Urana unica, Stroiński & Świerczewski, 2012

Stroiński, Adam & Świerczewski, Dariusz, 2012, Revision of an extraordinary Selizini genus Urana Melichar, 1902 from Madagascar (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae), Journal of Natural History 46 (41 - 42), pp. 2577-2593 : 2590-2591

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2012.708457
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B4211A-D205-FFF9-FE0E-FB2F5078111B
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Urana unica
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Urana unica View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figures 6 View Figure 6 ; 8 View Figure 8 )

Etymology

The specific epithet comes from the Latin ‘unicus’ which means unique and extraordinary.

Diagnosis

See Diagnosis of Urana paradoxa Melichar, 1902 .

Description

Total length 0.94–1.00 cm. Head. Vertex: proportion A / B = 8.00–8.66. Frons: proportion C / E = 0.78–0.84; proportion D / E = 0.98–1.03.

Thorax. Pronotum: proportion F / B = 5.00–7.00. Mesonotum: proportion G / F = 3.66–3.78, proportion G / B+F = 3.05–3.31, proportion G / H = 0.88–0.89. Tegmina: proportion I / J = 2.61–2.73.

Male genitalia. Anal tube (in lateral view, Figure 6B View Figure 6 ): lower margin almost straight. Anal tube (dorsal view, Figure 6A View Figure 6 ): lateral margins almost straight and parallel; apical margin widely arcuate about as wide as median portion. Genital styles: posterior margin weakly concave in median portion. Periandrium ( Figure 6D–F View Figure 6 ); basal part (on one side) with one dorsal, two or three (holotype) or one or two (paratype) dorsolateral and one lateral tooth; ventral part without keel-shaped lobe but with three upper short lobes ( Figure 6F View Figure 6 ); lateral part apically with huge two-armed appendage; basal arm single and short, oriented basad and curved ventrad; apical arm distinctly longer than basal one with three processes, from the longest basal to the shortest apical. Aedeagus s.s.: lateral lobes big and placed medially, dorso-apical lobes as in Figure 6G–I View Figure 6 .

Type material

Holotype, ♂: [ Chafnes anosyennes Massif nord, 1900 m haute Ranomandry 17 / 26 November 1971], [Museum Paris Madagascar East mission C.N. R.S. R.C.P. n ◦ 225] – ( MNHN).

Paratype, ♂: [ Chafnes anosyennes Massif nord, 1900 m haute Ranomandry 17 / 26 November 1971], [Museum Paris Madagascar East mission C.N. R.S. R.C.P. n ◦ 225] – ( MNHN) .

Distribution

Madagascar: Toliara Province.