Taharana subtumida, Nielson, 2015

Nielson, M. W., 2015, A revision of the tribe Coelidiini of the Oriental, Palearctic and Australian biogeographical regions (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae), Insecta Mundi 2015 (410), pp. 1-202 : 66-67

Taharana subtumida , sp. nov.

( Plate 6G , Fig. 368-374 )

Description. Length. Male 7.00-7.60 mm., female unknown.

External morphology. Moderate size, slightly robust species. General color black. Forewings with numerous light brown, irregular shaped markings in cells, veins marked with dark yellow, short stripes;

mesonotum black with small dark yellow spots; pronotum black, bullae dark yellow; crown dark yellow with black markings; eyes light brown; face light to dark brown, sometimes with clypeus bordered with dark brown; head narrower than pronotum, anterior margin obtusely rounded; crown short, broad, narrower than width of eyes, slightly produced anteriorly, lateral margins convergent basally, eyes large, semiglobular; pronotum large, slightly longer medially than crown, surface bullated; mesonotum large, nearly twice as long medially as pronotum; clypeus long, broad, lateral margins broadly convex, clypellus short, about 1/3 as long as clypeus, narrow, apex flared.

Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view somewhat narrowly triangular, glabrous, caudoventral process nearly parallel throughout, serrate on ventral margin in apical half ( Fig. 368 ), caudodorsal processes inflated on inner lateral margin to near apex, apex obliquely truncate ( Fig. 369 ); aedeagus long, tubular, shaft inflated in basal ¼ in ventral and lateral views, finely toothed in apical 1/7 on dorsal surface ( Fig. 370, 371 ); style small, apophysis short, digitate, about as long as base ( Fig. 372 ); dorsal connective long, narrow ( Fig. 370 ); connective small, broad, arms narrow, medial ridge complete, stem large, ovate ( Fig. 373 ); subgenital plate long, narrow, glabrous ( Fig. 374 ).

Material examined. Holotype male. THAILAND: Ubon Ratchathani, Pha Taem NP, Phu Krajeaw foothill, 15 o 39.989’N / 105 o 30.468’E., Pan trap 7-8.vi.2007, Tongcam and Banlu, leg. T2203 ( QSBG) . Additional material: 2 males, same data as holotype except First level, Huay / Sanom waterfall, 15 o 27.407' N 105 o 34.867’E., 230 m., Pan trap, 5- / 6.v.2007, Sorawit Mingman, leg., T2180 ( ULKY) ; 1 male, Loei Phu Kradueng NP, Dry dipterocarp forest at Loei / Malaise trap 18-26.ix.2006, Sutin Glong-lasae, leg. T952 ( MLBM) ; 1 male, same data as holotype except Saengjan waterfall, 15 o 31.985' N / 105 o 35.774’E, 155 m., Pan traps, 7-8.ix.2006, Mitchai Sai-ngam, leg. T883 ( QSBG) .

Etymology. The name of the species is descriptive for the pygofer caudodorsal processes which are inflated from base to sub apex.

Remarks. From T. mediolata to which it is nearest in caudodorsal and caudoventral pygofer processes, T. subtumida can be separated by the clearly inflated pygofer caudodorsal processes in dorsal view, its tapered apex in lateral view, the straight ventral margin of the pygofer caudoventral processes (inflated medially in T. mediolata ) and the straight inner lateral margin of the subgenital plate (apex curved laterally in T. mediolata ).

Figures

PLATE 6. A-I. Dorsal habitus. (A) Taharana truncata, sp. nov.; (B) Taharana angusta, sp. nov.; (C) Taharana exiguitas, sp. nov.; (D) Taharana intimacalcara, sp. nov.; (E) Taharana incisura; sp. nov.; (F) Taharana phetchabunensis, sp. nov.; (G) Taharana subtumida, sp. nov.; (H) Taharana protriangulata, sp. nov.; (I) Taharana mediolata, sp. nov.

Figures 368-374. Genitalia, Taharana subtumida, sp. nov. 368) Male pygofer, lateral view.369); Pygofer caudodorsal processes, dorsal view. 370) Aedeagus and dorsal connective, lateral view. 371) Aedeagus, dorsal view. 372) Style, lateral view. 373) Connective, caudal view. 374) Subgenital plate, ventral view.