Waigara boninensis ( Matsumura, 1914 )

Kim, Eunji & Jung, Sunghoon, 2021, Taxonomic revision of the genus Waigara Zhang & Webb (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Drabescini) with description of a new species from Korea, Zootaxa 5016 (1), pp. 127-132 : 128

Waigara boninensis ( Matsumura, 1914)

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Melichariella boninensis Matsumura, 1914: 238 ; Linnavuori, 1960: 324; Linnavuori, 1975: 622.

Bhatia boninensis Esaki & Ito, 1954: 94 .

Waigara boninensis Zhang & Webb, 1996: 22 .

Redescription. Body yellow. Head including eyes broader than pronotum width. Crown anterior margin Crown anterior margin convex, with two round black spots on disc; width cross spots about half width (including eyes). Pronotum with anterior margin convex, twice as wide as length. Scutellum subtriangular, 1.5 times broader than long. Antennae very long, 2 times longer than crown width ( Figs. 1A–B ).

Male genitalia. Male valve distinctly wider than long. Pygofer lobes ( Fig. 1C ) short and roundly triangular, postapical margin with several macrosetae. Anal tube ( Fig. 1C ) extending to apex pygofer. Subgenital plates ( Fig. 1G ) with several fine setae. Style ( Fig. 1D ) short, apophysis gently bent to outward with distal outer margin rounded and preapical lobe round. Connective ( Fig. 1H ) arms strongly branched; dusky sclerotic part weakly developed. Aedeagus ( Figs. 1F–G ) shaft short with preapical processes extended ventrad in profile.

Specimen examined. [Lectotype]: 1♂, Ogasawara Is., Japan, 20.vii.1905, S. Matsumura leg. (SEHU).

Type locality. Japan (Ogasawara Is.) .

Measurements. Body length: Male 6.53 mm.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Waigara boninensis (Matsumura, 1914) Lectotype male. A. Male habitus, dorsal view; B. Ditto, lateral view; C. Pygofer lobe, lateral view; D. Style, dorsal view; E. Subgenital plate and style, dorsal view; F. Aedeagus and connective, lateral view; G. Ditto, ventral view; H. Connective, dorsal view. Scale bars: (A–B) 1 mm; (C–H) 0.1 mm.