Pseudoclastoptera irrubesco Hamilton

Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2014, The old-world Zygonini tr. nov. (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea, Clastopteridae), with new taxa from the related Machaerotinae, Zootaxa 3768 (4), pp. 437-459 : 449

Pseudoclastoptera irrubesco Hamilton sp. nov.

Etymology. irrubesco (verb), Latin for “blush”

Diagnosis. Yellow with contrasting darker venter: black inside antennal pits and frons below these, rest of face and fore coxae brown; legs black with ivory joints; basal two-thirds of male tegmina (except costal plaques) purplish red, only faintly indicated in female; thoracic sterna and male abdominal terga orange red; female abdominal terga and sterna of both sexes orange except yellow apical 3 segments. Coeloconic sensilla few, probably 4 in oval pit ( Fig. 30 C, insert), and globular basiconic sensillum almost entirely withdrawn into deep apical pit. Pectens of hind tibia with 11–13 spines, those of basitarsomere with 8–10 spines, of second tarsomere with 7–9 spines with long setae. Length: male 4.5 mm, female 5.3 mm.

Types. Holotype male, MADAGASCAR: Province d’Antananairivo, 7 km SE Andasibe National Park headquarters, el. 1050m, 18o57.76' S 48o27.16' E, 9–23 April 2001 (R. Harin’Hala) malaise trap in tropical forest, MA–01–08A–06; CASENT 3001984. Paratype: 1 female, same data as holotype, CASENT 3001988; BOLD: CNC#HEM402127. Both types in CAS.

Figures

FIGURES 18 – 32. Antennae of Clastopteridae: Clastopterinae (18 – 20) and Machaerotinae: Hindolini (21 – 23), Machaerotini (24 – 25) and Zygonini (26 – 32, boxed set). A, lateral aspect of head; B, detail of antennal and antenna ledge; C, tip of antenna, showing postpedicel; D, detail of postpedicel showing detail of pits, revealing 4 enclosed coeloconic sensilla in communal pits. 18, Clastoptera; 19, Sepullia; 20, Grellaphia; 21, Chaetophyes; 22, Hindola; 23, Allox; 24, Blastocaena; 25, Irridiculum; 26, Pseudomachaerota cucullata; 27, Zygon, with detail showing basiconic sensilla (b) and coeloconic sensilla (c) of various types (shown in greater detail in Fig. 38); 28, Ambonga lanceolata (Zygonini); 29, Ambonga apicenotata syntype with insert showing sensilla at base of arista; 30, Pseudoclastoptera irrubesco sp. nov., holotype; 31 – 32, Pseudoclastoptera invidia sp. nov., male holotype (32) and unassociated female (31).