Makilingia viraktamathi, Dietrich & Zahniser, 2019

Dietrich, Christopher H. & Zahniser, James N., 2019, Review of the leafhopper genus Makilingia Baker (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae), Zootaxa 4559 (3), pp. 473-500 : 496

Makilingia viraktamathi n. sp.

( Figs 2 W–X, 7Z–DD, 8T, 9MM–NN)

Description. Length of male 5.2 mm, female 6.0 mm. Coloration. Black overall. Dorsal margin of frontoclypeus, adjacent area between frontoclypeus and eye above antenna and four spots on crown anterolateral margin orange, posterolateral crown spots large and contacting eyes, anterior pair of spots small, forewing clavus irregularly bordered with orange, some individuals with additional oblique orange spots in clavus; legs pale yellow to white. Structure. Head produced with crown anterior margin parabolic; face with frontoclypeus and anteclypeus finely shagreen, clypeal suture obsolete, anteclypeus in profile very slightly angulate; distinct punctations restricted to genae. Forewing venation relatively well delimited, without supernumerary branches or crossveins.

Male genitalia. Pygofer appendage moderately long and slender, slightly curved dorsad, extended slightly beyond lobe. Subgenital plate moderately long and broad, ventral margin evenly curved, distal section with extensive brown pigmentation; dorsal callosity bilobed. Style with preapical lobe small, acute, preapical heel weakly developed. Aedeagus in lateral view with preatrium nearly as long as shaft, evenly curved, atrium forming anterior shelf with deep median dorsal concavity, shaft expanded distally, curved slightly anterodorsad, apex tapered; in posterior view with preatrium nearly rectangular, only slightly constricted medially, atrium only slightly broadened, shaft relatively narrow, nearly parallel-sided, with pair of short preapical lateral teeth, apex rounded and weakly bifid.

Female. Sternite VII approximately half as long as broad; posterior margin concavely emarginate near middle. Second valvulae broadly arcuate dorsally, teeth short, oblique, approximately evenly spaced through most of length.

Etymology. The species is named in honor of Prof. Chandra A. Viraktamath, who has made immeasurable contributions to knowledge of leafhopper taxonomy.

Material examined. Holotype male, PHILIPPINES: Luzon, Quezon, Mt. Banashaw de Lucban , 6.4km WSW Lucban, 1852m, 14°04.566'N 121°30.815'E 19–22 May 2011 H. Wood, N. Chonson Polydouri, C. Griswold, V. Knutson, CAS044873 ; 11 male and 2 female paratypes, same data ( CAS).

Notes. This species resembles M. banahaoensis in coloration but has the orange band along the claval suture incomplete and the aedeagus with a pair of short preapical lateral lobes.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Makilingia spp., dorsal and lateral habitus: A–B, M. paranigra, holotype male; C–D, M. pruinosa, male; E–F, M. siamensis, holotype male; G–H, M. sibuyanensis lectotype male. I–J, M. similima, lectotype male; K–L, M. speciosa, paralectotype female; M–N, M. surigaoensis, lectotype male; O–P, M. suturalis, lectotype male; Q–R, M. tenebrifrons, holotype male. S–T, M. tettigonoides, lectotype male. U–V, M. uncinata, holotype male; W–X, M. viraktamathi, holotype male; Y–Z, M. woodworthi, holotype male. AA–BB, M. xanthopicta, holotype male.