Eumecurus zairensis ( Van Stalle, 1987 )

Huang, Min & Holzinger, Werner E., 2010, Cixiidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from Namibia, with records from neighbouring countries, Zootaxa 2717, pp. 34-52 : 45

Eumecurus zairensis ( Van Stalle, 1987)

Figs 22 , 69–77

Oliarus zairensis Van Stalle, 1987: 20 ( Zaire: ”Elisabethville” (=Lubumbashi)) Eumecurus zairensis (Van Stalle) , Emeljanov 1992

Material examined. Malawi: 1 male, 1 female, 3km NNE Namatandala; 2km, SSW Lufipa, Chitipa Dist., 09°43’S, 33°20’E, 7.xii.1986, E. Holm and E. Marais ( NMNW).

Description. See Van Stalle (1987: 20, sub Oliarus zairensis ). Our male specimen differs from the holotype by the presence of a thin spine between the apical long spines of the aedeagal periandrium (see Figs 69, 70 ).

Distribution. Zaire, Malawi.

Ecology. Recorded at the beginning of the rainy season (Nov–Dec).

Figures

FIGURES 22 – 28. Head in dorsal view. 22. Eumecurus zairensis [specimen from Malawi]; 23. Pentastiridius sudanicus [specimen from Uniab Delta Area, Skeleton Coast Park]; 24. Eumecurus hottentottus [specimen from Starkberg, Etosha Nat. Park]; 25. Pentastiridius moestus [specimen from Popa Falls, Kavango]; 26. P. limbifer [specimen from 80 km W Rundu, Okavango]; 27. Eumecurus incompletus [specimen from 80 km W Rundu, Okavango]; 28. Eumecurus skofitschii [holotype]; Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 69 – 77. Eumecurus zairensis. 69. aedeagus, ventral view; 70. same, dorsal view; 71. male anal tube, dorsal view; 72. same, ventral view; 73. male genital styles; 74. male genital segment from the right; 75. same, from the left; 76. male anal tube from the right; 77. same, from the left [specimen from Malawi].