Creberulidia ordospinosa, 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 : 18-19

Creberulidia ordospinosa , sp. nov.

( Plate 1I , Fig. 69-75 )

Description. Length. Male 8.20-8.90 mm., female unknown.

External morphology. Moderately large, somewhat robust species. General color dark brown to black with veins of forewings marked with very short yellow stripes, cells finely reticulated; mesonotum dark brown to black, with small dark markings; pronotum black with yellow bullae; crown tannish to light brown; eyes tannish to dark brown; face light to dark tannish; clypeus with reddish brown longitudinal stripe on inner lateral margins; clypellus with short reddish medial longitudinal stripe; head narrower than pronotum, anterior margin obtusely angled; crown long, narrow, narrower than width of eyes, slightly produced anteriorly, lateral margins convergent basally; eyes unusually large, semiglobular; pronotum moderately large, slightly shorter medially than crown, surface bullated; mesonotum large, nearly twice as long medially as pronotum; clypeus long, narrow, lateral margins broadly convex; clypellus short, about 1/3 as long as clypeus, narrow, apex flared laterally.

Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view triangulate, apex lobed, glabrous, without caudoventral process ( Fig. 69 ); aedeagus long, tubular, shaft broadly curved in lateral view, angulate subbasally in dorsal view, short row of short setae near middle on lateral margin in dorsal view ( Fig. 70, 71 ), gonopore median; style with short, curved apophysis ( Fig. 72, 73 ); dorsal connective moderately long, narrow ( Fig. 70, 71 ); connective large, broad, arms narrow, medial ridge absent, stem small, ovate ( Fig. 74 ); subgenital plate long, narrow, with very large spine apically, few short setae subapically on outer lateral margin ( Fig. 75 ).

Material examined. Holotype male. THAILAND: Nakhon Nayok, KhaoYai NP, San Jao Khaokaew, 14 o 22.960’N 101 o 22.253’E., 750m., Pan trap, 6-7.iii.2007, Wirat Sukho, leg., T2095 ( QSBG) . Paratypes. 1 male, same data as holotype except Pong Sandao, leg. T2100 ( QSBG) ; 1 male, same data as holotype except 8-9.iii.2007, Pong Sandao, leg., T2097 ( QSBG) ; 2 males, Phetchabun, Khae Kho NP, Mix deciduous forest, 16 o 32.539’N 0 o E., 534 m., / Pan traps, 9-10.vi.2007, Somchai Chachumnan and Saink Singtong, leg., T2447 ( ULKY) ; 1 male, same data as above paratype except 8-9.vi.2007, T2446 ( MLBM) .

Etymology. The name of the species is descriptive for similar setae on the aedeagus and subgenital plate.

Remarks. From C. corniger sp. nov. to which it is similar, C. ordospinosa can be distinguished by the shorter, less slender aedeagal shaft, more robust pygofer without caudoventral process (present in C. corniger ) and short apophysis of the style.

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PLATE 1. A-I. Dorsal habitus. (A) Calodia sinuata, sp. nov.; (B) Calodia sichuanensis, sp. nov.; (C) Calodia vincula, sp. nov.; (D) Calodia bicompressa, sp. nov.; (E) Calodia propennata, sp. nov.; (F) Calodia birama, sp. nov.; (G) Creberulidia multipenicula, sp. nov.; (H) Creberulidia inflata, sp. nov.; (I) Creberulidia ordospinosa, sp. nov.

Figures 69-75. Genitalia, Creberulidia ordospinosa, sp. nov. 69) Male pygofer, lateral view. 70) Aedeagus and dorsal connective, lateral view. 71) Aedeagus and dorsal connective, dorsal view. 72) Style, lateral view. 73) Style, dorsal view. 74) Connective, caudal view. 75) Subgenital plate, ventral view.