Kafulopa bicolor, Smith, Lydia R. J. & Webb, Michael D., 2016

Smith, Lydia R. J. & Webb, Michael D., 2016, Review of the Ulopella leafhopper genus group (Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae, Ulopinae) with description of a new genus and species collected from pitfall traps in Zambia, Zootaxa 4189 (3), pp. 571-580 : 574-575

Kafulopa bicolor sp. n.

Type material. Holotype: ♂, ZAMBIA: 1260m Kacheleko, Kafue National Park . S15°00'04”; E26°26'07”, 21– 26.xi.2013. Dung pitfall. Leg. Smith, Takano & Oram, BMNH (E) 1705828 (BMNH ). Paratypes: 1♂, BMNH (E) 1705830 , 1♀, BMNH (E) 1705829 , same data as holotype (BMNH) .

Diagnosis. The new species can be distinguished by the following features: head and pronotum distinctly darker than forewings; style with subapical projection elongate, straight and truncate apically, apical projection stout and curved to acute apex; aedeagal shaft apically bifurcate, gonopore short and near apex.

Description. Total length: Holotype ♂, 4.4mm; paratype ♂, 4.8mm; paratype ♀, 4.6mm.

Head tan coloured. Pronotum dark brown, sometimes paler laterally. Scutellum light brown anteriorly up to transverse suture, apical part yellowish, forewings yellowish. Abdomen dark brown, almost black, dorsally. Ventral surface including legs, yellowish brown.

Pronotum about 4x length of crown; forewings elongate, about 8x as long as broad.

Male genitalia with style subapical projection elongate, straight and truncate apically, apical projection stout and curved to acute apex ( Fig. 2 j). Aedeagus with shaft apex bifurcate, gonopore short, near apex ( Fig. 2 l).

Female pregenital sternite with posterior margin concave medially ( Fig. 1 d). First valvulae with dorsal strigate sculpture, not extending to dorsal margin ( Fig. 2 n). Second valvulae bladelike, teeth fine, unaligned, extending over distal half of dorsal margin; with dorsal sclerotized and hyaline areas present ( Fig. 2 m).

Biology. Found in a human dung baited pitfall trap from Kacheleko in Kafue National Park, Zambia. Food plant and early stages unknown.

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the different colour of the head and pronotum to the forewings.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Kafulopa bicolor: a, dorsal habitus (holotype) scale bar 1 mm; b, lateral habitus (holotype); c, face (paratype), d, apex of female abdomen in ventral view (paratype).

FIGURE 2. Kafulopa bicolor, external features and genitalia: a, face; b, right fore leg, lateral view; c, right fore tibia, in cross section near apex; d, right hind femur (apex to top); e, right hind leg, dorsal view; f, right hind leg, ventral view; g, right hind tibia, in cross section at midlength; h – j, male genital capsule, h, lateral view, i, dorsal view, j, ventral view (arrow indicates fused basal lobes of subgenital plates); k, aedeagus, lateral view; l, apex of aedeagus, ventral view; m, second valvulae lateral view; n, first valvulae, lateral view (Abbreviations: AD: anterior dorsal, AV: anterior ventral, PD: posterior dorsal, PV: posterior ventral).