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Journal of Threatened Taxa Building evidence for conservaton globally www.threatenedtaxa.org ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) Short Communication A review of the leafhopper tribe Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) with a revised key to the known Pakistani genera and species Hassan Naveed, Kamran Sohail, Waqar Islam & Yalin Zhang 26 December 2019 | Vol. 11 | No. 15 | Pages: 15053–15060 DOI: 10.11609/jot.4957.11.15.15053-15060 For Focus, Scope, Aims, Policies, and Guidelines visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/editorialPolicies#custom-0 For Artcle Submission Guidelines, visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions For Policies against Scientfc Misconduct, visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/editorialPolicies#custom-2 For reprints, contact <[email protected]> The opinions expressed by the authors do not refect the views of the Journal of Threatened Taxa, Wildlife Informaton Liaison Development Society, Zoo Outreach Organizaton, or any of the partners. The journal, the publisher, the host, and the part- Publisher & Host ners are not responsible for the accuracy of the politcal boundaries shown in the maps by the authors. Partner Member Threatened Taxa Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 December 2019 | 11(15): 15053–15060 A review of the leafhopper tribe Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) with a revised key to the known Pakistani genera and species ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) Short Communication Short ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) Hassan Naveed 1 , Kamran Sohail 2 , Waqar Islam 3 & Yalin Zhang 4 PLATINUM 1 College of Life Science, Leshan Normal University, Leshan, Sichuan 614004, China. OPEN ACCESS 1,2,4 Key Laboratory of Plant Protecton Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Educaton, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China. 3 Key Laboratory for Humid Subtropical Eco-Geographical Processes of the Ministry of Educaton, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China. 1 [email protected], 2 [email protected], 3 [email protected], 4 [email protected] (corresponding author) Abstract: The tribe Agalliini is reviewed from Pakistan with additonal dorsal margin; forewing with appendix very narrow or descripton and illustraton of a new record Anaceratagallia absent; hind wing with four apical cells closed; hind pararobusta (Pruthi) 1936. An updated checklist and keys are given to distnguish all the genera and species of the tribe Agalliini from tbial macrosetae on AV startng from midlength of Pakistan. tbia, metabasitarsomere with one or two platellae on Keywords: Cicadomorpha, new record, taxonomy. distal transverse row of setae; male subgenital plates short, ofen fused at base and male style usually forked caudally. Viraktamath (2011) provided a detailed study The leafopper tribe Agalliini of the subfamily of the tribe Agalliini from the Oriental and Australian Megophthalminae includes 37 genera and 650 species regions and compiled all of the available literature from worldwide (Gonçalves & Dietrich 2009; Viraktamath those regions. Soon thereafer, Viraktamath et al. (2012) 2011; Viraktamath et al. 2012). Most of the species are studied the Chinese Agalliini fauna and added four new grass, herb or leguminous crop feeders (Viraktamath genera and 10 new species, bringing the Chinese Agalliini 2011) and 13 species are known to be vectors of plant to a total of 14 genera and 41 species. diseases (Wilson & Turner 2010). Agalliine species can Pruthi (1930, 1936) described two species of Agalliini be distnguished from other Cicadellidae by combinaton from Pakistan, namely Agallia robusta and Durgades of the following characters: head short and broad, idiocera from Murree Hills. Later, Mahmood (1979) usually wider than pronotum; ocelli on face close to reported the presence of the genera Aceratagallia DOI: htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.4957.11.15.15053-15060 | ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A21F6937-694F-4EE3-954F-F2070DA7D75E Editor: K.A. Subramanian, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai, India. Date of publicaton: 26 December 2019 (online & print) Manuscript details: #4957 | Received 19 March 2019 | Final received 24 October 2019 | Finally accepted 30 November 2019 Citaton: Naveed, H., K. Sohail, W. Islam & Y. Zhang (2019). A review of the leafopper tribe Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) with a revised key to the known Pakistani genera and species. Journal of Threatened Taxa 11(15): 15053–15060. htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.3891.11.15.15053-15060 Copyright: © Naveed et al. 2019. Creatve Commons Atributon 4.0 Internatonal License. JoTT allows unrestricted use, reproducton, and distributon of this artcle in any medium by adequate credit to the author(s) and the source of publicaton Funding: This study was supported by the Key scientfc research project of university-level discipline constructon of Leshan Normal University (LZD029), Natonal Natural Science Foundaton (31420103911, 31093430) and by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2015FY210300, 2005DKA21402). Competng interests: The authors declare no competng interests. Acknowledgements: We express our sincere thanks to John Richard Schrock, Emporia State University, USA and Prof. C.A. Viraktamath University of Agricultural Science, Bangalore, India, for reviewing this manuscript and providing valuable comments. 15053 Review of leafopper tribe Agalliini Naveed et al. Kirkaldy, Agallia Curts, Agalliopsis Kirkaldy, Genus Anaceratagallia Zachvatkin Anaceratagallia Zachvatkin, Ceratagallia Kirkaldy, Anaceratagallia Zachvatkin 1946: 159–161. Nehela White, Peragallia Ribaut and Austroagallia Type-species: Cicada venosa Fourcroy, 1785 by Evans, but no material has been found to confrm those original designaton. identfcatons. Viraktamath (1973, 2004) described Distributon: Palaearctc, Afrotropical and Oriental Austroagallia nitobei (Matsumura) and the new species regions Durgades sympatrica Viraktamath from Pakistan. Subsequently, Khatri et al. (2010) studied six species of Key to the species of Anaceratagallia from Pakistan Agalliini providing their re-descriptons and illustratons. (modifed from Viraktamath 2011) Later, Viraktamath (2011) transferred all three Pakistani 1. Anal collar process tridentate; aedeagal species of Agallia Curts to Anaceratagallia Zachvatkin. shaf with pair of subapical tooth-like processes In this paper, we report a new record of Anaceratagallia ……………………....……………….………… A. cuspidata pararobusta (Pruthi, 1936) from Pakistan. The tribe - Anal collar process with one or two subacute Agalliini comprises three genera and 11 species from projectons distally; aedeagus lacking Pakistan. The specimens examined are deposited in processes ........................................................ 2 the Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, 2. Anal collar process with ventral subacute Yangling, Shaanxi, China (NWAFU). and dorsal acute projectons, caudal margin between them either smooth or crenulated Checklist of tribe Agalliini from Pakistan …………………………………………….....…….. A. robusta Anaceratagallia aciculate (Horváth, 1894) - Anal collar process with single subacute Anaceratagallia cuspidate Dlabola, 1957 projecton …………............………………………...…. 3 Anaceratagallia pararobusta (Pruthi, 1936) n. rec. 3. Aedeagal shaf with one subapical tooth on Anaceratagallia robusta Pruthi, 1930 dorsal margin ……….....…………..…… A. aciculata AustroagalliafagonicaSawai Singh & Gill, 1973 - Aedeagal shaf devoid of subapical tooth on Austroagallia nitobei (Matsumura, 1912) dorsal margin ……....…….……….… A. pararobusta Austroagallia sarobica (Dlabola, 1964) Austroagallia robusta Sawai Singh & Gill, 1973 Anaceratagallia aciculate (Horváth) Austroagallia sinuate (Mulsant& Rey, 1855) Agallia venosa var. aciculate Horváth 1894: 186 Durgades idiocera Pruthi, 1930 Agallia aciculate Vilbaste 1962: 134 Durgades sympatrica Viraktamath, 2004 Anaceratagallia aciculata; Metcalf 1966: 79; Note. Detailed descriptons of known genera and Viraktamath 2011: 16. species have been already provided by Viraktamath Material examined: Not available. (2011) and hence are not repeated here except for the Remarks: Khatri et al. (2010) reported this species locality records and remarks. from Pakistan and illustrated the male genitalia. Distributon: Pakistan, Palaearctc region Key to the genera of Agalliini from Pakistan 1. Hind margin of crown not curved or, if so, Anaceratagallia cuspidate Dlabola evenly curved behind eyes ……………..…..……..… 2 Anaceratagallia cuspidate Dlabola 1957: 298–299, - Hind margin of crown sinuately curved behind fgs 106–110; Viraktamath 2011: 16, fgs 100–105; eyes; base of aedeagus not sunken into dorsal Agallia pseudorobusta Rao & Ramakrishnan 1978a: apodeme, asymmetrical; anal collar well 236–237, fgs. 1 a–l. developed, with hooks or distally dentate; ocelli Material examined: Not available. located in rather deep pits...Austroagallia Evans Remarks: