Revision of the endemic Malagasy leafhopper tribe Platyjassini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae)
Author
Dietrich, Christopher H.
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Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, 1816 S. Oak St., Champaign, IL 61820, USA.
chdietri@illinois.edu
Author
Magalhães, Raysa Brito de
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Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, Rio de Janeiro, 21941 - 971, RJ Brazil.
ray.bmagalhaes@gmail.com
Author
Takiya, Daniela M.
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Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, Rio de Janeiro, 21941 - 971, RJ Brazil.
takiya@acd.ufrj.br
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2020
2020-08-03
695
1
89
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2020.695
c2e17975-440e-40f9-8b37-f078f9aadf1b
2118-9773
3973377
DC24EAB0-DCF5-44A8-B1A0-82BF25D280C2
Pseudocurtara quadrata
gen. et sp. nov.
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
441E7573-1AFF-4DFE-99EF-161679B1FE4E
Figs 3F
,
13
A–C, 17S–U
Etymology
The species name refers to the quadrate ventral lobe of the aedeagus of this species.
Material examined
Holotype
MADAGASCAR
•
♂
; “
MADAGASCAR
:
Province
Antananarivo
,
46 km
NE of Ankazobe
:
Ambohitantely
,
18°11.88′ S
,
47°16.89′ E
,
14–29 November 2004
,
California Acad of Sciences
coll:
M. Irwin
,
R. Harin’Hala
,
malaise trap
-
in sclerophyl forest
, elev
700 m
, MA-27-21”;
CAS
.
Paratypes
MADAGASCAR
–
Fianarantsoa
•
1 ♂
;
Forêt de Vevembe
,
66.6 km
293° WNW of Farafangana
;
22°47′28″ S
,
47°10′55″ E
; alt.
600 m
;
23 Apr. 2006
;
B.L. Fisher
et al.
leg.;
Malaise trap
;
rainforest transitioning to montane forest
; BLF 14118;
INHS
•
1 ♀
;
Parc National Ranomafana
,
Vohiparara
, at broken bridge;
21°13.57′ S
,
47°22.19′ E
; alt.
1110 m
;
14–21 Jan. 2002
;
M. Irwin
and
R. Harin’Hala
leg.;
Malaise trap
;
high altitude rainforest
; MA-02-09A-12;
INHS
. –
Antsiranana
•
1 ♀
;
Sakalava Beach
, dwarf littoral forest;
12°15′46″ S
,
49°23′51″ E
; alt.
10 m
;
20 Mar.–7 Apr. 2001
;
M. Irwin
and
R. Harin’Hala
leg.;
Malaise trap
across sandy trail; MA-01-04B-05;
CAS
•
1 ♀
;
Parc National Montagne d’Ambre
;
12°30′52″ S
,
49°10′53″ E
; alt.
960 m
;
29 Jan. 2001
;
M.E. Irwin
leg.; netted by hand; MA-01- 01A-05;
INHS
.
Description
Length of male
7.8 mm
; female
7.8–9.2 mm
. Dorsum yellow with extensive brown markings; pair of spots on crown behind ocelli, anterior band of irregular spots, two pairs of posterior maculae on pronotum and pair of spots on mesonotum black; forewings with brown irroration, veins tinged with red; area just beneath marginal rim of head black, remainder of venter pale yellow. Crown slightly concave in profile, marginal rim relatively thin, forming shelf over frontoclypeus, ocelli well separated from anterior margin. Forewing with supernumerary crossveins in corium and clavus, inner apical cell relatively broad and long but not extended to wing apex. Hind tibial rows PD, AD, and AV with 27, 13 and 17 macrosetae, respectively. Style sinuate in lateral view, gradually widened toward middle, then gradually tapered to apex. Aedeagus with quadrate ventral keel at base in lateral view; shaft slender, tapered, evenly curved dorsad, gonopore apical; unpaired basal process similar in width but longer than shaft, curved dorsad and closely parallel to shaft through most of length, apex slightly twisted and attenuate. Female sternite VII with posterior margin truncate. Second valvulae short and broad, dorsal margin humped beyond midlength, with row of several relatively long, irregular teeth distally, apex acuminate.