs 2E View FIGURES 2 , 6G View FIGURES 6 , 7A View FIGURES 7 )............................................... 8

6. Crown distad of ocelli with one or more pairs of tubercles ( Figs 4A View FIGURES 4 , 7G–J View FIGURES 7 , 8A–H View FIGURES 8 )), apices of forewings truncate ( Figs 4A View FIGURES 4 , 14M View FIGURES 14 ).................................................................................. Traiguma Distant View in CoL

- Crown distad of ocelli without tubercles ( Figs1A, B View FIGURES 1 , 2A, B View FIGURES 2 , 5A, B View FIGURES 5 ); apices of forewings rounded ( Figs 13D View FIGURES 13 , 14D, 14J View FIGURES 14 ).... 7

7. Crown with lateral margins carinate and reflexed almost at right angle ( Fig. 1A, B View FIGURES 1 ); disc of crown concave Assiringia Distant View in CoL

- Crown with lateral margins not carinate and reflexed; anterior projection of head with only a dorsal and ventral carinate ridges ( Figs 2A–C View FIGURES 2 , 5A, B View FIGURES 5 )...................................................................... Hatigoria Distant View in CoL

8. Pronotum with lateral margins feebly carinate, mesoscutum with dorsomedian carina ( Figs 3E, F View FIGURES 3 , 7C–E View FIGURES 7 )...... Sudra Distant View in CoL

- Pronotum with lateral margins strongly carinate and mesoscutum without dorsomedian carina ( Figs 2E, F View FIGURES 2 , 6G, H View FIGURES 6 , 7A, B View FIGURES 7 )........................................................................................... Kalasha Distant View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

SubFamily

Hylicinae

Genus

Traiguma

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