Purohita

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Taxonavigation

Ordo: Hemiptera
Familia: Delphacidae

Name

Purohita Distant, 1906 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile

• Purohita Distant, 1906: 470; Ishihara 1949: 86; Tian 1983: 43; Yang and Yang 1986: 64; Ding 2006: 201.

Type species

Purohitacervina Distant, 1906, by original designation.

Diagnosis

Head including eyes narrower than pronotum. Vertex narrow, quadrate, slightly extending in front of eyes; lateral carinae strongly ridged, foliate, prominent anteriorly, submedian carinae transverse, median carina obsolete. Frons in middle line longer than wide at widest part about 1.5–2.3: 1, lateral margins divergent apically, median carina forked near base. Postclypeus tricarinate. Antennae very large, first segment flattened, rectangular, longer in middle line than widest part about 2.9–3.3: 1, with central ridge distinct, surface on each side of central ridge obliquely reclined, second segment much shorter than the first about 1: 1.4–2.5. Eyes in dorsal view with lateral side emarginate medially distinctly. Ocelli distinct. Pronotum short, scarcely longer than vertex, tricarinate, lateral carinae attaining hind margin. Mesonotum longer than vertex and pronotum together, tricarinate. Spinal formula of hind leg 5-6-4 or 5-7-4. Wings with M and Cu1 fused except very short portion at base.
Anal segment large, broad, dorsum flattened and lateroapical angles without process. Pygofer slightly compressed laterally, medioventral processes present or absent. Aedeagus with phallus relative long, phallobase process arising from base, directed ventrad, blunt oval or forked at apex. Diaphragm and lateral areas membranous. Without sclerotized margin of opening of genital styles. Seventh abdominal sternite of female present or absent, genital styles narrow and slender, simple.

Plant associations

Bamboo.

Distribution

Oriental region.

Key to species (males) of Purohita from China (modified from Ding 2006)

Key to species (males) of Purohita from China (modified from Ding 2006) — H. Li , L. Yang , X. Chen

1		Tegmina with transverse veins (nodal line) bordered with brown stripe (see Ding 2006: fig. 104H)     P. theognis
–		Tegmina with transverse veins not bordered with brown stripe    2
2		Pygofer with distinct medioventral processes    3
–		Pygofer without medioventral process    7
3		Pygofer with medioventral processes protruding in front of margin deeply incised at apex; in posterior view genital styles with inner margin basal half extending quadrate    4
–		Pygofer with medioventral processes not protruding in front of margin, outer pair distinctly higher than median ones, median portion deeply cleft; in posterior view genital styles slender    6
4		Medioventral process bifurcated, hook-like    5
–		Medioventral process flattened, with minute production on outer side (see Huang et al. 1979: fig. 24)     P. sinica
5		Medioventral processes with apices directed dorsolaterally, each side with a process enlarging at apex, apical margin truncate (see Ding 2006: fig. 101C)     P. taiwanensis
–		Medioventral processes with apices directed dorsomedially, each side with a large triangular process (Fig. 7)    P.castaneus sp. nov.
6		Medioventral processes with median ones each with two processes at apex (see Yang and Yang 1986: fig. 42E, H)     P. picea
–		Medioventral processes with median ones each with single process at apex (see Yang and Yang 1986: fig. 41B, D)     P. nigripes
7		Pygofer with medioventral margin V-like; anal segment with length longer than width more 1.6: 1 (Fig. 19)    P.circumcincta sp. nov.
–		Pygofer with medioventral margin broadly U-shaped; anal segment with length longer than width about 1.1: 1 (see Yang and Yang 1986: fig. 40E)     P. maculata

Taxon Treatment

• Li, H; Yang, L; Chen, X; 2019: Two new species of the bamboo-feeding planthopper genus Purohita Distant from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Delphacidae) ZooKeys, 855: 85-94. doi

Images

Figures 1–12. Purohitacastaneus sp. nov. 1 Male habitus, dorsal view 2 Same, lateral view 3 Head and thorax, dorsal view 4 Face 5 Frons and clypeus, lateral view 6 Forewing 7 Male genitalia, posterior view 8 Same, lateral view 9 Pygofer, ventral view 10 Aedeagus 11 Genital style, posterior view 12 Same, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (1, 2, 6); 0.2 mm (3–5, 7–12).  Figures 13–22. Purohitacircumcincta sp. nov. 13 Male habitus, dorsal view 14 Same, lateral view 15 Head and thorax, dorsal view 16 Face 17 Frons and clypeus, lateral view 18 Forewing 19 Male genitalia, posterior view 20 Same, lateral view 21 Aedeagus, lateral view 22 Genital style, posterior view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (13, 14, 18); 0.2 mm (15–17, 19–22).