Allox transfigurata, Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2014

Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2014, The old-world Zygonini tr. nov. (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea, Clastopteridae), with new taxa from the related Machaerotinae, Zootaxa 3768 (4), pp. 437-459 : 443

Allox 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.

Figures

FIGURES 10 – 16. Examples of Clastopterinae (10 – 11) and Machaerotinae (12 – 16). 10, Clastoptera testacea Fitch; 11, Iba cuneata Schmidt, lectotype; 12, Allox transfigurata; 13, Metaenderleinia nervosa Lallemand; 14, Machaeropsis dramatica (genital capsule as in Metaenderleinia); 15, Irridiculum; 16, Hindoloides bipunctata (Haupt), male genitalia typical of Machaerotini and Hindoloidini. A, habitus; B, male genital capsule (small styles as in 16 B omitted in 12 – 13 B). Scale line for habitus drawings: 1 mm (Fig. 11 A slightly larger).