A new genus Vittaliana belonging to the tribe Opsiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from India and its molecular phylogeny
Sunil,
Naresh M. Meshram,
Tahseen Raza Hashmi,
Pathour R. Shashank
Affiliations
Sunil
National Pusa Collection, Division of Entomology, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Naresh M. Meshram
National Pusa Collection, Division of Entomology, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Tahseen Raza Hashmi
National Pusa Collection, Division of Entomology, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Pathour R. Shashank
National Pusa Collection, Division of Entomology, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, Delhi, India
The new leafhopper genus Vittalianareticulata gen. nov., sp. nov., is described from India, and placed in the tribe Opsiini based on ocelli close to eyes, without carina on anterior margin of the face and bifurcate aedeagus with two gonopores. Phylogenetic analysis with maximum likelihood (ML) using IQtree v1.4.1 of combined data (Histone H3 and 28S rDNA) reveals that the new genus Vittaliana belongs to a clade consisting of Opsius versicolor (Distant, 1908), Opsiini gen. sp., Libengaia sp., Hishimonus phycitis (Distant, 1908) and Yinfomibus menglaensis Du, Liang & Dai (2019) with good branch support, and that the tribe Opsiini is paraphyletic. This resolves the placement of a new genus in the tribe Opsiini under Deltocephalinae.
