Assiringia exhibita Distant, 1908

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 : 456

Assiringia exhibita Distant

Figs 1A–D

Material examined. MYANMAR: TYPE ♁, “Ruby Mines, (Doherty)” “ Assiringia exhibita Dist. Type” “Distant Coll. 1911– 383” ( BMNH) .

Remarks. Distant (1908) described this species based on unspecified number of specimens with collection data “ Burma; Ruby Mines (Doherty)”. There is now a single male specimen with partially mutilated legs and wings that agrees well with the description provided by Distant (1908). However, the body proportions are slightly different than reported by Distant: crown 1.5× longer than interocular distance, 0.8× as long as width of head including eyes; pronotum 0.8× as long as crown, 2× as long as wide and 1.7× as wide posteriorly as at base; mesonotum 1.3× as long as crown, 1.6× as long as pronotum. Male pygofer much wider posteriorly compared to anterior margin and posteroventral angle angularly produced ventrally, ventral process attenuated in distal half and more or less reaching posterior margin in lateral view; subgenital plate 2× as long as its greatest width and the aedeagal shaft widest at midlength. Zhang (personal communication) examined the type and shared his diagram of the male genitalia with the authors.

Figures

FIGURES 1A–H. Hylicinae genera Assiringia and Balala, habitus. A–D, Assiringia exhibita Distant, syntype male: A, dorsal view; B, lateral view; C, face, D, label data. E–H, Balala fulviventris (Walker), holotype male: E, dorsal view; F, lateral view; G, face, H, label data.