Taharana caverna, Nielson, 2015

Nielson, M. W., 2015, A revision of the tribe Coelidiini of the Oriental, Palearctic and Australian biogeographical regions (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae), Insecta Mundi 2015 (410), pp. 1-202 : 58-59

Taharana caverna , sp. nov.

( Plate 5C , Fig. 274-281 )

Description. Length. Male 7.40-7.60 mm., female 8.50-8.60 mm.

External morphology. Moderately large, slender species. General color dark brown to black; forewings with small, dark yellow stripes on veins, cells with numerous, dark yellow, irregular shaped markings; mesonotum black with several dark yellow spots; pronotum black with dark yellow bullae; crown black with dark yellow, contiguous line of spots on each side of middle; eyes light brown; face light to dark brown; clypeus dark brown; clypellus light brown with dark brown markings medially; head narrower than pronotum, anterior margin obtusely rounded; crown short, narrower than width of eyes, produced anteriorly about ¼ of entire length, convergent basally; eyes large, elongate ovoid; pronotum large, slightly longer medially than crown, dorsal surface bullated; mesonotum large, about half longer medially than pronotum; clypeus long, narrow, lateral margins broadly convex; clypellus long, narrow, apex flared laterally.

Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view with dorsal margin excavated, long sharply pointed caudodorsal process, caudoventral process long, twisted medially, glabrous ( Fig. 274 ), in dorsal view processes long, narrow throughout ( Fig. 275 ); aedeagus long, inflated in basal 2/ 5 in dorsal view, tubular in distal 3/5, broadly curved in lateral view, small teeth on dorsal margin within distal fifth, gonopore near middle ( Fig. 276, 277 ); style small, short narrow apophysis ( Fig. 278, 279 ); dorsal connective moderately long, extremely narrow ( Fig. 276, 277 ); connective large, anterior arms short, extended laterally, outer margins extended anterior to anterior margin of membrane, medial ridge absent; stem small, digitate ( Fig. 280 ); subgenital plate long, somewhat narrow, glabrous ( Fig. 281 ).

Female. Segment VII large, twice as long as penultimate segment, posterior margin sinuate.

Material examined. Holotype male. MALAYSIA: Perak Cameron Highlands, Batu [=Mile], 19.viii. envir., 04 o 22.2’N., 101 o 20.0’E., 590 m., sweeping/beating along stream, P. Banar, P. Pacholatko & M. Tryzna, leg. 22.iv.2009. / Collection Moravské Museum, Brno ( MMBC) . Paratypes. 2 males, 4 females, same data as holotype ( MMBC, MLBM).

Etymology. The name of the species is descriptive for the excavated caudodorsal margin of the pygofer.

Remarks. This species is easily distinguished by the excavated caudodorsal margin of the pygofer.

Figures

PLATE 5. A-I. Dorsal habitus. (A) Singillatus gracilis, sp. nov.; (B) Singillatus ventrospinatus, sp. nov.; (C) Taharana caverna, sp. nov.; (D) Taharana sublamina, sp. nov.; (E) Taharana abstrusa, sp. nov.; (F) Taharana biunca, sp. nov.; (G) Taharana lacertosa, sp. nov.; (H) Taharana biavicula, sp. nov.; (I) Taharana brevicutata, sp. nov.

Figures 274-281. Genitalia, Taharana caverna, sp. nov. 274) Male pygofer, lateral view. 275) Pygofer caudodorsal processes, dorsal view. 276) Aedeagus and dorsal connective, lateral view. 277) Aedeagus and dorsal connective, dorsal view. 278) Style, lateral view. 279) Style, dorsal view. 280) Connective, caudal view. 281) Subgenital plate, ventral view.