Macropsis simplex Jacobi, 1910

Tishechkin, Dmitri Yu., 2019, Macropsini (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae) from the vicinity of Ambo, Ethiopia, Zootaxa 4664 (3), pp. 365-376 : 366

1. Macropsis simplex Jacobi, 1910

Figs. 1–3 , 41–43

Material examined. Ethiopia, Ambo , 3. V. – 29. VI. 1990, A.F. Emelyanov, 8 ♀, of which 2 ♀ were dissected .

Description. Species identification is based on Linnavuori (1978). Description is based only on female specimens, since males are absent in our material.

Head, pro-, and mesonotum brownish yellow with dense brown speckles; pronotum sometimes greenish ( Figs. 1–2 ). Face unmarked ( Fig. 3 ), occasionally somewhat darkened in upper part, in one female with brown apical spot. Pronotum in dark coloured specimens with two brown spots on fore margin behind eyes, basal triangles of mesonotum usually partially marked with brown ( Fig. 1 ); in light coloured specimens these spots almost invisible ( Fig. 2 ). Proepimeron with brownish pattern. Forewing semi-transparent with dark brown speckles, partially brownish, especially, in apical half. Veins of the same colour as membrane, in apical part partially dark brown. Speckles mostly concentrated at wing base, in central part, in middle of costal margin, and in first three or four apical cells, so that in light-coloured specimens two indistinct light transverse bands visible on forewing ( Fig. 2 ).

Apex of crown and anterior margin of pronotum sharply angular. Median keel on face, pro-, and mesonotum visible, but poorly developed.

2 nd valvulae of ovipositor with 1–3 large preapical teeth ( Figs. 41–42 ). Female 7 th sternite rather short and broad, with wide shallow notch on hind margin ( Fig. 43 ).

Body length (including tegmina): ♀, 4.2–4.6 mm.

Host. Unidentified shrubs.

Remark. According to Linnavuori (1978), widespread in tropical Africa. Specimens from different regions differ in body size; females from our material are somewhat smaller, than the ones studied by Linnavuori (1978). It is possible that this taxon includes several closely related species.

Figures

FIGURES 1–22. 1–3—Macropsis simplex Jacobi, female (1—lateral view; 2—dorsal view; 3—face); 4–5—M. tincta Tisheсhkin sp. n., male (4—lateral view; 5—dorsal view); 6–12—M. tuberculata (Linnavuori), female (6–8—holotype, photos by Alyssa Seemann; 9–12—females from Ambo, Ethiopia; 6, 9—face and pronotum; 7, 10–11—lateral view; 8, 12—dorsal view); 13–15—M. viridofulgida Tisheсhkin sp. n., female (13—lateral view; 14—dorsal view; 15—face); 16–22—Macropsis hippodameia Linnavuori (16, 19—male, lateral view; 17, 21—same, face; 18, 20—same, dorsal view; 22—female, lateral view).

FIGURES 41–81. 41–43—Macropsis simplex Jacobi; 44–48—M. tincta Tisheсhkin sp. n.; 49—M. chinai Metcalf; 50—M. kanongensis Evans; 51—M. capensis (Cogan); 52–55—M. tuberculata (Linnavuori); 56–58—M. turneri China; 59–62—M. viridofulgida Tisheсhkin sp. n.; 63–67— M. hippodameia Linnavuori; 68–70—M. minuscula Linnavuori; 71–72—M. bussaensis Linnavuori; 73–76—M. thargelia Linnavuori; 77–79—M. nigrosignata (Stål); 80–81—M. bitaeniata Linnavuori. 41–42, 55, 59–60—2nd valvulae of ovipositor; 43, 61–62—female 7th sternite; 44—male 2nd abdominal apodemes; 45, 49–51, 63–64, 68, 71, 73, 77, 80—penis, lateral view; 46—pygofer process, lateral view; 47—pygofer processes, back view; 48, 67, 70, 76, 79, 81—style; 52, 57—head, pro-, and mesonotum, dorsal view; 53, 56—forewing; 54, 58—female genital segments, ventral view; 65–66, 69, 72, 74–75, 78—style tip. 49–50, 63–81—after Linnavuori (1978), 51—after Theron (1970), 56–58—after China (1925).