Traxus kasparyani, 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 : 13-15

Traxus kasparyani , sp. n. ( Fig. 7 , 43-49 )

Examined material: Mexico: Tamaulipas: Holotype, M, 15 km NNW Cd Viktoria, Rancho Nuevo , 12.XI.1998, D.R. Kasparyan leg. ( ZIN) . Paratypes: 1 M, 2 F, as holotype ( ZIN) ; 1 M, as holotype, 16.X.1998 ( ZIN) ; 1 F, Jaumave , 4.X.1998, D.R. Kasparyan leg. ( ZIN) ; 4 M, 11mi. SW. Cd.Victoria, Hwy. 101, 4000’, 22 July 1976, L.B.O’Brien, G.Wibmer leg. ( LBOB, UNAM) ; 2 F, ca. 25 ml. N.C. Monte Nacimiento del Rio Frio , 31.VII.1970, C.W. O’Brien leg. ( LBOB) ; 1 F, El Limon , XII.30.1968, L.B. & C.W. O’Brien leg. ( LBOB) ; 1 F, 23 mi S Ciudad Victoria , 25.V.1974, C.W. & L. O’Brien & Marshall leg. ( LBOB) ; Nuevo Leon: 2 F, El Chocolate Creek, 9 km N Hualahuises, Hwy. 85, 500 m, 24.V.1977, beating micropilous vegetation, A. N. Garcia-Aldrete leg. ( LBOB) ; 2 M, Hwy. 59, 20 mi. W.Linares, 3250’, 21.VII.1976, C.W. & L.B.O’Brien leg ( LBOB) .

Diagnosis: Metope twice longer than wide, with strongly carinate margins and fine median and sublateral carinae. Sublateral carinae of metope joined apically and basally. Surface of clypeus obtusely angled in lateral view, anterior portion below plane of metope, with median carina. Coryphe transverse, wide and short (3.5 times as wide as long). Pronotum without carinae. Scutellum longer than pronotum, with distinct lateral carinae lying on bosses. Fore wings narrowing to rounded apices, without hypocostal plate. Radius, median, and cubitus anterior bifurcate (R 2 M 2 CuA 2), with many additional branches. Hind wings rudimentary. Hind tibiae with 2 lateral teeth. Metatarsomere I with single intermediate socle setae.

Coloration. General coloration from light grayish brown to dark brown with dark dots. Genae light ( Fig. 7 ). Legs dark.

Male ( Fig. 43-49 ). Anal tube elongate, wide, lateral margins turned down. Anal column very short. Pygofer with convex hind margin. Phallobase wide, weakly curved (in lateral view). Dorsolateral phallobase lobes fused dorsally, its apical part in shape of weakly sclerotized tippet covering apical aedeagal processes. Each lobe with long bifurcate subapical process bearing deep cavity proximally. Ventral phallobase lobe wide, with basal bulge, widely rounded apically. Ventral aedeagal hooks long, pointed, directed downward. Apical aedeagal processes with subapical lobes. Style with straight hind margin, caudo-dorsal angle widely rounded. Capitulum long, narrow, narrowing apically (in dorsal view), with acute subapical projection. Lateral tooth in shape of narrow lobe, apical tooth strong.

Female. Anal tube long and narrow.

Body length. Males - 4.8-5.0 mm. Females - 5.5-5.8 mm.

Etymology: The species name is derived from the surname of the well-known Russian hymenopterist Prof. Dmitry R. Kasparyan, the collector of the holotype.

Figures

Figure 7-12. Issidae, total view. 7) Traxus kasparyani sp. n., paratype, head in lateral view. 8) Traxus fulvus Metcalf, head in lateral view. 9) Bumaya knorozovi gen. et sp. n., holotype, dorsal view. 10) Same, lateral view. 11) Dracela annulipes Signoret, syntype, head in dorsal view. 12) Dracela acuta (Metcalf), head in dorsal view.

Figure 43-49. Traxus kasparyani sp. n., holotype, male genitalia. 43) Aedeagus, lateral view. 44) Aedeagus, ventral view. 45) Style, lateral view. 46) Capitulum of style, dorsal view. 47) Anal tube, lateral view. 48) Anal tube, dorsal view. 49) Pygofer, lateral view.