Penthimia noctua Distant
| Main Authors: | Shobharani, M., Viraktamath, C. A., Webb, M. D. |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
| Terbitan: |
, 2018
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/5688444 |
Daftar Isi:
- Penthimia noctua Distant Figs 67, 248–249. Penthimia noctua Distant 1918: 22. Shiny black with tegmina brownish hyline apically. Fore and middle legs yellowish variably tinged with brown, hind legs mainly dark brown. Length. Female: 4.6mm Type material examined. INDIA: lectotype ♀ P. noctua (here designated): ‘Type H.T.’ ‘ Penthimia noctua Dist. Type [hw]’ ‘Darjiling, Himalaya, Railway, 1600ft, 23.iv.15 ’,‘Distant coll. 1911-383’ (BMNH). Remarks. This species was described from an unknown number of specimens (syntypic) with the following data: ‘Darjiling.’ The identity and therefore validity of the species (known only from the female) is uncertain. It is similar to several species all predominantly black with the apical area of the forewing paler and with a relatively slender body (see under P. curvata).
- Published as part of Shobharani, M., Viraktamath, C. A. & Webb, M. D., 2018, Review of the leafhopper genus Penthimia Germar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from the Indian subcontinent with description of seven new species, pp. 1-45 in Zootaxa 4369 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4369.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1135478