Revision of the endemic Malagasy leafhopper tribe Platyjassini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae)
Author
Dietrich, Christopher H.
82FCB86C-54B4-456A-AE5E-D7847D271CB9
Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, 1816 S. Oak St., Champaign, IL 61820, USA.
chdietri@illinois.edu
Author
Magalhães, Raysa Brito de
4C8219B1-56D6-4E5F-8156-86538351F85C
Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, Rio de Janeiro, 21941 - 971, RJ Brazil.
ray.bmagalhaes@gmail.com
Author
Takiya, Daniela M.
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Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, Rio de Janeiro, 21941 - 971, RJ Brazil.
takiya@acd.ufrj.br
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2020
2020-08-03
695
1
89
journal article
21374
10.5852/ejt.2020.695
c2e17975-440e-40f9-8b37-f078f9aadf1b
3973377
DC24EAB0-DCF5-44A8-B1A0-82BF25D280C2
Pulchrijassus anjozorobensis
gen. et sp. nov.
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
DCAD73AC-404E-40AD-9F52-9D70154363DC
Figs 3J
,
14
A–C, 18D–F
Etymology
The species name is derived from that of the town closest to the
type
locality.
Material examined
Holotype
MADAGASCAR
•
♂
; “
MADAGASCAR
:
Province dʼAntananarivo
3 km
41° NE Andranomay
,
11.5 km
147° SSE Anjozorobe
, elev
1300m
,
5–13 Dec 2000
,
18°28′24″ S
47°57′36″ E
, coll.
Fisher
,
Griswold
et al., California Acad. of Sciences,
montane rainforest
,
malaise trap
, coll. code: BLF2375”;
CAS
.
Paratypes
MADAGASCAR
–
Antananarivo
•
2 ♂♂
,
1 ♀
;
3 km
41° NE of Andranomay
,
11.5 km
147° SSE of Anjozorobe
;
18°28′24″ S
,
47°57′36″ E
; alt.
1300 m
;
5–13 Dec. 2000
;
Fisher
,
Griswold
et al.
leg
.;
Malaise trap
;
montane rainforest
; coll. code: BLF2375;
CAS
•
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
; same collection data as for preceding;
INHS
•
1 ♂
;
3 km
41° NE of Andranomay,
11.5 km
147° SSE of
Anjozorobe
;
18°28′24″ S
,
47°57′36″ E
; alt.
1300 m
;
5–13 Dec. 2000
;
Fisher
,
Griswold
et al.
leg.;
Malaise trap
;
montane rainforest
; coll. code:
BLF2372
;
CAS
•
1 ♂
; same collection data as for preceding;
INHS
.
Description
Length of male
6.4–7.4 mm
; female
8.1–8.2 mm
. Dorsum with pair of bold, curved, black lateral stripes extending from crown apex around margins of eyes to lateral margin of pronotum, median longitudinal black stripe on crown thin, broad and ovoid on pronotum; mesonotum and scutellum pale medially, with black basolateral triangles, forewing smoky with black maculae at base and slightly beyond midlength of costal area, veins darker than membrane. Hind tibial rows PD, AD and AV with 23, 16 and 18 macrosetae, respectively. Style apophysis sinuate, slightly broadened distally in ventral view, apex curved dorsomesad and blunt. Connective anterior margin trilobed. Aedeagus with shaft compressed, broad basally in lateral view, evenly curved dorsad and narrowed to blunt apex, bulb-shaped in ventral view, gonopore preapical on posterior surface. Female abdominal sternite VII with posterior margin weakly trilobed, with median lobe slightly shorter than lateral lobes. Second valvulae with dorsal margin forming distinctly angulate peak basad of midlength, dorsal margin slightly concave beyond peak, teeth sharply pointed and alternating between sides.