Sudra manipurensis, Viraktamath & Yeshwanth, 2023

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 manipurensis sp. nov.

Figs 7C, D , 10C , 12H , 14J–L , 15G, 23A–G

Diagnosis. Very similar to S. notanda but with male pygofer ventral process less strongly sinuate, aedeagus with atrium as long as shaft in lateral view, shaft more robust with rounded apex and strongly concave ventral surface in lateral view.

Description. Coloration similar to that in S. notanda . Pronotum with longitudinal rows of dark brown hair giving an appearance of longitudinal stripes. Pronotum 1.6× as long as crown medially, 2.1× as wide across posterolateral angles as across anterior margin and mesonotum 1.2× as long as pronotum, either reaching or slightly exceeding claval apex.

Male genitalia. Pygofer lobe about 1.5× as long as wide in lateral view more or less rectangular, posterior margin with four tooth-like sclerotized structure each giving rise to a thin seta, ventral process very broad at base, then narrowed in basal 0.33, in distal 0.66 widened with ventral rounded lobe and abruptly narrowed and extended posteriorly in a thin distally narrowed process exceeded to proximal 0.75 length of pygofer lobes in lateral view. Subgenital plates triangular with convex lateral lobes, about 2× as long as wide at midlength. Style less sclerotized, with rounded short apophysis about reaching apex of connective in dorsal view. Connective broad and pigmented in anterior half, then suddenly constricted, and again widened toward distal end and distally bilobed and wider than at anterior end. Aedeagus with elongated atrium about as long as shaft, dorsal apodeme short, shaft narrower at base, directed dorsally, widened distally, distal end rounded, dorsal surface almost straight, ventral surface strongly sinuate, gonopore apical on ventral surface.

Measurements. Male 12.6 mm long, 2.0 mm wide across eyes and 4.0 mm wide across posterolateral angles of pronotum.

Material examined. INDIA: Manipur: HOLOTYPE ♁, Manipur: Pallel, Sinam , 1198m, 21.viii.2014, Prathapan & Shameem Coll. ( UASB).

Remarks. The four known species of Sudra are very similar externally with minor differences in the anterior projection of the head. However, they differ in the structure of the male genitalia, especially in the shape of the male ventral pygofer process, relative proportion of aedeagal shaft and atrium and shape and angle of the aedeagal shaft.

Figures

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 10A–G. Species of Hylicinae, faces. A, Kalasha confusa sp. nov.; B, Kalasha manikya sp. nov.; C, Sudra manipurensis sp. nov.; D–E, Traiguma nasuta Distant, male from Naduvattam (D) and Thai shola (E); F–G, Traiguma nielsoni Viraktamath & Webb, male (F) and female (G).

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 14A–O. Forewings (A, D, G, J, M), hind wings (B, E, H, K, N) and magnified view of costal margin (C, F, I, L, O) of Hylicinae. A–C, Hylica scutealba Tang & Zhang; D–F, Kalasha manikya sp. nov.; G–I, Nacolus tuberculatus (Walker); J–L, Sudra manipurensis sp. nov.; M–O, Traiguma verticalis Distant.