Tasnimocerus clypeatus Ghauri, 1975

Xue, Qingquan, Nyima, Tenzin, Da, Wa & Zhang, Yalin, 2025, Taxonomy of eurymeline leafhoppers from Xizang, China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with two new genera and three new species, Zootaxa 5683 (3), pp. 377-396 : 384

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scientific name	Tasnimocerus clypeatus Ghauri, 1975
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Tasnimocerus clypeatus Ghauri, 1975 View in CoL

( Figs 5A–M View FIGURE 5 , 10A–F View FIGURE 10 )

Tasnimocerus clypeatus Ghauri, 1975: 289 View in CoL ; Viraktamath & Yeshwanth, 2024: 80 View Cited Treatment .

Diagnosis. Body dark brown. Crown and pronotum yellow with dense black markings ( Fig. 5C View FIGURE 5 ). Face yellow, anterior region with several black markings; anteclypeus and frontoclypeus with several black markings ( Fig. 5D View FIGURE 5 ). Forewing veins alternately dark brown and white marked. Male pygofer lobe dorsoposterior angle with a spine. Segment X with inner process, surpassing ventral margin ( Fig. 10A View FIGURE 10 ). Style arched, apex with tooth ( Fig. 10F View FIGURE 10 ). Aedeagus S-shaped, with one pair of elongate lateral processes arising at midlength of shaft ( Figs 10D–E View FIGURE 10 ).

Material examined. 7♂♂ 17♀♀, China, Xizang Autonomous Region, Shigatse City, Gyirong Town , Kongsangqiao , 2022.vii.17, 2670m, coll. Qingquan Xue ( NWAFU) .

Distribution. China ( Xizang), India.

Remarks. Ghauri (1975) and Viraktamath & Yeshwanth (2024) adequately described and illustrated this species.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
Family	Cicadellidae
Genus	Tasnimocerus