Neodocalidia connectiva, Nielson, 2011

Nielson, M. W., 2011, Tribe Teruliini: new genera and new species of Neotropical leafhoppers with a revised key to genera and species, new records and notes on distribution and taxonomy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae), Zootaxa 2795 (1), pp. 1-45 : 9

Neodocalidia connectiva sp. nov.

( Plate 1B ; Figures 9–16 )

Length. Male 7.50 mm. Female unknown.

Characters of external morphology, color and male genitalia as in description of genus ( Plate 1B ; Figures 9– 16 ).

Material examined. Holotype male. COLOMBIA: Vaupés, R.N. Mosiro-Itajura (Capari), Centro Ambiental , 1º4’S – 69º3’W, 60 m., Red 1/20/03–2/1/03, M. Sharkey y D. Arias, Leg., M. 3387 ( IAHC).

Etymology. The name is descriptive for the unusual configuration of the connective.

Remarks. This species unique and has no known relatives.

Figures

PLATE 1. A–I. Teruliini, dorsal habitus. (A) Freytagolidia ligula, sp. nov., holotype; (B) Neodocalidia connectiva sp. nov., holotype; (C) Baluba sharkeyi, sp. nov., holotype; (D) Bolidiana robusta, sp. nov., holotype; (E) Bolidiana trisetacea, sp. nov., holotype; (F) Bolidiana elongata, sp. nov., holotype; (G) Harasupia lyrata, sp. nov., holotype; (H) Hastalidia acinaca, sp. nov., holotype; (I) Jalorpa constricta, sp. nov., holotype.

FIGURES 9–16. Neodocalidia connectiva, sp. nov. (9) pygofer, lateral view; (10) right subgenital plate; (11) right style, dorsal view; (12) right style, lateral view; (13) aedeagus, dorsal connective and connective, lateral view; (14) aedeagus, ventral view; (15) connective, dorsal view; (16) dorsal connective, dorsal view.