Phaiojassus spatulatus, Dietrich & Magalhães & Takiya, 2020

Dietrich, Christopher H., Magalhães, Raysa Brito de & Takiya, Daniela M., 2020, Revision of the endemic Malagasy leafhopper tribe Platyjassini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae), European Journal of Taxonomy 695, pp. 1-89 : 25

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.695

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DC24EAB0-DCF5-44A8-B1A0-82BF25D280C2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4342163

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/99676FE5-D671-4867-A135-03B2A6BAD817

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:99676FE5-D671-4867-A135-03B2A6BAD817

treatment provided by

Valdenar

scientific name

Phaiojassus spatulatus
status

gen. et sp. nov.

Phaiojassus spatulatus View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

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Etymology

The species name refers to the spatulate shaft of the aedeagus.

Material examined

Holotype

MADAGASCAR • ♂; “ MADAGASCAR: Province dʼAntisirana , Parc National Montagne dʼAmbre 1125 m, 29 Jan. to 11 Feb. 2001, 12°31′13″S 49°10′45″E, California Acad. of Sciences, Coll: M. Irwin, R. HarinʼHala, malaise trap, MA-01-01D-03”; CAS. GoogleMaps

Description

Length of male 6.2 mm (female unknown). Dorsum uniformly dark brown except for stramineous costal area of forewing, venter pale stramineous. Hind tibial rows PD, AD and AV with 18, 14 and 15 macrosetae, respectively. Style with apex of apophysis sinuate, curved dorsad and then slightly posterad, with short, obtuse preapical angle. Aedeagus with shaft relatively short and broad in lateral and posterior views, evenly curved dorsad, dorsal surface flattened and membranous in distal half, with pair of small, distally extended submedial spines preapically on posterior surface, closely appressed to shaft flanking small preapical gonopore, shaft apex truncate in posterior view.

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

Genus

Phaiojassus

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