Paranataretus El-Sonbati, 2023

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M., 2023, A new species of the genus Paranataretus El-Sonbati, 2023 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from the continental Africa, Zootaxa 5389 (1), pp. 135-139 : 136

Genus Paranataretus El-Sonbati, 2023

Paranataretus El-Sonbati, 2023 (in El-Sonbati et al. 2023): 89. Type species: Paranataretus juwayriyae El-Sonbati, 2023 , by original designation.

Key to species

1. Pronotum and forewings with dense light dots and spots. Aedeagal shaft with spatula-shaped—slightly widened (in dorsal view) and curved (in lateral view) apex. Female VII sternite with a small rounded median process ( El-Sonbati et al. 2023, figs 1, 5, 6, 18). Saudi Arabia....................................................... P. juwayriyae El-Sonbati, 2023

-. Pronotum and forewings with small number of light dots and spots. Apex of aedeagal shaft neither widened nor curved. Female sternite VII with a pointed median process ( Fig. 8 )........................................................... 2

2. Aedeagal shaft long and slender, with simple tubular apex (in dorsal view) ( Figs 4, 5 ). Pygofer lobes rather long ( Fig. 2 ). Subgenital plates wide ( Fig. 7 ). Female sternite VII with hind margin convex ( Fig. 8 ). Male—6.9 mm. the Democratic Republic of Congo.............................................................................. P. albertinus sp. n.

-. Aedeagal shaft shorter and thicker, with apex bearing two small horn-shaped processes (in dorsal view). Pygofer lobes shorter. Subgenital plates elongate. Female sternite VII with hind margin deeply concave ( Gnezdilov 2020, Figs 5, 6 , 9–11, 13). Male— 5.5 mm. Madagascar.............................................................. P. brevis ( Gnezdilov, 2020)

Figures

FIGURES 2–8. Paranataretus albertinus sp. n., holotype, male genitalia. 2—male pygofer and anal tube, lateral view; 3—male pygofer, ventral view; 4—aedeagus, ventral view; 5—aedeagus, lateral view; 6—style and connective, dorsal view; 7—genital valve and subgenital plates, ventral view; 8—female sternite VII, ventral view. Not to scale.