Tomaspisinella (Merinx) jocosa Hamilton, 2016, sp. nov
| Main Author: | Andrew Hamilton, K. G. |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
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, 2016
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https://zenodo.org/record/5613365 |
Daftar Isi:
- Tomaspisinella (Merinx) jocosa sp. nov. Diagnosis. Orange-yellow, paler on pleura and costal plaque, with rest of tegmina contrastingly dark brown; eyes reddish to brown. Description. Pronotal margins not overlapping tegminal bases. Legs not placed very close together. Male subgenital plates slender (Fig. 34 A–B), with narrow, pointed pair of median processes (Fig. 34 D); styles globular; aedeagal shaft weakly curved, with pair of retrorse spines at midlength, apical half globular, tip a slender spine (Fig. 34 C). Length: male 3.8–3.9 mm; female unknown. Types. Holotype male, BRAZIL: Pará ─ Jacareacanga, Oct. 1959 (M. Alvarenga); in NMNH. Paratype male, same data and location. Remarks. The striking colour and narrow subgenital plate processes are unique.
- Published as part of Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2016, Neotropical spittlebugs related to Neaenini (Hemiptera, Cercopidae) and the origins of subfamily Cercopinae, pp. 201-250 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 226, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/262585