Gelastissus albolineatus Kirkaldy, 1906

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M., 2008, Revision of the genus Gelastissus Kirkaldy (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Caliscelidae), Zootaxa 1727, pp. 22-28 : 23-26

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scientific name

Gelastissus albolineatus Kirkaldy
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Gelastissus albolineatus Kirkaldy View in CoL

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Gelastissus albolineatus Kirkaldy, 1906: 441 View in CoL

Gelastissus histrionicus Kirkaldy, 1906: 442 View in CoL , syn. n.; Muir, 1923: 234, figs 35, 35a

Material examined. Australia: 13♂, 4♀, 3 nymphs, New South Wales, Pearl Beach , 10–13.iii.1997, A.F. Emeljanov ( ZIN). New Guinea: 1♂, [18]96, Biró, “Lemien Berlinhafen” ( MNHN) .

Supplementary description. Coryphe with median keel, anterior margin convex, posterior margin straight. Pronotum with median keel, anterior margin weakly convex. Scutellum with median and lateral keels.

Coloration. Female. Metope brown or black, median keel sometimes light. Clypeus dark brown or black excluding light brown yellowish lateral sides. Genae light brown yellowish. Coryphe, pronotum, scutellum, and fore wings brown or black, with wide median white stripe. Lateral parts of pronotum below eyes and costal margin of fore wings with wide white stripe. Abdominal tergites brown, with dark brown dots, 3 wide light yellow or white longitudinal stripes laterally and medially and 4 dark brown or black wide longitudinal stripes between them. Epimera and episternae dark brown or black. Abdominal sternites with light brown yellowish median part and black lateral parts. Well pigmented specimen has median part of sternites with large dark brown spots. Legs light brown yellowish or brown. Each femur with dark brown spot distally. Apices of lateral and apical spines black. Claws dark brown or black. Gonoplacs dark brown or black, with pair of lateral light brown yellowish spots.

Male. Face black excluding light brown yellowish lateral parts of clypeus and genae. Coryphe, pronotum, scutellum, fore wings, epimera and episternae black. Legs light brown yellowish. Each femur with dark brown spot distally. Apices of lateral and apical spines black. Claws dark brown or black. Abdominal tergites light yellow or light green yellowish. Tergites III–VII with reddish posterior margin. Anal tube light brown yellowish.

Female genitalia. Hind margin of sternum VII convex, with median concavity.

Body length. Males—2.3–2.5 mm, females—3.0–3.4 mm.

ZIN

Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, Zoological Museum

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Caliscelidae

Genus

Gelastissus

Loc

Gelastissus albolineatus Kirkaldy

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. 2008
2008
Loc

Gelastissus albolineatus

Kirkaldy, G. W. 1906: 441
1906
Loc

Gelastissus histrionicus

Muir, F. 1923: 234
Kirkaldy, G. W. 1906: 442
1906
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