Traiguma nielsoni Viraktamath & Webb

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 : 498

Traiguma nielsoni Viraktamath & Webb

Figs 8A–D , 10F–G , 11E , 12 K , 27A–F

Diagnosis. Male with crown apex abruptly turned dorsally almost at right angle. Male abdominal tergite IV with median yellow patches. Male pygofer lobes about 1.9× as long as their greatest width. Male style with apex of apophysis rounded and poorly sclerotized. Aedeagal shaft without basal processes. Female crown with three pairs of tubercles anteriorly.

Material examined. INDIA: Kerala: HOLOTYPE ♁, Thekkadi, 27.iii.1977, C.A. Viraktamath ( BMNH) . Paratypes: 1 ♁, 1 ♀ nymph, data as in holotype ( UASB) .

Remarks. Viraktamath & Webb adequately described and illustrated this species. For further discussion see Remarks under T. nasuta .

Figures

FIGURES 8A–H. Species of Hylicinae, habitus, dorsal and lateral view. A–D, Traiguma nielsoni Viraktamath & Webb, paratype male (AB) and female (CD); E–H, Traiguma verticalis Distant, male (EF) and female (GH).

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 11A–E. Species of Hylicinae, faces (AB) and nymphs (C–E). A–C, Traiguma verticalis Distant, male (A), female (B) and nymph (C); D, Nacolus tuberculatus; E, Traiguma nielsoni Viraktamath & Webb.

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 27A–F. Traiguma nielsoni Viraktamath & Webb, male genitalia. A, genital capsule, lateral view; B, subgenital plates, ventral view; C, styles and connective, dorsal view; D, style and connective, lateral view; E, aedeagus, dorsal view; F, aedeagus, lateral view.