Jamaha, Gnezdilov & O’Brien, 2008

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. & O’Brien, Lois B., 2008, New taxa and combinations in Neotropical Issidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea), Insecta Mundi 2008 (31), pp. 1-26 : 24-25

GENUS Jamaha gen. n.

Type species: Poeciloptera elevans Walker 1858 , here designated.

Diagnosis: Metope elongate, enlarged before clypeus, with median carina running through the postclypeus only. Fore wings widely rounded apically. Radius, median, and cubitus anterior bifurcate (R 2 M 2 CuA 2). Hind tibia with single tooth distally.

Male. Hind margin of pygofer with long process medially. Aedeagus without ventral hooks.

Female (Fig. 70-71). Anal tube long and narrow. Anal column very long (about 0.7 as long as anal tube). Gonoplacs rounded, not fused medially. Median field of posterior connective lamina of gonapophyses IX with two areas bearing small denticles inside and large teeth marginally. Lateral fields of the laminae without processes. Gonocoxa VIII with weakly convex hind margin. Endogonocoxal process narrowing apically. Anterior connective lamina of gonapophysis VIII with 3 teeth in apical group and 3 keeled teeth in lateral group.

Etymology: The generic name is a combination of letters derived from the words Jamaica and Haiti. It is feminine in gender.

Composition: According to the structure of the male genitalia, Colpoptera chrysops Fennah, 1955 also belongs to the genus.

Distribution: Jamaica and Haiti.

Comparison: The new genus differs from the closely related genus Colpoptera Burmeister by the following features: aedeagus without ventral hooks, hind margin of pygofer with long process, gonoplacs not fused medially, median field of posterior connective lamina of gonapophyses IX in shape of two fillets bearing denticles and teeth.