Neokrisna breva Freytag, 2012

Freytag, Paul H., 2012, A review of the New World Krisnini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae) including three genera and six new species, Insecta Mundi 2012 (246), pp. 1-8 : 5

Neokrisna breva Freytag , new species

( Figures 16-20)

Description. Length of males 11.0- 11.5 mm, females 11.5-11.8 mm. Similar to N. decliva in general size and color. Male genitalia: Pygofer ( Figs. 16-17) very long, somewhat truncate at apex, with ventral spine-like process from middle of ventral margin, with basal spur on dorsal median margin. Style ( Fig. 18) long expanded near middle, with a small spur on ventral margin, than narrowing to acute apex. Aedeagus ( Figs. 19-20) stout, C-shaped in lateral view, narrowing to apex, with pair of lateral processes from middle of shaft extending just beyond apex.

Type material. Holotype male: Dominican Republic, Independencia, Sierra de Neiba, just South of crest, 5 km NNW Angel Felix, 1780 m., 18 o 41’N 71 o 47’W, 13-15-X-1991, J. Rawlings, R. Davidson, C. Young, S. Thompson, cloud forest ( CMNH) . Paratypes: Four males, same data as holotype (two males, CMNH; two males, FSCA) .

Other specimens: Thirty four males, five females, Dominican Republic, Independencia, San Juan and Barahona (two males, two females from Barahona, UKYL, remainder CMNH).

Notes. Similar to N. oncora but larger and with different male genitalia. It is named for the ventral spur on the male style, which does not occur on the other species of the genus..