A new tribe and species of Clastopterinae (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Clastopteridae) from Africa, Asia and North America
Author
Andrew Hamilton, K. G.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3946
2
151
189
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3946.2.1
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Tremapterus
(
Tremiziana
)
gen.nov.
Etymology.
arbitrary combination of letters, representing
Trem
[
apterus
] + [
Patr
]
iziana
(f).
Type-species.
Tremapterus araneosus
sp. nov.
Distribution.
Savanna regions of
Namibia
and
Botswana
.
Diagnosis.
Face brown, unmarked; markings of dorsum sexually dimorphic, darkest in male; crown unmarked, or with rufous longitudinal stripes as in subgenus
Patriziana
. Pronotum declivous, sparsely punctate, shiny; tegmina punctate, veins apically carinate, forming 2 small, nearly square cells at wing tips (
Figs 8
L, P); legs as in subgenus
Abbalomba
. Sexual dimorphism slight to considerable. Ovipositor tapered to pointed tip, with tooth on apical half of dorsal margin much before long, fused bases (
Figs 11
J–L). Length:
4–5 mm
.
Included taxa:
4 species, all new to science.