Punctijassus ivohibensis, 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 : 85-86

publication ID

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

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4342189

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1B9D34BA-76F9-4219-A55A-D167B6D3F405

taxon LSID

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scientific name

Punctijassus ivohibensis
status

gen. et sp. nov.

Punctijassus ivohibensis View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

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Figs 3T View Fig , 15 View Fig G–I, 18S–U

Etymology

The species name refers to the forest where the holotype was collected.

Material examined

Holotype

MADAGASCAR • ♂; “MADAGASCAR: Toliara Foret Ivohibe 55.0 km N Tolagnaro, 2–4 Dec 2006, 24°34′08″ S 047°12′14″ E, California Acad of Sciences coll. B.L. Fisher et al., malaise trap, elev 200 m, rainforest, BLF15448”; CAS. GoogleMaps

Paratype

MADAGASCAR • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Toliara, Foret Ivohibe , 55.0 km N of Tolagnaro; 24°34′08″ S, 47°12′14″ E; alt. 200 m; 2–4 Dec. 2006; B.L. Fisher et al. leg.; Malaise trap; rainforest; BLF15448; INHS GoogleMaps .

Description

Length of male 5.9 mm, female 6.5 mm. Crown with marginal rim and anterodorsal part of frontoclyepus black; middle and hind femur with conspicuous black spot on anterior surface of apex. Crown shorter than pronotum, anterior margin broadly rounded. Hind tibial rows PD, AD and AV with 17–18, 12–13, 14–15 macrosetae, respectively. Style apophysis slightly sinuate, nearly parallel-sided through most of length, apex curved dorsad, in ventral view nearly straight, evenly tapered in distal fourth. Connective with anterior margin roundly produced. Aedeagus with shaft large, strongly compressed, broad in lateral view, curved dorsad, with ventral lobe not longer than basal width, gonopore on posterior surface near apex; basal process long, evenly curved dorsad, extended nearly to gonopore. Female abdominal sternite VII with posterior margin weakly bilobed medially.

Evans J. W. 1959. Quelques nouveaux Cicadellidae (Homopteres) de Madagascar. Memoires de l'Institut scientifique de Madagascar Tananarive (E) 11: 481 - 507.

Gallery Image

Fig. 3. Platyjassini, dorsal and lateral habitus of males. A. Plerujassus appendiculatus (Evans, 1959). B. Plerujassus brunnescens sp. nov. C. Plexijassus caliginosus sp. nov. D. Pseudocurtara minima sp. nov. E. Pseudocurtara nigripicta sp. nov. F. Pseudocurtara quadrata sp. nov. G. Pseudocyrta hyalina sp. nov. H. Pseudomarganana olivacea sp. nov. I. Pseudomarganana rosea sp. nov. J. Pulchrijassus anjozorobensis sp. nov. K. Pulchrijassus eunsunae sp. nov. L. Pulchrijassus pallescens sp. nov. M. Pulchrijassus roseus sp. nov. N. Pulchrijassus rubrilineatus sp. nov. O. Pulchrijassus sindhuae sp. nov. P. Pulchrijassus talatakelyensis sp. nov. Q. Pulchrijassus toamasinensis sp. nov. R. Punctijassus circularis sp. nov. S. Punctijassus compressus sp. nov. T. Punctijassus ivohibensis sp. nov. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Gallery Image

Fig. 15. Punctijassus gen. nov. – A–C. Punctijassus circularis sp. nov. A. Genital capsule, lateral view. B. Genitalia, lateral view. C. Same, ventral view. – D–F. Punctijassus compressus sp. nov. D. Genital capsule, lateral view. E. Genitalia, lateral view. F. Same, ventral view. – G–I. Punctijassus ivohibensis sp. nov. G. Genital capsule, lateral view. H. Genitalia, lateral view. I. Same, ventral view. Photos not to scale.

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

INHS

Illinois Natural History Survey

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

SubOrder

Auchenorrhyncha

InfraOrder

Cicadomorpha

SuperFamily

Membracoidea

Family

Cicadellidae

SubFamily

Iassinae

Tribe

Platyjassini

Genus

Punctijassus