Nubianus, Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. & Bourgoin, Thierry, 2009

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. & Bourgoin, Thierry, 2009, First record of the family Caliscelidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) from Madagascar, with description of new taxa from the Afrotropical Region and biogeographical notes, Zootaxa 2020, pp. 1-36 : 16-17

Genus Nubianus gen. n.

Type species: Issopulex nasutus Linnavuori, 1973

Diagnosis (figs 29–32). Metope with distinct median keel extends to postclypeus, which is flattened laterally and projected in the shape of a short proboscis (in lateral view), and weak sublateral keels. Pedicel with short apical process. Pronotum and scutellum with median keel. Hind tibia with single lateral spine. First and second metatarsomeres with single lateral spine apically (situated internally on both legs).

Male genitalia (figs 89–91). Anal tube narrowing apically. Anal column short. Pygofer with straight hind margin. Phallobase with one large lateral lobe above ventral aedeagal hooks. Aedeagus with pair of ventral hooks. Style with straight hind margin, caudo-dorsal angle right.

Etymology. The generic name is derived from “Nubians”—ethnic group in Southern Egypt and Northern Sudan. It is masculine in gender.

Comparison. According to the general structure of penis (phallobase with one lateral lobe) (figs 89, 90) and the single apical spine of first and second metatarsomeres situated internally, the new genus is close to Gelastissus Kirkaldy, 1906 .