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<emphasis id="6BC1EA837D4FFFD2FF116BA3FE82FE79" bold="true" box="[151,370,413,439]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Vilargus simulans</emphasis>
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(
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).
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<emphasis id="6BC1EA837D4FFFD2FF116834FEE7FDEA" bold="true" box="[151,279,522,548]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Aedeagal shaft with subbasal, ventrolateral, narrow spine. Plate rectangular.
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<emphasis id="6BC1EA837D4FFFD2FF436811FEA2FD87" bold="true" box="[197,338,559,585]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Etymology.</emphasis>
Latin,
<emphasis id="6BC1EA837D4FFFD2FE23680EFDEDFD87" box="[421,541,560,585]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">simulatus,</emphasis>
imitate, copy, for the similarity of the plate to that of
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<emphasis id="6BC1EA837D4FFFD2FF43686BFE9CFDA1" bold="true" box="[197,364,597,623]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Colour. Male</emphasis>
. Ochraceous, few or no fuscous markings dorsally (all examined material collected into alcohol).
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<emphasis id="6BC1EA837D4FFFD2FF4368A1FE54FD77" bold="true" box="[197,420,671,697]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Male. Dimensions</emphasis>
. (n=32) Length from apex of vertex to apex of tegmina 2.0
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, length from apex of vertex to apex of abdomen
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, median length of vertex
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, length of vertex next to eye
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, length of pronotum
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, width of head
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, width of pronotum
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, diameter of ocellus 28 µm, ocellocular distance 3744 µm.
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Aedeagus ventrally, shaft arising from preatrium, spine arising ventrolaterally, subbasally on shaft, spine about half as long as shaft; dorsal apodeme produced laterally, with sclerotized concave margin; gonopore apical, posterior (
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). Connective with arms slightly asymmetric, one arm shorter, more curved than other, straight arm; stem triangular, about as long as arms (
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). Style with anterior medial arm short, not reaching much beyond base of apophysis, approximately right-angled to base; apophysis digitate, apex pointed (
<figureCitation id="C18E2A147D4FFFD2FE2369CEFE0EFBC4" box="[421,510,1008,1034]" captionStart="FIGURES 8691" captionStartId="21.[151,275,1011,1035]" captionTargetBox="[209,1393,201,969]" captionTargetId="figure-381@21.[189,1412,194,972]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="FIGURES 8691. Vilargus simulans sp. n. Male genitalia. 86, aedeagus, ventrally; 87, aedeagus, laterally; 88, connective; 89, style; 90, plate; 91, pygofer, laterally (scale = 0.1 mm)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5301698" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5301698/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Fig. 89</figureCitation>
). Plate generally rectangular, short, medial and posterior margins right-angled, lateral margin slightly convergent; 24 macrosetae (
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). Pygofer about rectangular; posteroventral margin rounded (
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). Pygofer lobe acutely triangular, subbasal (
<figureCitation id="C18E2A147D4FFFD2FC3D6E04FBE3FB9A" box="[955,1043,1082,1108]" captionStart="FIGURES 8691" captionStartId="21.[151,275,1011,1035]" captionTargetBox="[209,1393,201,969]" captionTargetId="figure-381@21.[189,1412,194,972]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="FIGURES 8691. Vilargus simulans sp. n. Male genitalia. 86, aedeagus, ventrally; 87, aedeagus, laterally; 88, connective; 89, style; 90, plate; 91, pygofer, laterally (scale = 0.1 mm)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5301698" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5301698/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Fig. 91</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="6BC1EA837D4FFFD2FF436E61FED7FBB7" bold="true" box="[197,295,1119,1145]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Female.</emphasis>
Unknown.
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<emphasis id="6BC1EA837D4FFFD2FF436EBBFE39FB51" bold="true" box="[197,457,1157,1183]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Material examined.</emphasis>
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male.
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, site #31,
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, MDTP survey, sweeping (
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)
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.
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, site #32,
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;
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(
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<paragraph id="590A36917D4FFFD2FF436F01FD1BF901" blockId="13.[151,1440,522,1743]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<emphasis id="6BC1EA837D4FFFD2FF436F01FEB0FA97" bold="true" box="[197,320,1343,1369]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="6BC1EA837D4FFFD2FECC6F7EFDD2FA97" box="[330,546,1344,1369]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Vilargus simulans</emphasis>
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is very similar in external appearance and shape of the plate to that of
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<emphasis id="6BC1EA837D4FFFD2FA006F7EFEC0FAB0" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">V. trunculicans</emphasis>
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. However the male genitalia, specifically the aedeagus, are distinctly different in these two species. In
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<emphasis id="6BC1EA837D4FFFD2FE9F6FB5FE37FA6A" box="[281,455,1419,1444]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">V. trunculicans</emphasis>
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the aedeagal shaft in dorsal view is positioned laterad of the midline, with a process that is longer than the shaft, arising from the opposite side of the preatrium (
<figureCitation id="C18E2A147D4FFFD2FB8B6F8EFB49FA04" box="[1037,1209,1456,1482]" captionStart="FIGURES 104115" captionStartId="23.[151,271,1933,1957]" captionTargetBox="[206,1372,683,1908]" captionTargetId="figure-306@23.[206,1380,679,1912]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURES 104115. Vilargus trunculicans sp. n. Male and female genitalia. 104, aedeagus, ventrally; 105, aedeagus, laterally; 106, connective; 107, style; 108, plate; 109, pygofer, dorsally; 110, pygofer, laterally; 111115, female, sternite 7 (scale = 0.1 mm)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5301702" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5301702/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Figs. 104, 105</figureCitation>
). In
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<emphasis id="6BC1EA837D4FFFD2FB6B6F8EFA81FA07" box="[1261,1393,1456,1481]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">V.simulans</emphasis>
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the aedeagal shaft arises on the midline, and has a process that is about half as long as the shaft, arising subbasally and ventrolaterally from the shaft (
<figureCitation id="C18E2A147D4FFFD2FDB26FC4FD4EF9DA" box="[564,702,1530,1556]" captionStart="FIGURES 8691" captionStartId="21.[151,275,1011,1035]" captionTargetBox="[209,1393,201,969]" captionTargetId="figure-381@21.[189,1412,194,972]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="FIGURES 8691. Vilargus simulans sp. n. Male genitalia. 86, aedeagus, ventrally; 87, aedeagus, laterally; 88, connective; 89, style; 90, plate; 91, pygofer, laterally (scale = 0.1 mm)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5301698" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5301698/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Figs 86, 87</figureCitation>
). No other species of
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<emphasis id="6BC1EA837D4FFFD2FC446FC5FBD4F9DA" box="[962,1060,1531,1556]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Vilargus</emphasis>
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has a process of similar length. So far
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<emphasis id="6BC1EA837D4FFFD2FF6C6C1EFE85F9F7" box="[234,373,1568,1593]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">V. simulans</emphasis>
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has been recorded from Qachasnek and Sehlabathebe, whereas
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<emphasis id="6BC1EA837D4FFFD2FB0A6C1EFAB3F9F7" box="[1164,1347,1568,1593]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">V. trunculicans</emphasis>
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occurs further north in a number of provinces. Some male and female specimens of
<taxonomicName id="9EB54D127D4FFFD2FB9C6C7BFB48F990" authorityName="Stiller" authorityYear="2010" box="[1050,1208,1605,1630]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Vilargus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pumilicans">
<emphasis id="6BC1EA837D4FFFD2FB9C6C7BFB48F990" box="[1050,1208,1605,1630]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">V. pumilicans</emphasis>
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were also recorded from Qachasnek. No significant differences in colour and shape of the sternite 7 between females from the
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locality and females of
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<emphasis id="6BC1EA837D4FFFD2FE786CAEFD56F967" box="[510,678,1680,1705]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">V. pumilicans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are recognized. Therefore a female cannot be assigned to
<taxonomicName id="9EB54D127D4FFFD2FA036CAEFF0FF900" authorityName="Stiller" authorityYear="2010" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Vilargus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="simulans">
<emphasis id="6BC1EA837D4FFFD2FA036CAEFF0FF900" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">V. simulans</emphasis>
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. No deformed specimens were examined.
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