Kelyflata ilakakae, Świerczewski & Stroiński, 2019

Świerczewski, Dariusz & Stroiński, Adam, 2019, Kelyflata gen. nov. adds to Selizini flatids in Madagascar (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae), Zootaxa 4712 (3), pp. 434-444 : 441-442

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4712.3.9

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scientific name

Kelyflata ilakakae
status

sp. nov.

Kelyflata ilakakae View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 23–28 View FIGURES 23–28 , 29 View FIGURE 29 )

Etymology. The specific epithets is derived from the name of locus typicus of the species—Ilakaka, a small town in Ihorombe Region in the south western part of Madagascar.

Diagnosis. The species differs from Kelyflata capensis by the following characters of male terminalia: anal tube club-like (anal tube elongate end ensiform in K. capensis ); genital style ovoid (genital style triangular in K. capensis ); periandrium stout, with rounded apex (periandrium elongate, tapering apicad in K. capensis ); dorsal part of periandrium with median lobe long and narrow (dorsal part of periandrium with median lobe short, club-like in K. capensis ); aedeagus with 2 long processes placed in apical part (aedeagus with 1short process placed medially in K. capensis ).

Description. Measurements. Total length— 6.25 mm. Vertex: ratio A/B = 25.00 Frons: ratio C/E = 0.93; D/E = 1.11. Pronotum: ratio F/B = 11.00. Mesonotum: ratio G/F = 4.36; G/B+F = 4.00; G/H = 0.87. Tegmina: I/J = 4.25; I/K = 2.50.

MALE TERMINALIA. Anal tube, in dorsal view, club-like ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 23–28 ). Pygofer, in lateral view, with bluntly rounded antero-ventral angle; anterior margin shallowly concave, dorsal margin descendent and shallowly concave, posterodorsal angle sharp, posterior margin with breaking point before midlength. Genital style ovoid ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 23–28 ). Phallic complex. Periandrium stout, with rounded apex ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 23–28 ). Dorsal part of periandrium, in lateral view, a bit shorter than ventral part, median lobe long and narrow ( Figs 25, 27 View FIGURES 23–28 ). Ventral part of periandrium, in dorsal view, club-like ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 23–28 ). Aedeagus with 2 long processes placed in apical part ( Figs 26, 28 View FIGURES 23–28 ).

FEMALE TERMINALIA. Female unknown.

COLORATION. Similar to that of K. capensis .

Type material. Holotype, ♂: [CASLOT 044750], [ MADAGASCAR: Province / Fianarantsoa, radio tower/ 22 km SW of Ilakaka, near/ Fianarantsoa / Tulear border/ 27 Feb–6 March 2002], [22° 46.75’S, 45° 1.50’E / coll: M. Irwin, R. Harin’Hala/ California Acad of Sciences / malaise in Uapacca forest / elev 1100 m, MA- 02-12-10], [HO- LOTYPE], [ Kelyflata ilakakae sp. nov /det. D. Świerczewski & A. Stroiński]—(dry-mounted, abdomen dissected, terminalia in the vial pinned below the specimen, CAS). GoogleMaps

Distribution and habitat. Madagascar: Fianarantsoa province ( Fig. 29 View FIGURE 29 ). The species is associated with Uapaca (tapia) woody formation.

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Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Flatidae

Genus

Kelyflata

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