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<mods:title>New macropterous leafhopper genera and species within the tribe Bonaspeiini from the Fynbos biome of South Africa (Insecta, Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae)</mods:title>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Stiller, Michael</mods:namePart>
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<mods:nameIdentifier type="ORCID">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4880-9760</mods:nameIdentifier>
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<mods:affiliation>Biosystematics Division, Agricultural Research Council, Plant Health and Protection, Private Bag X 134, Queenswood 0121, Pretoria, South Africa</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:nameIdentifier type="email">stillerm@arc.agric.za</mods:nameIdentifier>
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<mods:title>African Invertebrates</mods:title>
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<mods:date>2021</mods:date>
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<mods:number>2021-01-04</mods:number>
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<mods:number>62</mods:number>
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<mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">2305-2562-1-1</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="ZooBank">BF44E5BA47C54562BC408CF482B6BBA7</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="182223186" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:7EE5B450-6062-47C8-B763-CFDA3ED93951" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/56F9E7915CD4586280F8F44F37E02E40" lastPageNumber="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/7EE5B450-6062-47C8-B763-CFDA3ED93951" authority="Stiller, 2021" authorityName="Stiller" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Retevolatus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Retevolatus subspiniverpus" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subspiniverpus" status="sp. nov.">Retevolatus subspiniverpus</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="1">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Dorsal habitus of Retevolatus subspiniverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. specimens from selected localities and similar looking species of Deltocephalinae A-C R. subspiniverpus: A Nuwerus, male, unmarked tegmina B Nuwerus, male, marked tegmina C Nuwerus, female D-E undetermined and unplaced genus and species: D Biesiesfontein, male E Anenous Pass, female F-J Deltocephalinae: F Kaapsehoop, female, Dagama sp. G Kaapsehoop, male, Dagama sp. H Renosterpoort, female, indet. Selenocephalini I Buzzard Mountain, female, indet. Selenocephalini J New Agatha, male, indet. Selenocephalini. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-L)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493727" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 2A-C</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Retevolatus subspiniverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. ovipositor, specimen from Nuwerus A valvula 1 B valvifer 1 C valvula 1, sculpture, subapex D valvula 1, sculpture, midsection E valvula 2 F valvula 3, apex G valvula 2, sculpture, midsection. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, E); 0.05 mm (B-D, F, G)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493730" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 5A-G</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Retevolatus subspiniverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, apex, anterior C connective, dorsal D connective, lateral E style F pygofer, dorsal G pygofer, lateral H subgenital plate I pygofer lobe, lateral J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493734" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 9A-L</figureCitation>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2021-01-01" collectingDateMax="2021-12-31" collectingDateMin="2021-01-01" country="Republic of South Africa" location="Nuwerus" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Western Cape Province" typeStatus="Type">
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<typeStatus>Type</typeStatus>
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locality
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<collectingCountry name="South Africa">Republic of South Africa</collectingCountry>
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<collectingRegion country="South Africa" name="Western Cape">Western Cape Province</collectingRegion>
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:56F9E7915CD4586280F8F44F37E02E40:90BDCC3F426D2ABC36DB3DC6847FB917" country="Republic of South Africa" name="Nuwerus" stateProvince="Western Cape Province">Nuwerus</location>
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; -31.14, 18.35
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<date value="1971-11-10">10 Nov.1971</date>
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, J.G. Theron leg.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="type specimen">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type specimen.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holotype male, pinned, with genitalia in a separate microvial. Original label: "South Africa, Nuwerus, 10-11-71, J.G. Theron" "SANC Pretoria Dbase CCDL27852" (blue paper).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="paratypes">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Paratypes.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">29♂♂, 16♀♀</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">South Africa • 29♂♂, 16♀♀; ibid holotype. SANC, BMNH, INHS.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Male aedeagus with shaft strongly curvate, C-shaped, subapex dorsally with single, straight, narrow, right-angled anterodorsad, sclerotized process; gonopore apical, incised between lateral margins; shaft with lateral margins coarsely denticulate (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Retevolatus subspiniverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, apex, anterior C connective, dorsal D connective, lateral E style F pygofer, dorsal G pygofer, lateral H subgenital plate I pygofer lobe, lateral J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493734" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">9A, B</figureCitation>
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). Style apophysis straight (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Retevolatus subspiniverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, apex, anterior C connective, dorsal D connective, lateral E style F pygofer, dorsal G pygofer, lateral H subgenital plate I pygofer lobe, lateral J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493734" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">9E</figureCitation>
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). Connective elongate (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Retevolatus subspiniverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, apex, anterior C connective, dorsal D connective, lateral E style F pygofer, dorsal G pygofer, lateral H subgenital plate I pygofer lobe, lateral J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493734" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">9C</figureCitation>
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), ratio of length to width 3.4-3.7; stem length to arm length 2.1-2.3. Pygofer process present basally on pygofer lobe, sublinear, acuminate, tubular, moderately sclerotized, orientation dorsoposteriad (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Retevolatus subspiniverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, apex, anterior C connective, dorsal D connective, lateral E style F pygofer, dorsal G pygofer, lateral H subgenital plate I pygofer lobe, lateral J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493734" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">9F, G, I</figureCitation>
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). Female sternite 7 with wide, shallow V-shaped notch, sternite distally narrower than base (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Retevolatus subspiniverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, apex, anterior C connective, dorsal D connective, lateral E style F pygofer, dorsal G pygofer, lateral H subgenital plate I pygofer lobe, lateral J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493734" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">9J</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Male.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Measurements.</paragraph>
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n=28. Length from apex of crown to apex of tegmina 4.51-4.75 mm. Length from apex of crown to apex of abdomen 3.29-3.61 mm. Crown median length 0.34-0.36 mm. Crown length next to eye 0.28-0.30 mm. Pronotum length 0.52-0.55 mm. Head width across eyes 1.24-1.30 mm. Pronotum width 1.16-1.22 mm. Ocellus diameter 39.3-50.7
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; interocular distance 75.0-89.0
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. Crown angle 120.6-124.1°.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="genitalia">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Genitalia.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pygofer lobe.</emphasis>
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Macrosetae absent, fine setae sparsely on lobe (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Retevolatus subspiniverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, apex, anterior C connective, dorsal D connective, lateral E style F pygofer, dorsal G pygofer, lateral H subgenital plate I pygofer lobe, lateral J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493734" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">9G, I</figureCitation>
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). Process origin is subapically on ventral margin of pygofer lobe, sublinear, acuminate, tubular, moderately sclerotized, orientation dorsoposteriad. Pygofer lobe desclerotized, acutely angled triangle, desclerotized lobe obscure, mediad of lobe (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Retevolatus subspiniverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, apex, anterior C connective, dorsal D connective, lateral E style F pygofer, dorsal G pygofer, lateral H subgenital plate I pygofer lobe, lateral J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493734" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">9I</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Subgenital plate.</paragraph>
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Length to width 2.0-2.2 times longer than width at confluence of subgenital plate and valve. Macrosetae 9-15, variable between left and right plate. Apex of style extended half way into subgenital plate (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Retevolatus subspiniverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, apex, anterior C connective, dorsal D connective, lateral E style F pygofer, dorsal G pygofer, lateral H subgenital plate I pygofer lobe, lateral J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493734" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">9H</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aedeagus.</paragraph>
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Dorsal apodeme digitate, reflexed anteriad; preatrium absent; subapex dorsally with straight, right-angled, elongate, anterodorsad process (process sometimes broken, see Discussion below) (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Retevolatus subspiniverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, apex, anterior C connective, dorsal D connective, lateral E style F pygofer, dorsal G pygofer, lateral H subgenital plate I pygofer lobe, lateral J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493734" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">9A, B</figureCitation>
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). Shaft narrowly curvate, angle subtended by arc 87.1-134.3°, incised apically along dorsal and ventral margins bordering gonopore; laterally with coarse denticulation.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Connective.</paragraph>
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Elongate, ratio length to width 3.4-3.7; stem length to arm length 2.1-2.3 (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Retevolatus subspiniverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, apex, anterior C connective, dorsal D connective, lateral E style F pygofer, dorsal G pygofer, lateral H subgenital plate I pygofer lobe, lateral J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493734" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">9C</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Style.</paragraph>
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Apophysis straight (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Retevolatus subspiniverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, apex, anterior C connective, dorsal D connective, lateral E style F pygofer, dorsal G pygofer, lateral H subgenital plate I pygofer lobe, lateral J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493734" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">9E</figureCitation>
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), length of apophysis 0.3-0.4 times greatest length through sagittal plane.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Female.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Measurements.</emphasis>
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n=15. Length from apex of crown to apex of tegmina 4.97-5.23 mm. Length from apex of crown to apex of abdomen 3.96-4.14 mm. Crown median length 0.38-0.41 mm. Crown length next to eye 0.31-0.33 mm. Pronotum length 0.57-0.59 mm. Head width across eyes 1.36-1.42 mm. Pronotum width 1.26-1.33 mm. Ocellus diameter 43.2-56.6
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; interocular distance 89.3-103.9
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. Crown angle 118.7-122.5°.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Genital capsule.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Sternite 7.</emphasis>
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V-shaped notch (Fig.
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), relative depth of notch 0.38-0.45 times greatest length of sternite 7; ratio of length to width 0.56-0.65.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Valvifer 1.</paragraph>
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Dorsal margin widely curvate, ventral margin more strongly curvate; anterior margin rounded, posterior margin acute (Figs
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Retevolatus subspiniverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. ovipositor, specimen from Nuwerus A valvula 1 B valvifer 1 C valvula 1, sculpture, subapex D valvula 1, sculpture, midsection E valvula 2 F valvula 3, apex G valvula 2, sculpture, midsection. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, E); 0.05 mm (B-D, F, G)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493730" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">5B</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Retevolatus subspiniverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, apex, anterior C connective, dorsal D connective, lateral E style F pygofer, dorsal G pygofer, lateral H subgenital plate I pygofer lobe, lateral J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493734" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">9K, L</figureCitation>
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). Ratio of length to width 1.85-2.04.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="valvula 1">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Valvula 1.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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Shape in Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Retevolatus subspiniverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. ovipositor, specimen from Nuwerus A valvula 1 B valvifer 1 C valvula 1, sculpture, subapex D valvula 1, sculpture, midsection E valvula 2 F valvula 3, apex G valvula 2, sculpture, midsection. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, E); 0.05 mm (B-D, F, G)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493730" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">5A</figureCitation>
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. Detail of sculpture, striate, at subapex (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Retevolatus subspiniverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. ovipositor, specimen from Nuwerus A valvula 1 B valvifer 1 C valvula 1, sculpture, subapex D valvula 1, sculpture, midsection E valvula 2 F valvula 3, apex G valvula 2, sculpture, midsection. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, E); 0.05 mm (B-D, F, G)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493730" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">5C</figureCitation>
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), midsection (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Retevolatus subspiniverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. ovipositor, specimen from Nuwerus A valvula 1 B valvifer 1 C valvula 1, sculpture, subapex D valvula 1, sculpture, midsection E valvula 2 F valvula 3, apex G valvula 2, sculpture, midsection. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, E); 0.05 mm (B-D, F, G)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493730" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">5D</figureCitation>
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).
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="valvifer 2">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Valvifer 2.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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Similar to valvifer 2 in Figs
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Retevolatus gen. nov. & sp. nov. detail of ovipositor A-C R. flexiverpus sp. nov. A valvifer 1, specimen 92, Garies B valvifer 1, specimen 99, Garies C valvula 3, apex, Garies D-K R. semicurviverpus sp. nov. detail of ovipositor, specimens from Biesiesfontein D valvula 1 E valvula 2 F valvifer 1 G valvula 2, midsection serration H valvula 2, apex, serration I valvula 3, apex J valvifer 2 K valvifer 3. Scale bars: 0.05 mm (A-C, F-J); 0.5 mm (D-E, K)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493729" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">4J</figureCitation>
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.
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="valvula 2">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Valvula 2.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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Shape in Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Retevolatus subspiniverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. ovipositor, specimen from Nuwerus A valvula 1 B valvifer 1 C valvula 1, sculpture, subapex D valvula 1, sculpture, midsection E valvula 2 F valvula 3, apex G valvula 2, sculpture, midsection. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, E); 0.05 mm (B-D, F, G)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493730" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">5E</figureCitation>
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. Detail of serration and sculpture at subapex in Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Retevolatus subspiniverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. ovipositor, specimen from Nuwerus A valvula 1 B valvifer 1 C valvula 1, sculpture, subapex D valvula 1, sculpture, midsection E valvula 2 F valvula 3, apex G valvula 2, sculpture, midsection. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, E); 0.05 mm (B-D, F, G)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493730" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">5G</figureCitation>
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.
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="valvula 3">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Valvula 3.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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Macrosetae 4-5 in number (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Retevolatus subspiniverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. ovipositor, specimen from Nuwerus A valvula 1 B valvifer 1 C valvula 1, sculpture, subapex D valvula 1, sculpture, midsection E valvula 2 F valvula 3, apex G valvula 2, sculpture, midsection. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, E); 0.05 mm (B-D, F, G)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493730" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">5F</figureCitation>
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), 36.8-66.1
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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Named for the subapical position of the spine on the aedeagal shaft, in Latin. Under,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">subter</emphasis>
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, spine,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">spinus</emphasis>
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, aedeagus,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">verpa</emphasis>
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. Gender masculine.
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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Nuwerus, Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Distribution models for Retevolatus gen. nov. and Flavorubivolatus gen. nov. and distribution maps of some associated plants A potential natural distribution in south western part of South Africa (Western and Northern Cape Province), R. flexiverpus sp. nov., red square, R. semicurviverpus sp. nov., green circle, R. subspiniverpus sp. nov., blue triangle B potential natural distribution in south western part of South Africa (Western Cape Province), Flavorubivolatus spp, F. glabriverpus sp. nov., green square, F. tensiverpus sp. nov., red circle, F. curtiverpus sp. nov., yellow triangle C Salvia lanceolata D Phylica oleifolia E Seriphium saxatilis F Myrovernix intricata G Selago pustulosa." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493743" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">18A</figureCitation>
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, blue triangle.
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="discussion">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Discussion.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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The aedeagus of this species is strongly curved, with a subapical, right-angled dorsoanteriad process. Both or part of the apex and process of the shaft were damaged randomly in seven of 11 dissected of specimens, i.e. the process was broken at the base in four and broken at the apex in one specimen, and the shaft apex was partially or entirely damaged in two specimens. The pygofer process origin is ventrally and basally on the pygofer lobe, orientation posteriad, tubular and apex acuminate. The sternite 7 of this species (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Retevolatus subspiniverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, apex, anterior C connective, dorsal D connective, lateral E style F pygofer, dorsal G pygofer, lateral H subgenital plate I pygofer lobe, lateral J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493734" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">9J</figureCitation>
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) has a similar V-shaped, shallow notch to that of
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<taxonomicName genus="R." lsidName="R. flexiverpus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="flexiverpus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">R. flexiverpus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral, Brakwater B aedeagus, lateral, Garies C aedeagus, lateral, Ceres D aedeagus, apex, Ceres E aedeagus, gonopore, lateral, Ceres F aedeagus, gonopore, anterior, Ceres G connective H style I subgenital plate J pygofer, Clanwilliam K pygofer, Clanwilliam L sternite 7, Garies M sternite 7, Piketberg N sternite 7, Garies O valvifer 1, left, Garies, specimen 99 P valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 99 Q valvifer 1, left Garies, specimen 92 R valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 92." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493731" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6L</figureCitation>
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), but is narrowed distally, even more than in Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. & sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral, Brakwater B aedeagus, lateral, Garies C aedeagus, lateral, Ceres D aedeagus, apex, Ceres E aedeagus, gonopore, lateral, Ceres F aedeagus, gonopore, anterior, Ceres G connective H style I subgenital plate J pygofer, Clanwilliam K pygofer, Clanwilliam L sternite 7, Garies M sternite 7, Piketberg N sternite 7, Garies O valvifer 1, left, Garies, specimen 99 P valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 99 Q valvifer 1, left Garies, specimen 92 R valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 92." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493731" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6M</figureCitation>
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. The valvifer 1 is more elongated than in the other species of
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<taxonomicName authority="Stiller, 2021" authorityName="Stiller" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Retevolatus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Retevolatus" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Retevolatus</emphasis>
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.
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</treatment>
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