A revision of the VartaStymphalus generic complex of the leafhopper tribe Scaphytopiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Old World
Author
Viraktamath, C. A.
text
Zootaxa
2004
713
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.169479
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Vartalapa malayana
sp. nov.
Figs 40
,
99–108
.
Coloration and structure similar to
Vartalapa robusta
.
Male genitalia
: Pygophore narrowed and directed caudoventrally into a sclerotized process, with a mesal rounded lobe on caudal margin and an elongated ribbonlike process on dorsal margin. Subgenital plates separate with evenly curved lateral margins. Style similar to that in
V. robusta
but apophysis stouter and subapical lobe less produced. Fused aedeagus and connective not as curved as in
V. robusta
, shaft separated throughout its length from ventral processes which are serrated in distal region along dorsal margin and are more slender and elongated. Aedeagal shaft apically flared.
Measurements
: Male
6.8 mm
long,
1.4 mm
wide across hind margin of head and
1.5– 1.6 mm
wide across hind margin of pronotum.
Material examined
:
MALAYSIA
:
holotype
ɗ,
MALAYA
: Kuala Lumpur, at light,
21.xi.1924
, Ex.F.M.S. Museum, B.M. 1955354 (
BMNH
).
Paratype
:
SARAWAK
: 1 ɗ,
vi–ix.1958
, T.C. Maa Collector, Bishop (
BPBM
).
Remarks
:
V. m a l a y a n a
differs from
V. ro b u s t a
in having less anteriorly produced connective and style beyond anterior margin of pygophore, slender, elongate ventral processes of aedeagus which are distally serrated. Aedeagus is separated from ventral process and apically flared. Anal segments are more slender and elongate in
malayana
compared to those in
robusta
.