Exitianus pondus Ross, 1968

El-Hady, Rabab M. & El-Sayed, Ahmed F., 2024, Classical taxonomy, molecular phylogeny and genetic analysis of the genus Exitianus Ball, 1929 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from Egypt, Zoological Systematics 49 (2), pp. 143-157 : 149

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.2024202
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12173793
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scientific name	Exitianus pondus Ross, 1968
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Exitianus pondus Ross, 1968 View in CoL ( Fig. 3 View Figure 3 )

Exitianus pondus Ross, 1968: 11 View in CoL .

Distribution. Egypt (Lower and Upper Egypt).

Material examined. Dishna , 15. V.2018 (3) ; Dishna , 1. VI.2018 (8) ; Dishna , 31.VIII.2018 (2) ; Dishna , 15.IX.2018 (4) ; Dishna , 15.XI.2018 (3) ; Dishna , 30.XI.2018 (1) ; Dishna , 15.XII.2018 (2) ; Dishna , 31.XII.2018 (5) ; Qous , 15. VI.2018 (2) ; Qous , 30. VI.2018 (7) ; Qous , 15.VII.2018 (5) ; Qous , 30.VII.2018 (9) ; Qous , 15.VIII.2018 (11) ; Al Qous , 31.VIII.2018 (6) ; Qous , 15.X.2018 (2) ; Saft , 30.II.2020 (1) ; Luxor, 5.VII.2021 (9) ; Dishna , 15.VIII.2021 (8) ; Dishna , 16.VIII.2021 (6) ; Kom Ombo , 17.VIII.2021 (12) ; Saft , 30. VI.2021 (8) ; Giza, 10.IX.2021 (5).

Description. Measurement. Body length, male 4.5–4.9 mm ( Fig. 3C View Figure 3 ), female 4.7–5.3 mm ( Fig. 3B View Figure 3 ). Crown length 0.35 mm, width 1.34 mm. Pronotum width 1.38 mm, length 0.6 mm. Scutellum length 0.27 mm, width 0.86 mm. Forewing length 3.5 mm.

Structure. Tawny body color; with dark markings on face and legs ( Fig. 3A View Figure 3 ). Black transverse band between eyes thicker. Frontoclypeus with dark brown lateral arcs ( Fig. 3E View Figure 3 ). Pronotum with spots and blotches ( Fig. 3D View Figure 3 ). Scutellum with two dark grooves. Fore wing veins dark brown.

Male genitalia. Pygofer with two apical spines, inner spine long and slender, outer one deeper, shorter, and asymmetrical; aedeagus long with narrow apex which hooked at apex and curved posteriorly; aedeagus shaft wide at base and pointed slightly toward gonopore; gonopore opening very long ( Fig. 2F View Figure 2 ).

Remarks. The species was recorded in Egypt by Emam et al. (2020) and El-Hady et al. (2020). It is distinguished by the spots and blotches on pronotum and the two pygofer spines.