Platyjassula heterofurca, Dietrich & Magalhães & Takiya, 2020

Dietrich, Christopher H., Magalhães, Raysa Brito de & Takiya, Daniela M., 2020, Revision of the endemic Malagasy leafhopper tribe Platyjassini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae), European Journal of Taxonomy 695, pp. 1-89 : 39

Platyjassula heterofurca gen. et sp. nov.

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Figs 2B , 8 E–G

Etymology

The species name refers to the different-sized branches of the style apex.

Material examined

Holotype

MADAGASCAR • ♂; “ MADAGASCAR: Mahajanga Prov: Parc National Tsingy de Bemaraha, 2.5 km 62° ENE Bekopaka, Ankidrodroa River , elev 100m, 11–15 Nov. 2001, 19°7′56″ S 44°48′53″ E, coll: Fisher, Griswold et al. California Acad. of Sciences at light, tropical dry forest on Tsingy, code: BLF4343”; CAS.

Paratype

MADAGASCAR • 1 ♂; Toliara, Berent , 12 km NW of Amboasary; 5–15 May 1983; J.S. Noyes and M.C. Day leg.; B.M. 1983-201; BMNH .

Description

Length of male 7.0– 7.2 mm (female unknown). Crown anterior margin, lateral margin of pronotum and costal margin of forewing bordered with pale yellow contrasting with darker adjacent areas; dorsal margin of face and dorsal surface of front tibia dark brown, other legs without dark markings. Crown distinctly shorter than pronotum, broadly rounded, only slightly longer medially than next to eye, anterior margin broadly rounded. Hind tibial rows PD, AD and AV with 18, 12 and 12 macrosetae, respectively. Male pygofer without ventral process. Style apophysis inconspicuously denticulate preapically on ventral surface, dorsal margin with preapical obtuse angle, dorsoapical process extended dorsad and slightly recurved, ventroapical process more than twice as long, straight in lateral view and curved mesad in ventral view. Aedeagus with atrium disc-like, shaft arising from dorsum of atrium, strongly compressed, broad and quadrate in lateral view, with gonopore bearing apical process, short and slightly recurved dorsad.

Figures

Fig. 2. Platyjassini, dorsal and lateral habitus of males. A. Platyjassula cyclura sp. nov. B. Platyjassula heterofurca sp. nov. C. Platyjassula isofurca sp. nov. D. Platyjassula mahajangensis sp. nov. E. Platyjassus acutus sp. nov. F. Platyjassus pennyi sp. nov. G. Platyjassus viridis Evans, 1953. H. Platyjassus asymmetricus sp. nov. I. Platyjassus fisheri sp. nov. J. Platyjassus griswoldi sp. nov. K. Platyjassus harinhalai sp. nov. L. Platyjassus irwini sp. nov. M. Platyjassus pedistylus sp. nov. N. Platyjassus pictipennis sp. nov. O. Platyjassus symmetricus sp. nov. P. Platyjassus vestigius sp. nov. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 8. Platyjassula gen. nov. – A–D. Platyjassula cyclura sp. nov. A. Genital capsule, lateral view. B. Genitalia, lateral view. C. Same, ventral view. D. Aedeagus, posterior view. – E–G. Platyjassula heterofurca sp. nov. E. Genital capsule, lateral view. F. Genitalia, lateral view. G. Same, ventral view. – H–J. Platyjassula isofurca sp. nov. H. Genital capsule, lateral view. I. Genitalia, lateral view. J. Same, ventral view. – K–M. Platyjassula mahajangensis sp. nov. K. Genital capsule, lateral view. L. Genitalia, lateral view. M. Same, ventral view. Photos not to scale.