Afronaso Jacobi, 1910

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. & Neimorovets, Vladimir V., 2025, Review of the genus Afronaso Jacobi, 1910 (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea, Caliscelidae), with the description of two new genera and a new species from tropical Africa and Madagascar, Zootaxa 5590 (3), pp. 386-400 : 387-388

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Genus Afronaso Jacobi, 1910 View in CoL View at ENA

Afronaso Jacobi, 1910: 108 View in CoL .

Type species: Afronaso rhinarius Jacobi, 1910 , by original designation and monotypy.

Savanopulex Dlabola, 1987: 83 View in CoL , syn. nov. Type species: Savanopulex endroedyi Dlabola, 1987 , by original designation and monotypy.

Diagnosis. Penis asymmetrical, with large bifurcate process dorsally and without basal projection. Dorso-lateral lobes of phallobase covered with dense macrosetae. Ventral aedeagal hooks curved or spirally curved.

Males and females of the same species as well as ones of different species are very different externally.

Composition and distribution. Four species known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Ruanda, the Republic of Burundi, Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya — Afronaso cuneiceps ( Fennah, 1957) , A. pumilio Gnezdilov , sp. nov., A. rhinarius Jacobi, 1910 , and A. spinosa Chmurova et Webb, 2016 ( Jacobi 1910; Fennah 1955; Synave 1957; Linnavuori 1973; Gnezdilov & Bourgoin 2009; Chmurova & Webb 2016).

Key to species

1. Femora and tibiae slightly flattened or foliate ( Fig. 26 View FIGURE 24–29 ). First metatarsomere with two latero-apical and one intermediate spines.............................................................................................. 2

- Femora and tibiae not flattened neither foliate ( Gnezdilov & Bourgoin 2009, fig. 51). First metatarsomere with only two latero-apical spines. Distribution: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Ruanda, the Republic of Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda.......................................................... A. rhinarius Jacobi, 1910

2. Generally black, with long metopial proboscis ( Chmurova & Webb 2016, fig. 1A–C). Distribution: Zambia...................................................................................... A. spinosa Chmurova et Webb, 2016

- Generally yellowish brown to black, with yellow or light brown legs, with short proboscis or without proboscis ( Figs 1–14 View FIGURE 1–4 View FIGURE 5–8 View FIGURE 9–11 View FIGURE 12–14 )... ................................................................................................... 3

3. Female sternite VII concave medially ( Fig. 25 View FIGURE 24–29 ). Females— 3.5 mm. Distribution: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo........................................................... A. cuneiceps ( Fennah, 1957)

- Female sternite VII strongly convex medially ( Fig. 27 View FIGURE 24–29 ). Females— 2.5 mm. Distribution: Uganda................................................................................................... A. pumilio Gnezdilov , sp. nov.

References

Chmurova, L. & Webb, M. D. (2016) Two new planthopper species (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Caliscelidae) collected in pitfall traps in Zambia. Zootaxa, 4154 (3), 316-322. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4154.3.6

Dlabola, J. (1987) Savanopulex, eine neue Caliscelinae-Gattung und drei neue Arten aus dem aequatorialen Afrika (Homoptera, Issidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 42, 83-87.

Fennah, R. G. (1955) LXXVIII. Homoptera Fulgoroidea. Contributions a l'etude de la faune entomologique du Ruanda-Urundi (Mission P. Basilewsky 1953). Annales du Musee Royal du Congo belge Tervuren, Belgique, Serie 8, Sciences Zoologiques, 40, 427-446.

Fennah, R. G. (1957) Fulgoroidea from the Belgian Congo (Hemiptera Homoptera). Annales du Musee Royal du Congo belge, Serie 8, Sciences Zoologiques, 59, 1-206.

Gnezdilov, V. M. & Bourgoin, T. (2009) First record of the family Caliscelidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) from Madagascar, with description of new taxa from the Afrotropical Region and biogeographical notes. Zootaxa, 2020 (1), 1-36. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2020.1.1

Jacobi, A. (1910) 12. Hemiptera. 7. Homoptera. Wissenschaftliche ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den Umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905 - 1906. Unter leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjostedt herausgegeben mit unterstutzung von der konigl. Schewedischen Akademie der wissenschaften, 2 (8-14), 97 - 136, pls. 1 - 2.

Linnavuori, R. (1973) Hemiptera of the Sudan, with remarks on some species of the adjacent countries. 2. Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae, Cercopidae, Machaerotidae, Membracidae and Fulgoroidea. Notulae Entomologicae, 53 (3), 65-137.

Synave, H. (1957) Issidae (Homoptera-Fulgoroidea). Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. Mission G. F. de Witte, 43, 1-78.

Figures

FIGURE 24–29. Caliscelini, female. 24—Afronaso cuneiceps (Fennah, 1957), anal tube, dorsal view, 25—same, sternite VII, ventral view 26—Afronaso pumilio Gnezdilov, sp. nov., paratype, fore right leg, 27—same, sternite VII, ventral view, 28— Albrehmus chloe (Linnavuori, 1973), sternite VII, ventral view, 29—same, anal tube, dorsal view. Not to scale.

FIGURE 1–4. Afronaso cuneiceps (Fennah, 1957), male, Kisantu. 1—dorsal view, 2—lateral view, 3—frontal view; 4—genital block in caudo-dorsal view (dorsal bifurcate process of the phallobase whitish).