Pallijassus reticulatus ( Evans, 1959 ) 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 : 17

Pallijassus reticulatus ( Evans, 1959) comb. nov.

Fig. 20

Platyjassus reticulatus Evans, 1959: 500 .

Material examined

Holotype

MADAGASCAR • ♂ ( Fig. 20 ); “ Type [circle red label]”, “Andobo 190m \ forêt Antsingy \ det Antsalova \ - II-57 P. Griv[eaud].”, “Institut \ scientifique \ MADAGASCAR ”, “Museum Paris \ MNHN ( EH) \ 2358”, “ Platyjassus \ reticulatus Evans \ J. W. Evans det., 1955[?]”, “ABDOMEN \ DISSECTED BY \ O. EVANGELISTA \ ♂ \ O. Evangelista det. ‘17”; MNHN ( EH) 2358.

Paratype (according to original description)

MADAGASCAR • ♂; “ PARATYPE [blue label]”, “Institut \ scientifique \ MADAGASCAR ”, “Museum Paris \ MNHN ( EH) \ 2360”, “Analavelona \ 1320 m ”, “ Platyjassus \ reticulatus Evans \ J. W. Evans det., 1958”; MNHN .

Other material

MADAGASCAR • 2 ♀♀; Toliara, Bereboka , 60 km NE of Morondava; 18–23 May 1983; J.S. Noyes and M.C. Day leg.; B.M. 1983-201; BMNH .

Description

Length of male 10.0 mm; female 12.3 mm. Dorsum with midline of crown paler than adjacent areas, pronotum mottled, basolateral triangles of mesonotum paler than adjacent areas, antennal pedicel and apex of clavus dark brown. Head distinctly shorter than pronotum, anterior margin parabolic. Forewing with supernumerary crossveins numerous and distributed more or less evenly from base to apex. Hind tibial rows PD, AD and AV with 25, 15 and 20 macrosetae, respectively. Male pygofer lobe with apex bluntly angulate. Style apophysis with series of transverse ventral rugae in basal half, apex abruptly curved dorsad. Connective with anterior margin trapezoidally produced. Aedeagus with atrium ovoid in posterior view, shaft narrow basally, broadening distally in ventral view, with conspicuous pair of lateral preapical spines, without anteriorly extended apical flap.

Figures

Fig. 20. Holotype male of Platyjassus reticulatus Evans, 1959 (MNHN(EH) 2358), now placed in Pallijassus gen. nov. A–B. Dorsal and lateral habitus. C. Anterior view of head and thorax. D. Specimen labels. E. Base of abdomen, ventral view. F. Genital capsule, lateral view. G. Same, ventral view. H. Genitalia, ventral view. I. Same, lateral view.