Neokrisna Freytag, 2012

Freytag, Paul H., 2012, A review of the New World Krisnini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae) including three genera and six new species, Insecta Mundi 2012 (246), pp. 1-8 : 3

Neokrisna Freytag , new genus

Type species: Neokrisna ornata Freytag n. sp., Figures 1-6. 1-2) Krisna strigicollis (Spinola) . 1) Head, here designated. pronotum and scutellum, dorsal view. 2) Head, pronotum and scutellum, lateral view. 3-4) Lipokrisna insularis Description. Length 7.0 – 12 mm. Externally ( Oman). 3) Head, pronotum and scutellum, dorsal view. 4) similar to species of Lipokrisna , mostly oval in Head, pronotum and scutellum, lateral view. 5-6)

Neokrisna longula n. sp. 5) Head, pronotum and scutellum, shape in dorsal view, yellow to green in color with

dorsal view. 6) Head, pronotum and scutellum, lateral view. some reticulicate veins, but male genitalia quite All drawn to the same scale, which equals 3.0 mm. different. Male genitalia: Pygofer with sword-like ventral process, usually with spur. Style long, somewhat expanded beyond middle than curved to acute apex. Aedeagus C-shaped, with pair of lateral processes usually closely appressed to shaft.

Notes. All species of this genus have only been found in the Dominican Republic at fairly high elevations from 240 to 1780 m.

Etymology. The name of the genus is formed using the Greek stem neo- meaning new or recent, in combination with Krisna . The gender is feminine.