Abstract
The phylogeny of the Pseudosubhimalus were investigated using of two different data sets, including 91 taxa and 3853 aligned nucleotide positions from the histone H3, 28S rDNA (D2 & D9–10 region). The results suggest the placement of genus in the tribe Ciacadulini, as it was clustered with Cicadulini genera. Relationships between genera of the Cicadulini were strongly supported and leads placement to tribe Cicadulini from Athysanini. Along with this, genus Pseudosubhimalus Ghauri is revised, and P. trilobatus sp. nov. (Himachal Pradesh: Katrain) is added, described from Indian subcontinent and deposited to National Pusa Collection, IARI, New Delhi, with repository number RRS1.
Highlights
Genus Pseudosubhimalus are medium sized, ochraceous to dark brown with black spots on crown, distributed in Himalayan and Subhimalayan region
The final data matrix of our preliminary phylogenetic analysis (Table 1) included 91 terminals (90 ingroup taxa of Deltocephalinae and 1 outgroup taxon). These results improved our understanding of the systematic position of Pseudosubhimalus
Pseudosubhimalus placed within the tribe Athysanini and our combined gene phylogenetic analysis leads its placement to the tribe Cicadulini
Summary
Genus Pseudosubhimalus are medium sized, ochraceous to dark brown with black spots on crown, distributed in Himalayan and Subhimalayan region. The species of genus were established by Ghauri (1974), with type species Ophiola bicolor Pruthi (Pruthi, 1936), as a replacement name for Ophiola Edwards. This genus was replaced to present name due to its general coloration which superficially resembles Subhimalus Ghauri (Ghauri, 1971). This genus was earlier placed in the tribe Deltocephalini (Oman, Knight & Nielson, 1990) of Deltocephalinae. This genus is distinguished from its related genera by aedeagal shaft with a pair of subapical processes; subgenital plates triangular, apophysis of style slender, tapering distally. Pruthi (1936) described the two species P. bicolor from India and P. yatungensis from Tibet
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