First record of the planthopper tribe Adenissini (Hemiptera: Caliscelidae) from Socotra Island, with description of a new genus and two new species
Author
Gnezdilov, Vladimir M.
85C736EC-1219-4F74-8848-3A168CF20152
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 Universitetskaya Emb., Saint Petersburg 199034, Russia.
vmgnezdilov@mail.ru,vgnezdilov@zin.ru
Author
Malenovský, Igor
8AF430DB-BBBD-4F48-92CA-259290924F71
Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, CZ- 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic. & Department of Entomology, Moravian Museum, Zelný trh 6, CZ- 659 37 Brno, Czech Republic.
malenovsky@sci.muni.cz,imalenovsky@mzm.cz
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2023
2023-08-08
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1
46
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.888.2207
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Oceatra scandens
gen. et sp. nov.
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
1A305662-5F2E-4191-BE76-45A01CC1B2F3
Figs 3
,
5D–E
,
8
Diagnosis
See the identification key to species of
Oceatra
gen. nov.
above.
Etymology
Derived from the present participle of the Latin verb ‘
scandō
’ (= ‘to climb’, ‘ascend’, ‘mount’), referring to the
type
locality of the new species close to the top of the highest peak of
Socotra Island
, Mt Scand.
Fig. 3.
Oceatra scandens
gen. et sp. nov.
, holotype, ♂ (MMBC).
A
. Dorsal view.
B
. Lateral view.
C
. Frontal view.
Fig. 4.
Adenissina
Dlabola, 1980
, forewings.
A
.
Perissana dlabolai
Gnezdilov & Wilson, 2006
, ♂.
B–C
.
Oceatra litoralis
gen. et sp. nov.
, paratype, ♂ (ZIN).
B
. Left wing.
C
. Right wing. Not to scale.
Type material
Holotype
YEMEN
•
♂
;
Socotra Island
,
Hagher Mountains
,
Mt Scand env.
;
12°34.6′ N
,
54°01.5′ E
;
1450 m
a.s.l.
;
16–18 Jun. 2012
;
I. Malenovský
,
P. Kment
,
J. Bezděk
,
J. Hájek
,
V. Hula
,
J. Niedobová
and
L. Purchart
leg.;
sweeping and suction
sampling in montane
evergreen woodland
;
MMBC
.
Description
MEASUREMENTS
. Total body length: male –
3.8 mm
.
COLORATION
(
Fig. 3
). General coloration dark brown. Metope, genae and postclypeus dark brown to black, with light ochreous transverse band above metopoclypeal suture and light ochreous dots and pustules (traces of larval sensory pits) between lateral margins and sublateral carinae, genae with light ochreous spot above each pedicel; median carina light ochreous, sublateral carinae brown (
Fig. 3C
). Anteclypeus dark brown to black including median carina. Rostrum dark brown, black apically. Scapus and pedicel black. Preocular fields dark brown to black, each with two light ochreous spots at anterior angles (
Fig. 3B
). Coryphe and pronotum with paranotal lobes dark brown, with light ochreous dots (
Fig. 3A
). Mesonotum dark brown, with light ochreous dots and carinae. Scutellum and tegulae light ochreous. Forewings brown to dark brown, each with three large light areas: basally, around basal cell and basal portions of main veins; a band in the middle across of corium; a subapical patch in apical fourth of wing at wing margin (
Fig. 3A–B
). Veins and hypocostal plate light brownish. Episternae and epimerae black. Fore and middle coxae light ochreous, with brown areas. Legs largely dark brown to black, with light ochreous bands. Abdominal tergites black, with ochreous spots and stripe along midline. Laterotergites black. Abdominal sternites dark brown to black, with light ochreous hind margins; sternites III–VI each with pair of large brown ochreous lateral patches. Fore and middle legs with second tarsomeres light ochreous dorsally; third tarsomeres and claws black. First metatarsomere black basally and apically, light ochreous medially; third metatarsomere light ochreous basally and black apically. Apices of spines on legs black. Anal tube light ochreous. Pygofer dark brown to black, except light ochreous near anal tube and ventral edge. Styles dark brown to black, with large light yellow patch on the plate.
Fig. 5. A–C
.
Oceatra litoralis
gen. et sp. nov.
, holotype, ♂ (MMBC).
D–E
.
Oceatra scandens
gen. et sp. nov.
, holotype, ♂ (MMBC).
A, D
. Head and pronotum, dorsal view.
B, E
. Head, frontal view.
C
. Rostrum, lateral view. Not to scale.
Fig. 6.
Oceatra litoralis
gen. et sp. nov.
, holotype, ♂ (MMBC), terminalia.
A
. Genital block, lateral view.
B
. Pygofer, lateral view.
C
. Anal tube, dorsal view.
D
. Style, lateral view.
E
. Style, dorsal view.
F
. Penis, connective, and anal tube, lateral view.
G
. Penis, ventral view.
H
. Penis and connective, dorsal view.
I
. Apex of penis, dorsal view. Abbreviations: aep = apical aedeagal process; mot = mushroomshaped outgrowth of phallobase; vh = ventral aedeagal hooks; vl = ventral phallobase lobe. Not to scale.
EXTERNAL
STRUCTURE
. Generally similar to
O. litoralis
gen. et sp. nov.
Metope 0.8 times as long as wide at midline below the eyes (
Figs 3C
,
5E
). Coryphe 2.5 times as wide as long medially (
Figs 3A
,
5D
). Pronotum depressed in the middle, with very short median carina at hind margin (
Fig. 5D
). Forewing reaching middle of tergite VI. First metatarsomere with two latero-apical and six intermediate spines arranged in arc. Claws, in dorsal view, 0.3 times as long as arolium of pretarsus. Arolium of pretarsus, in dorsal view, with straight hind margin. Dorso-lateral plates of pretarsus narrow.
MALE
TERMINALIA
(
Fig. 8
). In general as described for
O. litoralis
gen. et sp. nov.
Anal tube, in dorsal view, 0.8 times as wide as long medially, parallel-sided, anterior margin rounded (
Fig. 8B
). Style with hind margin convex, caudal angle obtuse (
Fig. 8E
); in dorsal view, style with distinct pointed lateral tooth (
Fig. 8F
, lt). Phallobase with dorso-lateral lobes fused dorsally in one lobe with notched margin (
Fig. 8D
). Aedeagus with each apical process with two long spiny teeth (
Fig. 8A
, aep).
Distribution and ecology
So far only known from the highest elevations of the Hagher mountains in the central part of the
Socotra Island
(
Fig. 9
). The
holotype
was collected by sweeping on low shrubs in quite open, montane evergreen woodland (
Fig. 10B
). The local low shrub plant community was dominated by
Hypericum scopulorum
Balf.f. (Hypericaceae)
,
Leucas hagghierensis
Al-Gifri & Cortés-Burns (Lamiaceae)
, and
Euryops arabicus
Steud. ex Jaub. & Spach. (Asteraceae)
.
Oceatra scandens
gen. et sp. nov.
was found syntopic with the flatid planthoppers
Socoflata aurolineata
Stroiński, Malenovský & Świerczewski, 2018
,
S. histrionica
Stroiński, Malenovský & Świerczewski, 2018
, and
Kirkamflata socotrana
Świerczewski, Malenovský & Stroiński, 2014
(see
Świerczewski
et al.
2014
and
Stroiński
et al.
2018
for more details including a more explicit description of the habitat).