Macropsis scabrosa Korolevskaya, 1963

Tishechkin, Dmitri Yu., 2020, Review of the genus Macropsis Lewis, 1836 (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae: Macropsini) of Southeastern Kazakhstan with description of new species, Zootaxa 4838 (3), pp. 381-405 : 395

20. Macropsis scabrosa Korolevskaya, 1963

Figs. 46–47 , 200–203

Description. Pale brown, yellowish or greenish, often with variable dark pattern on head, pro-, and mesonotum ( Figs. 46–47 ). Pronotum with distinct median carina.

Abdominal apodemes of 2 nd tergite in male long, narrow triangular, separated by oval notch ( Fig. 201 ). Sternal apodemes of similar shape, but wider and shorter, separated by wide notch ( Fig. 202 ). Penis stem in side view narrow, evenly bent at almost right angle ( Fig. 200 ). 2 nd valvulae of ovipositor with 2–3 preapical teeth each ( Fig. 203 ).

Small species, body length (including tegmina): ♂, 3.2–3.5 mm; ♀, 3.6–4.3 mm.

Host. Populus subg. Turanga .

Distribution. Deserts and arid foothills of Central Asia, Southern Kazakhstan, and Mongolia.

Remark. Identification of this species is based on investigation of paratypes (3 males and 1 female) collected from Populus pruinosa in “Tigrovaya Balka” Nature Reserve, 140 km south of Dushanbe, Tajikistan, deposited in ZIN.

Figures

FIGURES 29–47. Macropsis spp., lateral view.

FIGURES 165–203. Macropsis aselae sp. n. (165–182), M. illota (183–189), M. sibirica (190–195), M. megerlei (196), M. emeljanovi (197), M. elaeagni (198–199), and M. scabrosa (200–203). 165–167, 183–184, 190–191, 198, 201―male abdominal apodemes of the 2nd tergite; 168–171, 185–186, 192, 199, 202—the 2nd sternite; 172–174, 187–188, 193–194, 196–197, 200―penis, lateral view; 175–177―pygofer process, lateral view; 178–179―style; 180–182, 189, 195, 203―the 2nd valvulae of ovipositor.