Nigrojassus madhurai, Krishnankutty & Dietrich, 2012

Krishnankutty, Sindhu M. & Dietrich, Christopher H., 2012, Two new iassine leafhopper genera from Ecuador (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), Zootaxa 3530, pp. 43-50 : 47

Nigrojassus madhurai sp. nov.

( Figs 1–5 , 9–18 )

Body length: 5.0 mm.

Coloration, structural and genital characters as in genus description except as follows: pygofer with dorsally directed long appendage arising near middle of posterior margin ( Fig. 9 ), dorsal connective V-shaped, aedeagus almost U-shaped in lateral view ( Fig. 17 ), without processes, with preapical angular prominence.

Material examined. Holotype male, ECUADOR, Orellana, Transect Ent. 1km, S. Onkonegare Camp Reserve Etnica Waorani, 00’39’10”S, 076’26’00”W, Lot# 1124, 6 –VII–1995, T.L. Erwin et al., Fogging terra firme forest ( USNM).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Habitus and face of Nigrojassus spp. 1 – 5. N. madhurai sp. nov. 6 – 8. N. ananthi sp. nov. 1 & 6, dorsal habitus; 2 & 7. lateral habitus; 3 & 8. face.

FIGURES 9 – 22. Male genitalia of Nigrojassus species. 9 – 18. N. madhurai sp. nov. 19 – 22. N. ananthi sp. nov. 9 & 19. lateral view of genital capsule; 10. dorsal view of pygofer (arrow indicates paired posterodorsal lobes); 11. ventral view of valve; 12. ventral view of subgenital plate; 13. dorsal connective; 14. dorsal view of style and connective; 15. lateral view of style; 16. close-up of connective with middle part of style; 17 & 21. lateral view of aedeagus; 18 & 22. caudal view of aedeagus; 20. caudal view of genital capsule.