| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Authors: | W. Dai, Viraktamath, C. A., Webb, M. D., Zhang, Y. |
| Journal: | Zootaxa |
| Volume: | 3157 |
| Date Published: | 11 Jan 2012 |
| Keywords: | Anhui, China, distribution, Himachal Pradesh, India, Meghalaya, Myanmar, new record, New species, Parallygus, Parallygus burmindicus, Parallygus guttatus, Parallygus jiuhuaensis, Parallygus rameshi, Sri Lanka, Systematics, West Bengal |
| Abstract: | The Oriental leafhopper genus Parallygus Melichar is revised and redescribed based on study of its type species, P. divaricatus Melichar, from Sri Lanka. Based on its paired aedeagal shafts, a feature of some other tribes, it is only tentatively retained in Athysanini. Three new species, Parallygus burmindicus Viraktamath & Webb, sp. nov. (India: West Bengal, Meghalya; Myanmar: Mishmi Hills), P. jiuhuaensis Dai & Zhang, sp. nov. (China: Anhui) and P. rameshi Viraktamath & Webb, sp. nov. (India: West Bengal) are described and illustrated together with P. divaricatus Melichar and Parallygus guttatus Matsumura comb. reinstated described from Taiwan. The latter species is reinstated into its original genus Parallygus from Phlepsius and is also recorded from mainland China and India (new records). A key to species is also provided. |