Macropsis elaeagni Emelyanov, 1964

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

19. Macropsis elaeagni Emelyanov, 1964

Figs. 44–45 , 198–199

Macropsis cyanescens Dubovskiy, 1966: 99 (synonymy by Tishechkin, 2015).

Description. Slender species with uniform whitish emerald green coloration ( Figs. 44–45 ).

Abdominal apodemes of 2 nd tergite in male wide, parallel-sided, usually of equal width and length, separated by very narrow notch ( Fig. 198 ), sternal apodemes of similar shape, but longer, with angular tips, separated by wider notch ( Fig. 199 ). Penis stem in side view narrow, usually, bent at almost right angle, as in Figs. 196–197. 2 nd valvulae of ovipositor with 3–5 preapical teeth each.

Body length (including tegmina): ♂, 3.5–3.7 mm; ♀, 3.9–4.3 mm.

Host. Elaeagnus spp.

Distribution. Western Europe, European Russia (northwards as far as Moscow), Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Kazakhstan, and Central Asia from Turkmenistan to Eastern Kazakhstan. Widely introduced with ornamental oleaster ( Elaeagnus angustifolia ) far beyond natural range which is hardly possible to reconstruct now. In Southeastern Kazakhstan almost everywhere on oleaster in the foothills and plains.

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.