Centromeria spinosa, Song & Webb & Liang, 2016

Song, Zhi-Shun, Webb, Michael D. & Liang, Ai-Ping, 2016, Phylogenetic analysis of the Oriental genera of Orthopagini Emeljanov, 1983 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Dictyopharidae: Dictyopharinae), with a systematic revision of the genus Centromeria Stål, 1870, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 178 (1), pp. 33-87 : 73

CENTROMERIA SPINOSA SP. NOV.

FIGS 2K , 24A – I

Type specimens. Holotype: ♂, Philippines, Philippines Islands , Mount Makiling, 17.iii.1960, T. C. Maa ( BPBM).

Paratypes: Philippines, 2♀♀, Mount Makiling, Luzon, Baker ; Centromeria longipennis [Melichar’s handwriting], Melichar det. ( MMBC) ; 1♀, 7155, Luzon , Jagor. ( MFNB) ; 1♀, Manilla, Tharey ( NHRS) ; 2♀♀, Ins. Philipp. , Semper ( NHRS) .

Etymology. This new species name is derived from the Latin ‘ spinosus ’, referring to its phallobase covered with numerous small short spines.

Diagnosis. The new species is very similar to C. cuspidata sp. nov., but can be separated from the latter by very short small spines on the phallobase.

Description. BL, ♂ 16.7 mm, ♀ 16.3 – 17.5 mm; HL, ♂ 2.5 mm, ♀ 2.4 – 2.5 mm; HW, ♂ 1.7 mm, ♀ 1.6 – 1.7 mm; TL, ♂ 13.6 mm, ♀ 13.1 – 13.9 mm.

General colour and external morphology very similar to C. cuspidata sp. nov. Vertex in dorsal view with ratio of length to width between eyes about 3.4: 1 ( Fig. 24A ). Fore femora missing; hind tibiae with seven lateral spines; hind tarsomeres I with nine or ten apical teeth and tarsomeres II with 11 or 12 apical teeth.

Male genitalia with pygofer in lateral view broad and high, distinctly wider ventrally than dorsally (about 2.5: 1); posterior margin with a small, narrow, and straight process near middle, apex obtuse ( Fig. 24E ). Gonostyles ( Fig. 24E ) relatively large, upper process large and elongate, subacute apically. Aedeagus ( Fig. 24G – I ) relatively small, endosomal processes extended posteriorly and curved dorsally, apical onethird membranous and tortuous ( Fig. 24G ); phallobase sclerotized and pigmented at base, membranous apically, covered with numerous minute spines on lateral surfaces; ventral apical area with two pairs of lobes; outer lobes short and small, covered with numerous small spines; inner lobes a little longer and large, only covered with small spines at apex ( Fig. 24H, I ). Segment X large and elongate, in dorsal view with ratio of length to width near middle about 1.6: 1 ( Fig. 24D ).

Distribution. Philippines (Luzon).

Figures

Figure 2. Centromeria species: A, Centromeria curva sp. nov., holotype, male; B, Centromeria cuspidata sp. nov., holotype, male; C, Centromeria deckerti sp. nov., holotype, male; D, Centromeria inflata sp. nov., holotype, male; E, Centromeria inspinata, female; F, Centromeria longipennis, male; G, Centromeria maculata sp. nov., holotype, male; H, Centromeria melichari sp. nov., holotype, male; I, Centromeria nigroapicata, male; J, Centromeria speilinea, male; K, Centromeria spinosa sp. nov., holotype, male; L, Centromeria surgens, male; M, Centromeria triangulata sp. nov., holotype, male.

Figure 24. Centromeria spinosa sp. nov.: A, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsal view; B, head and pronotum, lateral view; C, head, ventral view; D, male pygofer and segment X, dorsal view; E, male genitalia, lateral view; F, male pygofer and gonostyles, ventral view; G, aedeagus, dorsal view; H, aedeagus, lateral view; I, aedeagus, ventral view.