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Pseudoclastoptera invidia Hamilton, sp. nov.
No full textPseudoclastoptera invidia Hamilton sp. nov. Etymology. invidia (noun in apposition), Latin for “jealousy” Diagnosis. Dorsum yellow, venter of head and thorax contrasting black to brown on antennal pits, genae, rostrum, pleura and leg joints; abdominal terga black, sterna orange except for 3 apical segments that are yellow. Coeloconic sensilla numerous, possibly 5–7 in slit-shaped pit, plus a prominent coeloconic sensillum adjoining base of globular basiconic sensillum (Fig. 32 C). Pectens of hind tibia with 10 spines scarcely darker than apices of tibia, those of basitarsomere with 9–10 spines, of second tarsomere with 7–8 spines. Female unknown. Length: 4.4 mm. Types. Holotype male, MADAGASCAR: Province Diego-Suarez, 7 km N Joffreville, 360m, 12 o 20 ' S 49 o 15 ' E, 7–28 April 2001 (R. Harin’Hala) malaise trap in dry forest, MA– 01–07– 10. Type in CAS (CASENT 3001806). Other material: 1 doubtfully associated female, MADAGASCAR: Province Diego-Suarez, Parc national Montagne d’Ambre, 1125 m, 12 o 31 ' 13 " S 49 o 10 ' 45 " E, 26 Jan– 11 Feb. 2001 (R. Harin’Hala) malaise trap, MA–01– 01D–03, CASENT 3001849; BOLD: CNC # HEM 402128. This resembles the female paratype of P. irrubesco (BOLD: CNC # HEM 402127), but its bar-code data differs significantly by 10.75 %, even with less than optimal recovery (407 out of 658 base-pairs in both specimens). Unlike the male of P. irrubesco, its coeloconic sensillae are set in a larger, bilobed pit (Fig. 31 C), but less extensive than that of the male of P. invidia.Published as part of Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2014, The old-world Zygonini tr. nov. (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea, Clastopteridae), with new taxa from the related Machaerotinae, pp. 437-459 in Zootaxa 3768 (4) on page 449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3768.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/22782
Pseudoclastoptera irrubesco Hamilton, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Pseudoclastoptera irrubesco</i> Hamilton sp. nov. <p> <b>Etymology.</b> <i>irrubesco</i> (verb), Latin for “blush”</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Yellow with contrasting darker venter: black inside antennal pits and frons below these, rest of face and fore coxae brown; legs black with ivory joints; basal two-thirds of male tegmina (except costal plaques) purplish red, only faintly indicated in female; thoracic sterna and male abdominal terga orange red; female abdominal terga and sterna of both sexes orange except yellow apical 3 segments. Coeloconic sensilla few, probably 4 in oval pit (Fig. 30 C, insert), and globular basiconic sensillum almost entirely withdrawn into deep apical pit. Pectens of hind tibia with 11–13 spines, those of basitarsomere with 8–10 spines, of second tarsomere with 7–9 spines with long setae. Length: male 4.5 mm, female 5.3 mm.</p> <p> <b>Types.</b> Holotype male, MADAGASCAR: <i>Province d’Antananairivo</i>, 7 km SE Andasibe National Park headquarters, el. 1050m, 18o57.76' S 48o27.16' E, 9–23 April 2001 (R. Harin’Hala) malaise trap in tropical forest, MA–01–08A–06; CASENT 3001984. Paratype: 1 female, same data as holotype, CASENT 3001988; BOLD: CNC#HEM402127. Both types in CAS.</p>Published as part of <i>Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2014, The old-world Zygonini tr. nov. (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea, Clastopteridae), with new taxa from the related Machaerotinae, pp. 437-459 in Zootaxa 3768 (4)</i> on page 449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3768.4.3, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/227822">http://zenodo.org/record/227822</a>
Tomaspisinella (Merinx) jocosa Hamilton, 2016, sp. nov.
No full textTomaspisinella (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/26258
Orthorapha Hamilton, 2013, sp. nov.
No full textOrthorapha (s.s.) invidia sp. nov. Etymology. invidia (noun in apposition), from the Latin for “envy.” Diagnosis. Small; head paler than the base of the tegmina (Fig. 33 E). Head and tegminal tips tan; anterior half of tegminal costa white; pronotum of male and dorsum of female including clavi and adjacent part of tegmina sordid greenish; rest of tegmina, and legs of male, black (Fig. 33 E) except for pale leg joints; vein tips scarcely indicated; tip of tegmina broadly rounded; hind wings as in O. cassidioides (Fig. 2 F). Theca lamellate, broadest at midlength, tapered to minutely truncate tip (Fig. 5 A). Length: male 4.5 mm, female 5.5 mm. Width across head 1.8–1.9 mm, across pronotum 0.1 mm greater. Types. Holotype male, BRAZIL: S [anta] Cath [arina]—Rio Natal, Jan. 1946 (A. Maller). Paratype female, Corupa (Hansa Humbolt) [west of Jaraguá do Sul], Dec. 1948 (A. Maller). Both types in AMNH.Published as part of Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2013, Revision of Neotropical aphrophorine spittlebugs, part 2: tribe Orthoraphini (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea), pp. 201-225 in Zootaxa 3710 (3) on page 213, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3710.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/21711
Tomaspisinella (Meretricula) oliveirai Hamilton, 2016, n. sp.
No full textTomaspisinella (Meretricula) oliveirai n. sp. Diagnosis. Combining the pygofer or T. punctatissima with the strongly curved, unarmed theca of T, pallidiceps. Description. Head black, body and tegmina dark brown, unmarked. Head in profile with frons convex, weakly angulate. Subgenital plates with avicephaliform tips; theca slender throughout, sickle-shaped, unarmed (Fig. 31 A– B). Length: male 3.2–3.5 mm; female unknown. Types. Holotype male, BRAZIL: Minas Gerais ─ Santa Barbara, Caraca, Jan. 1970 (F.M. Oliveira); BM 1971- 165 in BMNH. Paratypes: 4 males, same data; mounted in pairs. Two paratypes in BMNH; 2 paratypes No. 24227 in CNCI. Tomaspisinella (Meretricula) pallidiceps sp. nov. Etymology. pallidus (adj.), wan; ceps (n.), head. Diagnosis. Head including eyes ivory, paler than brown body. Description. Shiny, hairless; face receding; legs and dorsum brown; venter and tegmina blackish brown; tegmina 2× as long as wide. Male pygofer short, dorsal and ventral surfaces diverging caudad (Fig. 32 A–B); subgenital plates curving dorsad at tips, in ventral aspect evenly tapered to pointed tips, separated by narrow slit extending nearly halfway to base of segment (as in fig. 29D); styles fused to phallobase, minutely setose on dorsal angle; theca long, unarmed, almost as strongly curved as in T. oliveirai. Length: male 3.2 mm; female unknown. Type. Holotype male, ECUADOR: Orellana ─ Estacion Cientifica Yasuni, 17 Oct. 2003 (M.H. Evans) in flight intercept trap; in ILNHS.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 pages 226-227, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/26258
Tomaspisinella (Merinx) bolivari Hamilton, 2016, sp. nov.
No full textTomaspisinella (Merinx) bolivari sp. nov. Diagnosis. Styles right-angled at midlength. Description. Black, unmarked; coronal margin and fore and middle tarsi brown to tan. Pronotal margins distinctly overlapping tegminal bases (as in Cosmoscartini). Legs placed very close together. Male subgenital plates avicephaliform (Fig. 35 A–B), separated by narrow, U-shaped notch (Fig. 35 D); style apices tapered to sharp points weakly curved mesad; aedeagal shaft parallel-margined on basal half, tapered and straight on apical half, unarmed (Fig. 35 A–B). Length: male 3.4–3.5 mm; female unknown. Types. Holotype male, VENEZUELA: Bolivar ─ 10 km N Luepa, Gran Sabana 1500 m, 26 June –11 July 1987 (S. and J. Peck) Malaise-FIT [flight interception trap], cloud forest. Paratypes: 3 males, same data as holotype. Holotype and 1 paratype No. 21082 in CNCI; 1 paratype each in BMNH and NMNH. Remarks. The pronotum overlapping the tegminal bases is a character otherwise found in Cercopoidea only in the Palaeotropical Cosmoscartini.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 pages 225-226, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/26258
Zygon desegregatum Hamilton, 2014, sp. nov.
No full textZygon desegregatum sp. nov. Etymology. de -, away from; segregatum (adjective), Latin for “separated” Diagnosis. Ivory to brown, midline of scutellum paler, dorsum often thickly maculate with black or dark brown spots (Figs 1 A–B), in darkest specimens tylus and scutellum each with 2 bold, black patches on sides (Fig. 9 A); frons and legs lineate with brown or black. Length: male 6.2–6.9 mm; female 7.0– 7.5 mm. Types. Holotype male, [NAMIBIA] S.W. AFRICA: Hoffnung Farm, 10 mi NE Windhoek, 7 Feb. 1972, Southern African Exp. B.M. 1972 – 1. Paratype female, same data as holotype; 5 males, 3 females, S.W. Africa, Aus., 1–2 Feb. 1929 (R.E. Turner) Brit. Mus. 1930 – 113; 15 males, 1 female, same data, Jan., Brit. Mus. 1930 – 117. Holotype and 21 paratypes in BMNH; 4 paratypes No. 21402 in CNCI. Remarks. Specimens of this species vary greatly in colour, from almost unmarked brown, to boldly patterned in black and white. The male holotype seems to represent one extreme, and its associated female the other. This male also has abnormal hind wing venation; the first 2 longitudinal veins (R and M) unite before the wing tip, making M appear forked. No specimens of this species were found to be suitable for barcoding.Published as part of Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2014, The old-world Zygonini tr. nov. (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea, Clastopteridae), with new taxa from the related Machaerotinae, pp. 437-459 in Zootaxa 3768 (4) on page 451, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3768.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/22782
Tremapterus (Selenion) longicaudatus Hamilton, 2015, sp. nov.
No full textTremapterus (Selenion) longicaudatus sp. nov. Etymology. longi-, elongate; caudatus (adjective), tailed. Diagnosis. Tawny, faintly marked with brown lines along legs and on muscle arcs of frons; dark brown dots on tegmina forming 2 indefinite bands across corium and cloud at base of clavi. Male as in Nyanja, but theca with convex caudoventral margin, dorsal arm slender and elongate. Length: ♂ 4.5 mm; ♀ 4.9–5.6 mm. Ovipositor with 2 nd valvulae 1.2 mm long. Types. Holotype ♀, SOUTH AFRICA: Beacon Bay, East London, 22 Jan. 1976 (R.E. Parrott); No. 21115 in CNCI. Paratypes: 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, Port St. John, Pondoland, 5–30 April 1923 (R.E. Turner) Brit. Mus. 1923 - 286; 1 ♀, same data, 25 March, Brit. Mus. 1923 - 241; 1 ♀, same data, 1–17 May, Brit. Mus. 1923 - 177; 3 ♀♀, Umkomaas, Natal, July 1941 (A.L. Capener) Brit. Mus. 1952 - 254; 1 ♀, same data, B.M. 1948 - 536.Published as part of Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2015, A new tribe and species of Clastopterinae (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Clastopteridae) from Africa, Asia and North America, pp. 151-189 in Zootaxa 3946 (2) on page 182, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/23316
Allox transfigurata Hamilton, 2014, sp. nov.
No full textAllox transfigurata sp. nov. Etymology. trans-, across, figurata (adjective), Latin for “crossbanded”. Diagnosis. Dorsum grey, venter and tegminal pustules black; dorsum cross-banded with brown on crown, scutellum, base of and middle of tegmina, and with 2 orange-brown crossbands on pronotum; tips of tegmina black with irregular white vermiculations (Fig. 12 A). Length: male 5.1–5.6 mm; female 6.1–6.6 mm. Types. Holotype male, [BORNEO:] SABAH -Tawai Plat. 1300ft (400 m) 8 mi S Telupid, 8 Sept. 1977 (M.E. Bacchus) B.M. 1978 – 48. Paratypes: 4 males, 3 females, same data as holotype; 1 female, SARAWAK - Gunong Mulu N. Pk., Kerrangas, W Melinau Gorge 150m, March–April 1978 (J.D. Holloway). Holotype and 5 paratypes in BMNH; 2 paratypes No. 21398 in CNCI.Published as part of Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2014, The old-world Zygonini tr. nov. (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea, Clastopteridae), with new taxa from the related Machaerotinae, pp. 437-459 in Zootaxa 3768 (4) on page 443, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3768.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/22782
Allox transfigurata Hamilton, 2014, sp. nov.
No full textAllox transfigurata sp. nov. Etymology. trans-, across, figurata (adjective), Latin for “crossbanded”. Diagnosis. Dorsum grey, venter and tegminal pustules black; dorsum cross-banded with brown on crown, scutellum, base of and middle of tegmina, and with 2 orange-brown crossbands on pronotum; tips of tegmina black with irregular white vermiculations (Fig. 12 A). Length: male 5.1–5.6 mm; female 6.1–6.6 mm. Types. Holotype male, [BORNEO:] SABAH -Tawai Plat. 1300ft (400 m) 8 mi S Telupid, 8 Sept. 1977 (M.E. Bacchus) B.M. 1978 – 48. Paratypes: 4 males, 3 females, same data as holotype; 1 female, SARAWAK - Gunong Mulu N. Pk., Kerrangas, W Melinau Gorge 150m, March–April 1978 (J.D. Holloway). Holotype and 5 paratypes in BMNH; 2 paratypes No. 21398 in CNCI.Published as part of Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2014, The old-world Zygonini tr. nov. (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea, Clastopteridae), with new taxa from the related Machaerotinae, pp. 437-459 in Zootaxa 3768 (4) on page 443, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3768.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/22782
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