The old-world Zygonini tr. nov. (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea, Clastopteridae), with new taxa from the related Machaerotinae
Author
Andrew Hamilton, K. G.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3768
4
437
459
journal article
46336
10.11646/zootaxa.3768.4.3
1a775af7-faa0-4785-8f72-a92e1fcb08d7
1175-5326
227822
B537D07F-E104-4B7A-8FD1-5C383AADB070
Machaeropsis
Melichar
, redefined
Machaeropsis
Melichar, 1903
: 137
. Type-species by monotypy:
M. valida
Melichar, 1903
.
Diagnosis.
Antenna as in Capnodistini (Aphrophorinae) in having the postpedicel deeply withdrawn into the tip of the pedicel, bearing only a single peglike basiconic sensillum near the arista, lacking both coeloconic sensilla and surface sculpturing; antennal ledge narrow and triangular, similar to that of
Hindola
(
Fig. 22
B) but lacking the distinct ridges, as in
Enderleinia
E. Schmidt. Inner
and outer apical cells of tegmen extending about equally basad; male genitalia as in
Chaetophyes
E. Schmidt
(
Maa 1963, fig. 13
), but style tip smaller than triangular base and theca thick, straight, with a stout spine on the anterior margin (
Fig. 14
C) resembling that of
Pseudomachaerota
(
Fig. 7
C).
Remarks.
The new species, described below, is the first time a male of this genus has been found. The superficially similar
Machaeropsis
and
Metaenderleinia
were synonymized by
Maa (1963)
but the male genitalia of both prove to be autapomorphous. For example, the theca of
Metaenderleinia
is massive and curved dorsad (
Fig. 13
B). It is anticipated that additional characters separating these genera will be found when the antennae of
Metaenderleinia
become known.