Webbolidia andamana, Meshram, 2019

Meshram, Naresh M., 2019, Leafhopper tribe Coelidiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) of the Indian subcontinent, Zootaxa 4653 (1), pp. 1-91 : 33-34

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4653.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FCDFD71B-D7AD-480D-A8CA-18297FD8D5EC
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5191130
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CD4987FE-4A4C-E03C-FF0C-F972FAAFFCF9
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Webbolidia andamana
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Webbolidia andamana View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs. 3 View FIGURES 3 L–M, 6 L–M, 9 J–K, 10 L, 13 M–P, 51 A–H.

Male and female. Male much darker than female. Head and legs ochraceous, pronotum and wings dark brown with ochraceous spots. Eyes reddish brown, ocelli black. Mesonotum black with faint ochraceous spots, lateral margins brownish ochraceous. Thoracic sternites and pleurites largely black with broad ochraceous margins ( Figs. 3 View FIGURES 3 L–M, 6 L–M, 9 J–K). Female seventh sternite with posterior margin broadly convex in middle ( Fig. 10 L View FIGURES 10 ).

Male genitalia. Pygofer broadly triangular, sparsely setose apically with caudodorsal process long, straight, blade-like, pointed apically ( Fig. 51 H View FIGURES 51 ). Subgenital plate long, broad in basal ¾, then narrowed and of uniform width with rounded apex ( Fig. 51 E View FIGURES 51 ). Style short, broad at base, apophysis slender and digitate ( Fig. 51 F View FIGURES 51 ). Connective longer than wide at base, median longitudinal ledge well developed, complete ( Fig. 51 G View FIGURES 51 ). Aedeagus with two apical and one subapical moderately long subequal processes, lateral margin of shaft with seven spine-like setae near middle, gonopore at midlength of shaft, dorsal apodeme sinuate ( Figs. 51 View FIGURES 51 A–D).

Female genitalia. Valvula I sculptured in apical ¼ ( Figs. 13 View FIGURES 13 M–N). Valvula II with basal three teeth prominent and remaining five teeth less so, each tooth triangular without secondary tooth, dorsal teeth in apical 1/3 ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 13 O–P).

Measurements. Male 7.7−7.8 mm long, 2.0 mm wide across eyes and 2.4 mm across posterolateral angles of pronotum. Female 8.1 mm long, 2.1 mm wide across eyes and 2.5 mm across posterolateral angles of pronotum.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂, INDIA: Andaman & Nicobar: South Andaman : Jirkatang 11 0 49’53.4” N, 92 0 39’17.4” E, 2.6m, 19.iv.2014, Sweep net, Yeshwanth, H.M. ( UASB) GoogleMaps . PARATYPES: INDIA: Andaman , 1 ♀, Mt. Harriet, 11 0 44’ N, 92 0 39’ E, 0.6m, 11.iii.2012, David, K.J. ( UASB) GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The species is named after the type locality and is noun in apposition.

Remark. W. andamana sp. nov. is similar in male genitalia features to W. webbi , and can be distinguished from the latter by the two apical and one subapical aedeagal processes (one apical process in W. webbi ), by a series of short spine-like setae medially on the aedeagal shaft, and the subgenital plate not as narrowed distally.