Cicadula simlaensis Viraktamath & Yeshwanth, 2017

Cicadula simlaensis Viraktamath & Yeshwanth, 2017 View in CoL ( Figs 2A–I)

Cicadula simlaensis Viraktamath & Yeshwanth, 2017:51 View in CoL . Type locality: India, Shimla hills.

Material examined. Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, 2♂♂, 7♀♀, Ayubia , 34°1'48.5544"N, 73°24'24.4332"E, Sweeping hand net, 28-vii-2019 GoogleMaps ; Punjab Province, 1♂, Murree , 33°54'23.508"N, 73°23'37.284"E, Sweeping hand net 23-vii-2018 GoogleMaps ; 8♂♂, 5♀♀, Arokas , 33°51'11.8044"N, 73°19'2.0784"E, Sweeping hand net, 27-vii-2019 GoogleMaps ; 17♂♂, 6♀♀, Sandhian , 33°55'53.9976"N, 73°23'35.1744"E, Sweeping hand net, 28-vii-2019 GoogleMaps ; 1♂, 3♀♀, Barrian , 33°58'25.7592"N, 73°23'35.3364"E, Sweeping hand net, 28-vii-2019 GoogleMaps ; 4♂♂, 1♀, Ghora Gali , 33°52'56.5392"N, 73°21'41.6772"E, Sweeping hand net, 31-vii-2019 GoogleMaps ; 4♂♂, 9♀♀, Kuldana , 33°55'15.8232"N, 73°23'58.0812"E, Sweeping hand net, 1-viii-2019 GoogleMaps ; 2♂♂, Sunny Bank , 33°55'1.1244"N, 73°23'39.8256"E, Sweeping hand net, 15-viii-2019 GoogleMaps ; 1♂, 3♀♀, Lower Topa , 33°53'51.198"N, 73°25'53.8932"E, Sweeping hand net, 16-viii-2019 GoogleMaps (all collected by Bismillah Shah).

Measurements. Body length: male: 3.5–3.9 mm; female: 4.0– 4.4 mm.

Diagnosis. Body color yellowish green ( Figs 2A–B). Crown with two pairs of black rounded spots, one in the middle of crown near to eyes, another on anterior margin ( Figs 2A, 2C). Ocelli red ( Figs 2A–C). Forewings transparent, with prominent yellow venation ( Figs 2A–B). Pygofer side projected posteriorly, with several macrosetae posterodorsally ( Fig. 2E). Subgenital plates apart from each other ( Fig. 2F). Aedeagus extending dorsally beyond pygofer in lateral view ( Fig. 2E). Aedeagal shaft uniformly slender dorsally ( Fig. 2H), sickle-shaped laterally, apex with a slight expansion in lateral view ( Fig. 2I). Aedeagus ventral process bilobed apically ( Fig. 2H), diverged from shaft at almost 1/3 distance from the base, uniformly curved dorsally ( Fig. 2I). For detailed description, see Viraktamath & Yeshwanth (2017).

Distribution. Pakistan (new record), India ( Viraktamath & Yeshwanth, 2017).