A new species of the endemic Chilean leafhopper genus Chileanoscopus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Idiocerinae)
Author
Xue, Qingquan
Author
Mckamey, Stuart H.
Author
Zhang, Yalin
text
Zootaxa
2017
4237
3
567
573
journal article
36372
10.11646/zootaxa.4237.3.6
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Chileanoscopus serrulatus
Xue, McKamey & Zhang
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 1
,
3
)
Description.
Length (including wings): male
4.3–4.4 mm
.
Crown yellowish, with brownish markings. Face stramineous, with brownish and black markings; lateral and base margin of anteclypeus black, apical region brown; base of antenna black (
Fig. 1
C). Female color similar to male, except face without more black markings (
Fig. 1
D).
Male abdomen with tergal apodemes broad, longer than one segment long (
Fig. 3
D).
Male genital. Style lateral lobe rounded, without hook or pointed (
Fig. 3
G). Aedeagal shaft slightly broad, obviously curved dorsally, nearly beyond dorsal apodeme, surface with irregularly serrate (
Figs. 3
E–F).
Material
examined.
Holotype
:
♂
,
Chile
,
San Sebastian
, nr.
Cartagena
, 1961.
v.19
, coll.
N.L.H. Krauss
(
USNM
)
.
Paratypes
:
15♂♂
31♀♀
, same data as holotype (
USNM
)
.
Etymology.
The specific epithet refers to the serrate margins of the aedeagal shaft.
Remarks.
This new species is similar to
C. hichinsi
(
Heller, 1969
)
in body color, but can be distinguished by the serrate aedeagal shaft that is obviously curved dorsally, and the male tergal apodemes slightly longer than the length of one segment.