Glaberana ampla, 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 : 25-26

Glaberana ampla , sp. nov.

( Plate 2G , Fig. 119-126 )

Description. Length. Male 8.10 mm., female unknown.

External morphology. Moderately large, robust species. General color brown to black; forewing with numerous short, yellow stripes on veins, cells with light yellow markings; mesonotum black with yellow spots; pronotum black with yellow bullae; crown light yellow, 2 orange square transverse spots medially next to outer margins, eyes ivory; face ivory, orange longitudinal stripe next to inner lateral margins; clypellus with medial orange spot; head narrower than pronotum, anterior margin broadly rounded; crown long, narrow, narrower than width of eyes, produced slightly anteriorly, lateral margins convergent basally; eyes very large, semiglobular; pronotum short, length medially less than length of crown; surface bullated; mesonotum large, about twice as long medially as pronotum; clypeus long, broad, lateral margins broadly convex; clypellus narrow, inflated longitudinally medially, apex flared laterally.

Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view large, triangular, large lobe apically, sparsely setose caudoventrally ( Fig. 119 ); aedeagus long, tubular, shaft broadly curved in lateral view, somewhat inflated in basal ¼ in dorsal and lateral views, very small teeth on dorsal margin near apex, gonopore medial ( Fig. 120, 121 ); style short with slender apophysis ( Fig. 122, 123 ); dorsal connective long, very narrow ( Fig. 120, 121 ); connective broad, anterior arms membranous in basal half, medial ridge short, complete, stem small, lobed ( Fig. 124 ); subgenital plate very long, broad, with long spine apically, setose from 4/7 to 6/7 on inner lateral margin ( Fig. 125 ).

Material examined. Holotype male. THAILAND: Nakhon Nayok, Khao Yai NP, valley at entrance / Huay Pak Chee, 14 o 27.115’N 101 o 27.951’E., 733 m., pan trap, / 11-12.xi.2006, Pong Sandao, leg. T986 ( QSBG).

Etymology. The name of the species is descriptive for the very large subgenital plate and pygofer.

Remarks. Among species with long subgenital plate and prominent apical spine, G. ampla can be distinguished by the following combination of characters: large triangulate pygofer with large apical lobe, inflated aedeagal shaft in basal ¼ and broad connective with narrow, membranous anterior arms.

Figures

PLATE 2. A-I. Dorsal habitus. (A) Creberulidia corniger, sp. nov.; (B) Creberulidia penicula, sp. nov.; (C) Glaberana dentilamina, sp. nov.; (D) Glaberana penita, sp. nov.; (E) Glaberana longilamina, sp. nov.; (F) Glaberana spadix, sp. nov.; (G) Glaberana ampla, sp. nov.; (H) Glaberana stylafurcata, sp. nov.; (I) Hamusolidia introrsa, sp. nov.

Figures 119-126. Genitalia, Glaberana ampla, sp. nov. 119) Male pygofer, lateral view. 120) Aedeagus and dorsal connective, lateral view. 121) Aedeagus and dorsal connective, dorsal view. 122) Style, lateral view. 123) Style, dorsal view. 124) Connective, caudal view. 125) Subgenital plate, ventral view. 126) Subgenital plate, apex, lateral view.