Published January 18, 2019 | Version v1
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Kalasha Distant 1907

Description

Key to species of Kalasha

1 Pronotum (Fig. 7) with anterior margin narrower than median length, posterior margin strongly concave, exposed part of mesonotum and scutellum (Figs, 6, 7) with tubercles well developed....................................... K. nativa

- Pronotum (Figs. 33, 45, 59) with anterior margin wider than maximum length, posterior margin slightly concave, exposed part of mesonotum and scutellum (Figs. 30, 31, 48, 59) with tubercles poorly developed................................. 2

2 Face (Fig. 60) longer than wide, aedeagal (Figs. 64, 66, 67) shaft apex heavily sclerotized and darkly pigmented compared to rest of shaft....................................................................... K. viraktamathi sp. nov.

- Face (Figs. 32, 46) shorter than wide, aedeagal (Figs. 34, 40, 50, 52) shaft apex no darker than rest of shaft.............. 3

3 Pygofer ventral process (Fig. 51) with branches of same length, vertical process (Fig. 53) of connective surpassing anterior margin in dorsal view................................................................... K. aequalis sp. nov.

- Pygofer ventral process (Fig. 41) with lateral branch 2.0x longer than medial branch, vertical process (Fig. 42) of connective not surpassing anterior margin in dorsal view......................................................... K. minuta

Notes

Published as part of Tang, Jiu & Zhang, Yalin, 2019, Review of the leafhopper genus Kalasha Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Hylicinae), pp. 408-418 in Zootaxa 4545 (3) on page 410, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2618964

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Kalasha
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Distant
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Kalasha Distant, 1907 sec. Tang & Zhang, 2019