S. (Sounama) imprimis Distant (figures 14, 15, 62⎯65, 100) Sounama imprimis Distant, 1908: 106, figure 80. Lectotype, India (BMNH), here designated [examined]. Material examined. LECTOTYPE, here designated, India:`Nilgiri (Hampson) Distant Coll. 1911⎯383' (BMNH). India: 1, Nilghiri Coonoor, 1902 (M. Maindron) (BMNH); 1, 13, Kodaikanal, S. India, 6500 ft, no date (P. S. Nathan) (NCSU); 2, Tamil N., Coonoor, 1700⎯1900 m, 23⎯ 26 November 1978 (HU); 2, Tamil N., Kotagiri, Nilgiri, 1700 m, 29 November 1978 (HU). The following female specimens, without associated males, may be this species. India: 1, Kerala State, south Malabar Walayar Forests, 213 m, September 1957 (P. S. Nathan) (CAS); 1, Kerala, Trivandrum Dist., Poonandi Range, 3000 ft, May 1971 (T. R. Susai Nathan) (AMNH); 1, Pulney Hills, Kodaikanal, S. India, May 1953 (P. S. Nathan) (NCSU); 1, Talewadi, nr Castle Rock, N. Kanara dist., 3⎯ 10 October 1916 (S. Kemp, Zool. S. Ind.) (USNM); 1, Walayar Forests, S. Malabar, S. India, 1000 ft, September 1952 (P. S. Nathan) (NCSU). Distribution. South India.

Published as part of Liang, A. - P. & Webb, M. D., 2002, New taxa and revisionary notes in Rhinaulacini spittlebugs from southern Asia (Homoptera: Cercopidae), pp. 729-756 in Journal of Natural History 36 (6) on pages 746-747, DOI: 10.1080/00222930110062336, http://zenodo.org/record/4757353