Eusarima (Nepalius) iranica, Gnezdilov & Mozaffarian, 2011

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. & Mozaffarian, Fariba, 2011, A new species of the genus Eusarima (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Issidae) from Iran, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (2), pp. 457-462 : 459-461

Eusarima (Nepalius) iranica sp. nov.

(Figs. 1–9)

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, ‘IRAN: Tehran / Darabad / 35˚48′N 51˚26′E / 10.VIII.2010 / on Hedera helix L. and Evonymus sp. / F. Mozaffarian and R. Kharrazi leg.’ ( HMIM). PARATYPES: IRAN: 5 JJ 14 ♀♀, same data as holotype ( HMIM and ZIN); 1 ♀, same locality as holotype, 10.X.2008 / F. Mozaffarian leg. ( HMIM); 1 J, Tehran, 28.VII.2009, M. Lashkari leg. ( HMIM).

brown. Scapus light yellow. Pedicel dark brown. Genae light yellow or light brown (Fig. 2). Coryphe dark brown, with light yellow median line (Fig. 1). Pro- and mesonotum dark brown, with light yellow median carina. Fore wings dark brown, with light yellow transverse veins, each wing with two large light yellow areas – one basally and another one medially, near to costal margin (Fig. 2). Femora and fore and middle tibiae light brown, with dark brown spots. Hind tibiae light brown. Apices of spines on tibiae and tarsomeres black.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 5–9 ). Hind margin of pygofer almost straight. Anal tube long and narrow, rounded apically ( Figs. 8, 9 ). Anal column 0.3 times as long as anal tube. Phallobase slightly curved (in lateral view), with narrow supporting lobe below every ventral aedeagal hook ( Fig. 6 ). Each dorso-lateral phallobase lobe with narrow, acuminate subapical process. Ventral phallobase lobe long, wide, enlarged apically, with median concavity ( Fig. 5 ). Apical aedeagal processes long, surpassing apical margin of phallobase. Ventral aedeagal hooks long, acuminate. Style with slightly convex hind margin, caudo-dorsal angle rounded ( Fig. 7 ). Сapitulum of style small, with neck, lateral and apical teeth well-developed.

Female genitalia. Hind margin of female sternum VII with large median semicircular process. Anal tube elongate, narrow.

Total length. Males: 4.7–5.0 mm. Females: 5.1–5.3 mm.

Differential diagnosis. The species differs from closely related E. helleriana by the coloration of the metope, the shape of the costal margin and the coloration of fore wings, and the absence of processes on ventral aedeagal hooks (see also the key below). In the original description of E. helleriana DLABOLA (1997) mentioned that the fore wing of E. helleriana has large light and dark maculae in its proximal half (‘grössere helle und dunkle Makel besonders in der Basalhälfte der Vorderflügel’) ( DLABOLA 1997: Fig. 11). Eusarima iranica sp. nov., in contrast to E. helleriana , is characterized by the presence of two large light yellow areas (not maculae!) basally and medially on fore wings (Fig. 2).

Etymology. Named after the area of occurrence; adjective.

Figures

Figs. 4–9. Eusarima iranica sp. nov. (paratype). 4 – hind wing; 5 – aedeagus and phallobase, ventral view; 6 – aedeagus and phallobase, lateral view; 7 – style, lateral view; 8 – anal tube, dorsal view; 9 – anal tube, lateral view.