Rhotana stali Zelazny, 2011

Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 104

Rhotana stali Zelazny , sp. nov.

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Description. Forewings 2.0 times longer than wide, length about 4.5 mm. Colour stramineous. Forewings glassy, faintly infuscated along most cross-veins and in a subapical band; more conspicuous infuscations at base of 2nd and 3rd subcostal sectors and along anterior apical crossveins; veins stramineous, last two subcostal sectors and apical margin red. Hindwings colourless, very faintly infuscated in its apical posterior part. Facial carinae contiguous up to lower margin of eyes; subantennal processes well -, lateral carinae of pronotum poorly developed. Forewings with apical section of Sc strongly sinuate; a small triangle at base of Ms1; Ms1 branched in its basal third. Pygofer of male genitalia with a pair of prominent lateral projections. Genital styles with a short proximal and an elongated distal dorsal process, a small hump between both. Aedeagus short with a flat dorsal projection.

Etymology. The species is named for Carl Stål (1833-1878), who made important contributions to the knowledge of the Hemiptera , and ' stali ' is a latinized noun used in the genitive case.

Type material. Holotype ♂ (forewing 4.5 mm), SRI LANKA; labels: 1) Mawa (900 ft.)/ Ceylon, Uva P./ Madulsima,/ T.B.F./ 9.XII.08 2) Ceylon/ T. B. Fletcher / 1909-80 3) From Ind. Mus. / Distant Coll. / B.M. 1911-383 ( BMNH) . Paratype. SRI LANKA: Peradeniya , VII.1911, ♀ (fw. 4.5) ( BMNH) .

Distribution. Sri Lanka.

Diagnosis. Rhotana stali is characterized by the dark marks at the 2nd and 3rd subcostal sectors, by the infuscations along the anterior apical cross-veins, the colourless hindwings, and the simple structure of the apical part of the male aedeagus.