Bhatia distanti Zhang and Webb

Viraktamath, C. A. & Srinivasa, Y. B., 2006, Canopyana vateriae gen. nov. and sp. nov. - A leafhopper breeding on Vateria indica and a new record of Bhatia distanti (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Selenocephalinae) from south India, Zootaxa 1307 (1), pp. 35-39 : 39

Bhatia distanti Zhang and Webb

Bhatia distanti Zhang and Webb, 1996: 13 , Figs. 112–116; Viraktamath, 1998: 171, Figs 249–251. Material examined: 1 ♂, INDIA: Karnataka: Mudigere, 12.viii.1989, at light, V.V. Belavadi

(UASB).

Remarks: This species was earlier known only from Sri Lanka and has been recorded from India for the first time. The male from Mudigere has a lemon yellow head and thorax. It lacks the dark brown spots found in the holotype specimen from Sri Lanka. The forewings are however, brown with prominent dark brown veins and some of the cross veins are marked with dark brown patches. The spots on clavus are present. The cells have the median areas infuscated with dark fuscous. The specimen measures 6.2 mm long and 2.0 mm wide across eyes. However, the male genitalia are identical with those of the holotype.