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
Pulchrijassus rubrilineatus
gen. et sp. nov.
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
5D0E77EB-47BF-417F-8B78-B357422B9CAA
Figs 3N
,
18
J–L
Etymology
The species name refers to the red longitudinal stripes on the dorsum.
Material examined
Holotype
MADAGASCAR
•
♀
; “
MADAGASCAR
:
Province
Fianarantsoa
,
Parc National Ranomafana
,
Belle Vue
at
Talatakely
, elev
1020 m
,
14–23 April 2002
,
21°15.99′ S
,
47°25.21′ E
, coll:
M. Irwin
,
R. Harin’Hala
, California Acad of Sciences,
malaise
,
secondary tropical forest
, MA-02-09C-25”;
CAS
.
Description
Length of female 8.0 mm (male unknown). Dorsum pale yellow with reddish to ochraceous markings; pair of wide lateral reddish orange stripes extended from crown apex across pronotum, narrower median wedge-shaped stripe extended from crown apex to scutellum, pronotum with two pairs of indistinct longitudinal lateral brown stripes superimposed on red lateral stripes, forewing ochraceous, with costal margin in basal half yellow; venter uniformly pale yellow. Crown parabolically produced, slightly longer than pronotum. Forewing without supernumerary crossveins. Hind tibial rows PD, AD and AV with 23, 13, and 18 macrosetae, respectively. Female abdominal sternite VII with short acute projection posteromedially. Second valvulae slender, tapered through most of length, dorsal margin serrate distally, with teeth rounded and alternating between sides.