Revision of the Oriental and Australian Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) 2844
Author
C. A. Viraktamath
text
Zootaxa
2011
2011-04-29
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Sangeeta dlabolai
sp. nov.
Figs 532–534
Color.
Pale brown. Two spots on vertex closer to eyes than to each other, median stripe extending to tip of inverted V-shaped ridge on face and two larger spots on anterior pronotal depressions, black. Apical half of clypellus, two submargnal stripes on frontoclypeus, ventral margin of ridge on face, inner margins of ocelli, median narrow stripe on pronotum, large spots with irregular margin on posterior half of pronotum, two triangular spots at basal angels and median stripe on scutellum, fuscous. Abdominal sterna, legs and scutellum, ochraceous.
FIGURES 525–534.
Species of
Sangeeta
gen. nov.
: 525–531.
Sangeeta dentata
sp. nov.
: 525. Head and thorax; 526. Face showing dorsal striations; 527. Male genital capsule, lateral view; 528. Aedeagus, lateral view; 529. Aedeagus, posteroventral view; 530. Connective, anterodorsal view; 531. Style, dorsal view; 531a. Style, lateral view; 532–534.
Sangeeta dlabolai
sp. nov.
: 532. Aedeagus, lateral view; 533. Aedeagus, anterior view; 534. Connective, anterodorsal view.
Morphology.
Pronotum shorter than scutellum, anterior pronotal depressions shallow.
Male genitalia.
Resemble those of
S. sarawakensis
(see below). Subgenital plates elongate, with two stout macrosetae and 6–8 slender but conspicuous setae. Aedeagal shaft in lateral view more slender compared to that in
S. sarawakensis
measuring
0.49 mm
in thickness compared to
0.70 mm
in the latter; in cephalic view hood-like expansion with smoothly rounded lateral margins.
Measurements.
Male
5.4–5.6 mm
long,
1.6–1.7 mm
wide across eyes.
Material examined.
LAOS
:
HOLOTYPE
♂
,
Samaboury Prov.
: Samaboury,
15.i.1966
,
Native
collector,
Randon-Bishop Collection
,
Malaise Trap
(
BPBM
)
.
PARATYPE
:
1 ♂
, same data as holotype except
17.ii.1965
(
BPBM
)
.
Remarks.
S. dlabolai
closely resembles
S. sarawakensis
(see below) but can be distinguished by the shallow pronotal depressions, color markings on the pronotum and scutellum and by the slender aedeagus. The species is named in honour of Dr Jiri Dlabola, a well-known hemipterist.