Formallia truncata, C.A.Viraktamath, 2011

C. A. Viraktamath, 2011, Revision of the Oriental and Australian Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) 2844, Zootaxa 2844, pp. 1-118 : 57

Formallia truncata sp. nov.

Figs 265–271.

Color. Pale brown. Two subglobse spots on vertex closer to each other than to eyes and two triangular spots at basal angles of scutellum, black. Markings on pronotum as in Fig. 265 fuscous to black; holotype male with these markings fuscous, not coalescing. Face ochraceous, spot below each ocellus brown.

Male genitalia. Pygofer caudally produced into narrow process. Subgenital plates shorter than pygofer, apically obliquely truncate. Styles comparatively large, outer arm terminated in short hook, mesal arm apically attenuated. Connective broader than long, with deep apical notch. Preatrium of aedeagus elliptical, plate-like, dorsal apodeme with deep U-shaped excavation, shaft strongly dorsally curved, apically narrowed; gonopore terminal. Anal collar well developed, anal tube and anal style short, dorsally visible.

Measurements. Male 5.8 mm long, 1.6 mm wide across eyes.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂, TAIWAN: Arisan , 2130 m, 19.viii.1947, J.L. Gressitt ( BPBM). PARA- TYPE: 1 ♂, TAIWAN: Arisan, 8.vi.1932, John L. Buys ( NMNH) . Additional material: TAIWAN: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, M. Kato ( BMNH) .

Remarks. F. truncata can be easily recognized by its truncate subgenital plates. The female is only tentatively associated with the male.