Stegelytra Mulsant and Rey, 1855

Wei, C., Zhang, Y. - L. & Webb, M. D., 2006, New synonymy in the leafhopper genus Stegelytra Mulsant and Rey and description of a new genus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Stegelytrinae), Journal of Natural History 40 (35 - 37), pp. 2057-2069 : 2061-2062

Stegelytra Mulsant and Rey

Stegelytra Mulsant and Rey 1855, p 224 . Type species: S. alticeps Mulsant and Rey. Iberia Kirkaldy 1907, p 40. Type species: S. bolivari Signoret , synonymy reinstated. Iraquerus Ghauri 1972, p 207. Type species: I. neveosparus Ghauri , syn. nov.

Remarks

Kirkaldy (1907) separated Iberia from Stegelytra based on the following characteristics: the anterior vertex shape, the shape of the anterior and posterior margins of the pronotum, and the number of subapical cells of the fore wing. These characters are considered either inaccurate or too unreliable to be used for diagnosing genera. For example, in reticulate fore wings the number of cells can vary between individuals of the same species.

Checklist of Stegelytra Localities after Nast (1972); type locality first mentioned. Stegelytra Mulsant and Rey 1855, p 224 . Type species: S. alticeps Mulsant and Rey , by original designation. Iberia Kirkaldy 1907, p 40, synonymy reinstated. Type species: I. bolivari Signoret , by original designation. Iraqerus Ghauri 1972, p 207 , syn. nov. Type species: I. neveosparsus Ghauri , by original designation. albofasciata Linnavuori 1962, p 59, Figure 34f ( Israel). alticeps Mulsant and Rey 1855, p 225 , Figures 15, 16 (Provence, France; Portugal; Spain); Ribaut 1952, p 321, Figures 856–862. psimmythimas Walker 1851, p 8935 Psimmythimas Amyot 1848, p 416 [non binomen]; (syn. by Ribaut 1952, p 321, as psymmitimas [sic] Signoret, 1880) ( France). bolivari ( Signoret 1880, p 203, Plate 7, Figure 67) ( Iberia) ( Spain). gavoyi Ribaut 1952, p 322, Figure 867 (Languedoc, France). neveosparsa ( Ghauri 1972, p 207–208, Figures 1–11 ) ( Iraqerus ), comb. nov. ( Iraq). sororcula Dlabola 1974, p 49 –50, Figures 40, 41 ( Iran), syn. nov. putoni Mulsant and Rey 1875, p 169 (Provence, France; Italy (also Sicily); Morocco; Portugal; Spain; Yugoslavia). erythoneura [sic] Haupt 1924, p 229, Figure 1 ( Israel); syn. by Dlabola 1963, p 328 (as erythrocephala [sic]).

Stegelytra neveosparsa (Ghauri) comb. nov. ( Figures 1–14 ) Iraqerus neveosparsus Ghauri 1972, p 207 –208, Figures 1–11 . Stegelytra sororcula Dlabola 1974, p 49 –50, Figures 40, 41 ( Iran), syn. nov.

Material examined

Iraq: type series of I. neveosparsus Ghauri ( BMNH) .

Biology

Host-plants: Quercus aegilops , Q. libani , and Q. infectoria . Remarks

To the original description the following can be added: vertex and face shagreened, genae rugose; face ventrally hairy; fore wings with adjacent inner margins of clavus elevated and adpressed (with wings in rest position); appendix of fore wing narrow ( Figure 2 ); legs densely hairy; male genitalia with segment X lightly sclerotized; pygofer solidly attached to the valve along its lateral margin and with a short perpendicular hyaline band adjacent to the valve ( Figure 8 ); subgenital plate with a small dorso-lateral basal process articulating with the pygofer membrane; aedeagus with shaft laterally compressed ( Figure 12 ); dorsal connective firmly attached to aedeagus ( Figure 11 ), plate-like in antero/posterior view ( Figures 12, 13 ); female with second valvifers (in part) and third valvulae (entirely) exposed ( Figure 14 ).

Figures

Figures 33–38. Daochia bicornis sp. n. (33, 34) Connective and paramere, dorsal and ventral view, respectively. (35, 36) Aedeagus posterior and left lateral view, respectively. (37, 38) Apex of aedeagal shaft, anterior and posterior view, respectively.

Figures 15–27. Daochia reticulata sp. n. (15) Head and thorax, dorsal view. (16) Face, male. (17) Face, female. (18) Fore wing. (19) Apical part of female abdomen, ventral view. (20) Second valvulae, left lateral view. (21) First valvulae, left lateral view. (22) Valve and subgenital plate, ventral view. (23) Aedeagus, paramere, and connective, dorsal view. (24) Male genital capsule and anal tube, left lateral view. (25) Aedeagus, left lateral view. (26) Aedeagus, posterior view. (27) Detail of antero-ventral corner of male pygofer, lateral view.

Figures 1–14. Stegelytra neveosparsus (Ghauri) (1–3, 5–7, 9–11, 13 from original; 4, 8 modified from original). (1) Dorsal habitus. (2) Fore wing. (3) Hind wing. (4) Face. (5) Connective. (6) Apex of hind femur, lateral view. (7) Apex of hind tibia and first tarsomere. (8) Male genital capsule and anal tube, lateral view. (9) Subgenital plate. (10) Style. (11–13) Aedeagus, lateral, posterior, and ventral view, respectively. (14) Apex of female abdomen, ventral view.

Figures 39–44. Daochia fyanensis sp. n. (39) Antero-ventral area of male pygofer, left lateral view. (40) Posterodorsal area of male pygofer and anal tube, left lateral view. (41, 42) Aedeagus, posterior and left lateral view, respectively. (43) Connective and paramere, dorsal (left side) and ventral (right side) view. (44) Male pygofer and anal tube, dorsal view.