Sudra notanda 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 : 474

Sudra notanda Distant

Figs 3E–H , 7E, F , 12I , 24A–H

Diagnosis. Vestiture of dark brown and white hairs. Color variable, usually reddish brown with dark brown to black areas of variable size on crown, face, mesonotum. Structure and male genitalia as in generic diagnosis.

Material examined. MYANMAR: 1♀, U. Burma, Lashio, 3000ft, 23–24.8.[19]14, Fletcher Coll. Pusa Coll. - 1915-164 ( BMNH) . THAILAND: 1♁, Chiang Mai Prov. S. Lanna, 07.iii.2018, Les Dy ( UASB) .

Remarks. Distant (1908) described this species based on unspecified number of specimens with the label data “ Burma; Karen Hills (Doherty)”. S. borneensis , S. notanda and S. manipurensis sp. nov. have the mesonotum extended to or beyond apex of clavus ( Figs 3E , 7C, E ) whereas in S. manorga it stops short of attaining the apex of clavus. The genitalia diagrams of the male specimen from Thailand associated with the S. notanda female type by Kramer (1964) agree well with the male genitalia of a specimen from Thailand imaged here, especially in the shape of the pygofer ventral process ( Fig. 24C ) and aedeagus ( Fig. 24H ). Tang & Zhang (2023) recorded this species from China and Indonesia in addition to Myanmar and Thailand. However, there is a significant difference in the shape of the ventral pygofer process drawn by them (compare Kramer 1964: Figs 1 and 2 with those of Tang & Zhang 2023: Figs 2E, H ) suggesting that these specimens have probably been misassociated with the S. notanda female type and their identification including that made by the present authors and Kramer (1964) may be treated only as tentative until a male from the type locality ( Myanmar: Karen Hills) becomes available.

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.

FIGURES 2A–H. Hylicinae genera Hatigoria and Kalasha, habitus.A–D, Hatigoria praeiens Distant, syntype male:A, dorsal view; B, lateral view; C, face, D, label data. E–H, Kalasha nativa Distant, holotype male: E, dorsal view; F, lateral view; G, face, H, label data.

FIGURES 3A–H. Hylicinae genera Nacolus and Sudra, habitus. A–D, Nacolus assamensis Distant, a junior synonym of Nacolus tuberculatus (Walker), syntype male: A, dorsal view; B, lateral view; C, face, D, label data. E–H, Sudra notanda Distant, topotype: E, dorsal view; F, lateral view; G, face, H, label data.

FIGURES 7A–J. Species of Hylicinae, habitus, dorsal and lateral view. A–B, Kalasha manikya sp. nov., holotype male; C–D, Sudra manipurensis sp. nov., holotype male; E–F, Sudra notanda male from Thailand, G–J Traiguma nasuta Distant, males from Naduvattam (GH) and Thai shola (IJ).

FIGURES 12A–L. Species of Hylicinae, male and female abdomen dorsal view. A, Hatigoria zhangi sp. nov.; B, Hemisudra indica sp. nov.; C–D, Hylica paradoxa Stål, male (C) and female (D); E, Hylica scutealba Tang & Zhang, male; F, Kalasha confusa sp. nov.; G, Nacolus tuberculatus (Walker); H, Sudra manipurensis sp. nov.; I, Sudra notanda Distant, male; J, Traiguma nasuta Distant, male; K, Traiguma nielsoni Viraktamath & Webb, male; L, Traiguma verticalis Distant, male.

FIGURES 24A–H. Sudra notanda Distant, male genitalia. A, genital capsule, lateral view; B, genital capsule, ventral view; C, pygofer ventral process, lateral view; D, subgenital plates, ventral view; E, style and connective, dorsal view; F, styles, connective and aedeagus, dorsal view; G, aedeagus, dorsal view; H, aedeagus, lateral view.