Paraidioscopus harrisi Viraktamath, 1973

Viraktamath, C. A. & H. M. Yeshwanth, 2022, Idiocerine leafhopper genus Paraidioscopus Maldonado-Capriles (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae) in the Indian subcontinent with description of one new species, Zootaxa 5222 (3), pp. 257-266 : 259-261

Paraidioscopus harrisi Viraktamath

Figs 1 EFK, 2B, I–L, 4A–F.

Diagnosis. Ochraceous with mesoscutum and short streak on commissural margin of clavus yellow. Male segment X short, broader than long, pygofer posterodorsal lobe angular but rounded, anal collar process short. Style with dorsal marginal long setae restricted to distal 0.25. Aedeagal shaft not sinuate, apex hooked without rounded lobe, processes about 0.75 as long as shaft, usually cross over each other in ventral view. Female sternite VII convex with a small median lobe ( Fig. 2B )

Female genitalia. Valvula II with bluntly rounded apex, dorsal teeth not well-developed in basal region, in apical region close together giving the margin a crenulate appearance ( Fig. 2L ).

Material examined. Several male and female specimens from Dharwad, Bangalore, Bannerghatta National park (near Bangalore) and Mudigere collected during April, July, November and December mostly on Semecarpus anacardium L. ( UASB).

Remarks. Viraktamath (1973) has adequately described the species. This species breeds on Semecarpus anacardium L. ( Anacardiaceae ) and has so far been collected only from Karnataka.

Figures

FIGURES 1A–J. Species of Paraidioscopus from Indian subcontinent, habitus (A–H), face (I–L). A–D & IJ, Paraidioscopus andamanicus sp. nov., male (AB, I) and female (CD & J); EF & K, P. harrisi Viraktamath, male; GH & L, P. unimaculatus (Melichar).

FIGURES 2A–P. Species of Paraidioscopus from Indian subcontinent, female sternite VII (ABC), female genital capsule, lateral view (D), valvulae I (EF, IJ, MN) and valvulae II (GH, KL, OP). A & D–H, P. andamanicus sp. nov.; B, I–L, P. harrisi Viraktamath; C, M–P. P. unimaculatus (Melichar).