Phaiojassus constrictus, Dietrich & Magalhães & Takiya, 2020

Dietrich, Christopher H., Magalhães, Raysa Brito de & Takiya, Daniela M., 2020, Revision of the endemic Malagasy leafhopper tribe Platyjassini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae), European Journal of Taxonomy 695, pp. 1-89 : 24

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.695

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4342179

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3B5A987A-64FF-402E-A6D9-6DD58BBDF56C

taxon LSID

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treatment provided by

Valdenar

scientific name

Phaiojassus constrictus
status

gen. et sp. nov.

Phaiojassus constrictus View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

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Etymology

The species name refers to the dark dorsal color pattern, which gives individuals the appearance of having a medial constriction.

Material examined

Holotype

MADAGASCAR • ♂; “ MADAGASCAR: Antsiranana, Ambondrobe, 41.1km 175° Vohemar, 29 November 2004, 13°42′55″ S 050°06′06″ E, California Acad. of Sciences , coll. B.L.Fisher, elev 10 m, yellow pan trap, littoral rainforest, BLF11098”; CAS. GoogleMaps

Paratype

MADAGASCAR – Antsiranana • 1 ♂; Parc National Montagne d’Ambre ; 12°30′52″ S, 49°10′53″ E; alt. 960 m; 4–19 Mar. 2001; M. Irwin and R. HarinʼHala leg.; Malaise trap; MA-01- 01A-08; INHS GoogleMaps .

Description

Length of male 7.0– 7.5 mm (female unknown). Dorsum dark brown except for two triangular stramineous areas on costal area of forewing, one near base and one preapical. Hind tibial rows PD, AD and AV with 19, 13 and 14 macrosetae, respectively. Style apophysis with apex bluntly angulate. Connective with anterior margin evenly convex. Aedeagus with shaft relatively robust, curved dorsad, tubular basally, depressed and slightly twisted distally, gonopore apical on posterior surface; with large acute process arising on left side preapically and extended to apex.

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

INHS

Illinois Natural History Survey

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

Genus

Phaiojassus

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