Pseudoseliza, Peng, Ling-Fei, Wang, Ying-Lun & Zhang, Ya-Lin, 2010

Peng, Ling-Fei, Wang, Ying-Lun & Zhang, Ya-Lin, 2010, A new genus and one new species of the Tribe Selizini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae) from China, with a checklist of the tribe from the Oriental Region, Zootaxa 2420, pp. 46-52 : 48-49

Pseudoseliza gen. n.

Type species. Pseudoseliza crassiprocessa sp. n.

Medium-sized planthoppers. Head narrower than pronotum. Vertex wider than long, anterior margin slightly pointed in dorsal view. Frons broader than long, with median carina extending onto vertex. Pronotum slightly shorter than head, with median carina; postocular eminence small, conical. Tegmen about 2.5 times longer than wide, costal membrane slightly broader than costal cell; costal margin truncate, not sinuate before apex, apical margin convex with two submarginal lines of crossveins; three longitudinal veins arising from basal cell (Sc+R, M, Cu); vein Sc crossing elevated bulla. Metatibial lateral spines 2.

Etymology. The name is derived from the Greek prefix “ pseudo ” meaning “false”, in combination with the genus Seliza , which means this new genus resembles Seliza . The gender is feminine.

Remarks: This new genus is placed into the tribe Selizini by the following combination of characteristics: all fawn-colored and medium in size; tegmen elongated, about 2.5 times as long as broad, claval vein at the base strongly elevated; postocular eminence conical ( Figs. 1–2 ); antennal segment I very short, ring-like, segment II tubular.

The new genus is close to Paraflatoptera and Meulona , but differs from them mainly by: head slightly pointed in dorsal view; two metatibial lateral spines. It is also very similar to Seliza by the shape of tegmen and the number of metatibial lateral spines, but can be distinguished by: frons with a median carina extending onto vertex and projection medially in lateral view ( Figs. 1–2 ); tegmen with 2 subapical lines and costal margin not sinuate before costal angle ( Fig. 4 ); male abdominal segment IX narrowed in lateral view, genital style not triangular ( Fig. 6 ).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 9. Pseudoseliza crassiprocessa sp. n. 1, head and thorax, dorsal view, transverse intergenal carina (tic); 2, head and thorax, left lateral view; 3, face; 4, tegmen, show bulla; 5, male anal segment, dorsal view; 6, male genitalia, left lateral view; 7, phallus, left lateral view, show dorsolateral emargination (dle), lateral lobe (ll), dorsal lobe (dl), ventral lobe (vl); 8, phallus, dorsal view, show dorsolateral emargination (dle); 9, phallus, ventral view, show ventral lobe (vl), lateral emargination (le).