Ikelibeloha cristata Zahniser & Nielson 2012, sp. n.
| Main Authors: | Zahniser, J. N., Nielson, M. W. |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
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, 2012
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/5249758 |
Daftar Isi:
- Ikelibeloha cristata sp. n. (Figs. 1–13) Description. Length of male 7.2mm, female 7.5–8.2mm General color deep reddish-brown and orange with bright yellow markings. Yellow pronotum mottled with dark reddish-brown. Mesoscutellum yellow anteriorly; reddish brown posteriorly; with ~6 small teeth posteriorly. Forewing reddish-orange; with series of ~4 bright yellow dots from clavus onto corium; with triangular yellow mark between apex of A1 and claval suture; with large oblique yellow mark near Rs extending to costa; with yellow dot mesad of oblique mark; base of central anteapical cell with bright yellow mark; with longitudinal yellow mark in inner anteapical cell (Figs. 1,2). Female. Sternite VII about 1/2 as long as wide; more or less rounded apically. Male. Pygofer with thickened ridge continuing from posterodorsal apex ventrally to apical lobe; pygofer side with tenuous, lightly sclerotized portion ventroapically, forming triangular hyaline area (Figs. 3,8). Style apophysis articulated to basal part, chelate, outer marginal surface dimpled (Fig. 4). Aedeagus stout; gonopore apical, sloping to posteroventral surface; posteroventral surface with long V-shaped hyaline area from gonopore extending ventrally (Figs. 5,6). Material examined. Holotype ♂ (CAS): First label: MADAGASCAR: Province d’Antsiranana, Parc National Mantagne d’Ambre, 960m, 19 Mar–5 Apr 2001. Second label: 12°30’52”S 49°10’53”E, California Acad. of Sciences, R. Harin’Hala collector, malaise trap MA-01-01A-09. Third label: DNA voucher lh177, extracted by R. Rakitov, 11.viii.2007, gen.sp. (crested pronotum). 1 paratype ♀ (INHS): First label: MADAGASCAR: Province d’Antsiranana, Parc National Montagne d’Ambre, elev 980m, 4–19 Mar 2001, 12°30’52”S 49°10’53”E. Second label: California Academy of Sciences, Coll: M. Irwin, R. Harin’Hala, malaise trap, MA-01-01A-08. 1 paratype ♀ (INHS): First label: CASENT 3001943. Second label: MADAGASCAR: Province d’Antsiranana, Sakalava Beach, dwarf littoral forest 10 m, 15 Feb –6 Mar 2001. Third label: 12°15’46” S, 49°23’51” E, California Acad. of Sciences, R. Harin’Hala collector, malaise trap - across sandy trail, MA-01-04B-03. 1 paratype ♀ (CAS): same as previous except first label: CASENT 3001942. Etymology. The adjectival species name, cristata, refers to the crested pronotum.
- Published as part of Zahniser, J. N. & Nielson, M. W., 2012, An extraordinary new genus and three new species of Acostemmini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from Madagascar with comments on the morphology and classification of the tribe, pp. 28-52 in Zootaxa 3209 (1) on pages 35-36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3209.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5248266