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Issue: Vol. 4311 No. 4: 25 Aug. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-08-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.4.5
Page range: 523–536
Abstract views: 99
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A new species of Platypleura Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae) from the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India

National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, GKVK Campus, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560 065, India
Entomology Department, University of Agricultural Sciences (GKVK), Bangalore 560 065, India
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, GKVK Campus, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560 065, India 3SASTRA University, Thanjavur 613 401, India
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, GKVK Campus, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560 065, India
Hemiptera Platypleurini Hamzini species discovery morphotaxonomy biodiversity inventory Peninsular India

Abstract

We here describe a new cicada species, Platypleura poorvachala sp. nov., (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae) from the Eastern Ghats of India. The combination of following characters distinguishes this species from its platypleurine relatives: (a) transverse continuous infuscation along the nodal line and in the central area of the forewings, and (b) opaque hindwings, which are indochine-coloured with two prominent sub-distal black bands. We illustrate the male and female types and the male genitalia, and present a photographic plate for comparison of this species with other Indian and Southeast Asian Platypleura species with respect to its morphology and distribution.

 

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