Cixiidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from Namibia, with records from neighbouring countries Author Huang, Min Author Holzinger, Werner E. text Zootaxa 2010 2717 34 52 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.199755 94e7e9f8-80da-4f23-9a01-facf6a145f45 1175-5326 199755 Pentastiridius moestus ( Stål, 1855 ) Figs 2 , 25 , 90–106 Cixius moestus Stål, 1855 : 92 (“Caffraria”) Pentastiridius moestus (Stål) , Van Stalle 1986a : 97 Material examined. Namibia , 1 male , West Caprivi Nature Reserve, 18°09’S , 21°13’E , 29.ii.1992 , M. Pusch and E. Marais; 6 males , 5 females , Buffalo Base, West Caprivi Park, 18°08’S , 21°41’E , 6.iv.1990 , E. Marais; 3 females Qugali River, West Caprivi Park, 18°01’S , 22°18’E , 7.iv.1990 ; 6 males , 1 female , Popa Falls, Kavango, 18°07’S , 21°04’E , 26.ii.–1.iii.1992 , E. Marais and M. Pusch; 3 females , Popa Falls, Kavango, S.W.A., 18°35’S , 20°07’E , 29.x.1987 , E. Marais; 1 male , Andara, Kavango, SE 1821 Ab, 20–25.viii.1971 ; 1 male , Takuasa, Kavango, SE 1720 Cd, 14–19.viii.1971 ; 1 male , Churutabis, Bethanien, SE 2717 Ad, 4–12.x.1974 ; 1 female , Dakota 424, Grootfontein Distr. SE 1917 Ac, 13–23.xii.1993 , M. Pusch, light trap (all NMNW ). FIGURES 90–99. Pentastiridius moestus ; 90–94 drawn after a specimen from Popa Falls, Kavango, 95–99 after another specimen from the same locality. 90. aedeagus, ventral view; 91. same, dorsal view; 92. dextral basal process of the aedeagus; 93. male genital styles; 94. male anal tube from dorsal; 95. male genital styles; 96. male anal tube from dorsal; 97. aedeagus, ventral view; 98. same, dorsal view; 99. dextral basal process of the aedeagus. Description. See Van Stalle (1986a : 97). The species is quite variable (see figs 90–106); in one male specimen from Popa Falls, Kavango, the periandrium has four apical spines (figs 100–106). Further studies are needed to clarify the taxonomic consequences of this morphological variation. Distribution. “It occurs in the eastern highlands and probably in the major part of Africa south of the equatorial forest” ( Van Stalle 1986a : 100).