Cixius (Ceratocixius) remotus Edwards, 1888

Picciau, Luca, Hoch, Hannelore, Asche, Manfred, Tedeschi, Rosemarie & Alma, Alberto, 2016, The genus Cixius Latreille, 1804 (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Cixiidae) in Lebanon with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 4093 (1), pp. 85-102 : 96-97

Cixius (Ceratocixius) remotus Edwards, 1888

( Figs 27–33 , 42–45 )

Material examined. ♂♂: 4, Lebanon, Jurd Aaqoura, Jbeil (Byblos), Alt. 2000m, 29/V/2005, H. Abdul-Nour leg.; ♀♀: 2, Lebanon, Jurd Aaqoura, Jbeil (Byblos), Alt. 2000m, 29/V/2005, H. Abdul-Nour leg. DISAFA–Entomology.

1, Lebanon, Chabrouh, 27.11.1983, H. Abdul-Nour leg.; 1, Greece, Nomos Florina, Mikra Prespa Lake , supra Psarades, 1.150m, 3.9.1983, M. Asche & H. Hoch leg.; 1, Greece, Nomos Pieria, Varikon, coastal area, 21.8. 1983, M. Asche & H. Hoch leg.; 1, Greece, Nomos Pieria, Olymbos Mt., near Prionia, ca. 460m, on Quercus coccifera , 17.8.1983, M. Asche & H. Hoch leg. MFN Berlin.

Measurement. Body length: 6.43mm; maximum body width: 1.56mm; length of vertex: 0.22mm; width of vertex: 0.46mm; width of head: 1.20mm; length of pronotum: 0.10mm; width of pronotum: 1.35mm; length of mesonotum: 1.47mm; width of mesonotum: 1.23mm; length of fore wings: 5.45mm; width of fore wings: 1.66mm; vertex ratio (length/width): 0.49; pronotum ratio: 0.08; mesonotum ratio: 1.20; fore wing ratio: 3.27.

Figures

FIGURES 27 – 29. Cixius remotus. 27 - male genitalia (without pygofer), left lateral view; 28 - aedeagus, ventral view; 29 - aedeagus, right lateral view.

FIGURES 30 – 33. Cixius remotus. 30 - anal tube, dorsal view; 31 - anal tube, caudal view; 32 - pygofer, ventral view; 33 - pygofer, left lateral view.

FIGURES 42 – 46. Left lateral movable spinose process of aedeagus. 42 - Cixius remotus, from Varikon (Nomos Pieria), Greece; 43 - Cixius remotus, from Mikra Prespa Lake supra Psarades (Nomos Florina), Greece; 44 - Cixius remotus, from Olympus Mt. near Prionia (Nomos Pieria), Greece; 45 - Cixius remotus, from Lebanon, Chabrouh; 46 - Cixius superremotus sp. nov., from Meeyane, Lebanon.