Molopopterus ugandica Cao & Dietrich, 2020

Cao, Yanghui, Dietrich, Christopher H., Dmitriev, Dmitry A. & Zhang, Yalin, 2020, Taxonomic study of some Afrotropical erythroneurine leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), Zootaxa 4860 (3), pp. 301-351 : 331-335

4. Molopopterus ugandica Cao & Dietrich sp. nov.

( Figs 17 , 26 u–x)

Description. Body dark lemon yellow (specimen preserved in ethanol before examination). Vertex with semicircular median area dark brown; eyes grey; anteclypeus slightly infuscated; pronotum with short medial band on anterior margin, midline and long band near posterior margin dark brown; mesonotum and brochosome area of forewing black. ( Figs 26 u–x)

Male abdominal apodemes 2S ( Fig. 17a ) extended to middle of sternite IV, apodemes 3T ( Fig. 17b ) broad but short, not reaching hind margin of sternite III.

Pygofer lobe ( Fig. 17c ) long, apex somewhat blunt, without microsetae on distal half. Subgenital plate ( Figs 17c, e ) with about 2 macrosetae, with group of thickened microsetae on subbasal angle and continued with irregular rows of rigid microsetae to apex. Style ( Fig. 17f ) with foot-like apex short and region between it and middle part long, preapical lobe relatively small, with row of sensory setae on preapical lobe. Connective ( Fig. 17g ) with manubrium relatively broad.Aedeagal shaft ( Figs 17h, i ) thin and relatively long, slightly arcuate, without process, atrium almost as long as shaft, dorsal apodeme closely appressed to preatrium; gonopore terminal on dorsal side.

Measurement. Male length 3.60mm.

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, UGANDA, Kibale National Park, Kanyawara, Makerere University Biolog- ical Field Station , 1484m, 0º34.405'N, 30º21.646'E, 02–12.viii.2005, Malaise trap, primary mid-altitude Rainforest, near stream, coll. S.van Noort (IMC).

Etymology. The new species is named for the type locality, Uganda.

Diagnosis. This species is very similar to M. delta Dworakowska, 1973 , but the pygofer lobe is longer, the footlike apex of the style is shorter, the connective is narrower and the aedeagal shaft is curved.

Figures

FIGURE 17. Molopopterus ugandica. a. abdominal apodemes 2S; b. abdominal apodemes 3T; c. genital capsule; d. subgenital plate, style, connective and sternite IX; e. subgenital plate, dorsal view; f. style, dorsal view; g. apex of style, lateral view; h. connective; i. aedeagus, lateral view; j. aedeagus, ventral view.

FIGURE 26. a–d. Lublinia acaciae; e–h. Lublinia anchoroides; i–l. Molopopterus hastata; m–p. Molopopterus parajota; q–t. Molopopterus steeleae; u–x. Molopopterus ugandica.