Macropsis viridofulgida

Tishechkin, Dmitri Yu., 2019, Macropsini (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae) from the vicinity of Ambo, Ethiopia, Zootaxa 4664 (3), pp. 365-376 : 369

4. Macropsis viridofulgida Tisheсhkin sp. n.

Figs. 13–15 , 59–62

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Material examined. Holotype, ♀: Ethiopia, Ambo , 15. V. 1990, A.F. Emelyanov leg.; dissected . Paratypes: Ethio- pia, Ambo, 2. V . 1990 , Acacia, A.F. Emelyanov leg., 1 ♀, dissected; same locality, host, and collector, 15. V . 1990 , 1 ♀; same locality, host, and collector, 1. VI . 1990 , 1 ♀. Type series is deposited in ZIN.

Description. Description is based only on female specimens, since males are absent in our material.

Fairly shiny, entirely yellowish green, forewing with few brown speckles in middle of costal margin. Face occasionally somewhat darker in upper part, spots on sides of frons sometimes brownish, almost invisible. Midline of pro- and mesonotum and triangular spots in lateral angles of mesonotum whitish ( Figs. 13–15 ). Proepimeron unmarked.

Apex of crown and anterior margin of pronotum sharply angular; crown in dorsal view of almost the same length in middle and next to eyes ( Fig. 14 ). Median keel on face, pro-, and mesonotum well developed, whitish ( Figs. 14–15 ).

2 nd valvulae of ovipositor very narrow, with 5–8 unusually small, sometimes indistinct preapical teeth ( Figs. 59–60 ). Female 7 th sternite of usual shape, triangular, with small shallow notch on hind margin ( Figs. 61–62 ).

Body length (including tegmina): ♀, 3.8–4.0 mm.

Diagnosis. Differs from two other members of the chlorotica group by smaller size. Differs from small green species from the minuscula group by sharply angular head and anterior margin of pronotum, crown having almost the same length in the middle and next to eyes in dorsal view, and by strongly developed median keel on face, pro-, and mesonotum ( Figs. 14 and 18, 20 , 26–27, 32 ). Distinctly differs from other species by coloration. Also, distinguished among other species by very narrow 2 nd valvulae with small preapical teeth.

Host. Acacia sp.

Etymology. The name of the new species derives from a combination of Latin words “viridis” (green) and “fulgidus” (glittering, shining) and refers to bright green coloration and smooth and shiny cuticle.

The minuscula group. Small green, greyish green, or brown species, often with black pattern on head and pronotum, especially in males. Known species differ from each other by shape of penis, style tip and, partially, pygofer appendages ( Figs. 63–81 ).

Figures

FIGURES 1–22. 1–3—Macropsis simplex Jacobi, female (1—lateral view; 2—dorsal view; 3—face); 4–5—M. tincta Tisheсhkin sp. n., male (4—lateral view; 5—dorsal view); 6–12—M. tuberculata (Linnavuori), female (6–8—holotype, photos by Alyssa Seemann; 9–12—females from Ambo, Ethiopia; 6, 9—face and pronotum; 7, 10–11—lateral view; 8, 12—dorsal view); 13–15—M. viridofulgida Tisheсhkin sp. n., female (13—lateral view; 14—dorsal view; 15—face); 16–22—Macropsis hippodameia Linnavuori (16, 19—male, lateral view; 17, 21—same, face; 18, 20—same, dorsal view; 22—female, lateral view).

FIGURES 41–81. 41–43—Macropsis simplex Jacobi; 44–48—M. tincta Tisheсhkin sp. n.; 49—M. chinai Metcalf; 50—M. kanongensis Evans; 51—M. capensis (Cogan); 52–55—M. tuberculata (Linnavuori); 56–58—M. turneri China; 59–62—M. viridofulgida Tisheсhkin sp. n.; 63–67— M. hippodameia Linnavuori; 68–70—M. minuscula Linnavuori; 71–72—M. bussaensis Linnavuori; 73–76—M. thargelia Linnavuori; 77–79—M. nigrosignata (Stål); 80–81—M. bitaeniata Linnavuori. 41–42, 55, 59–60—2nd valvulae of ovipositor; 43, 61–62—female 7th sternite; 44—male 2nd abdominal apodemes; 45, 49–51, 63–64, 68, 71, 73, 77, 80—penis, lateral view; 46—pygofer process, lateral view; 47—pygofer processes, back view; 48, 67, 70, 76, 79, 81—style; 52, 57—head, pro-, and mesonotum, dorsal view; 53, 56—forewing; 54, 58—female genital segments, ventral view; 65–66, 69, 72, 74–75, 78—style tip. 49–50, 63–81—after Linnavuori (1978), 51—after Theron (1970), 56–58—after China (1925).

FIGURES 23–40. 23–33—Macropsis nikippa Tisheсhkin sp. n. (23–24—dorsolateral view; 25, 31—lateral view; 26–27, 32— dorsal view; 28–30, 33—face; 23–30—male; 31–33—female); 34–40—M. antibia Tisheсhkin sp. n. (34, 36, 39–40—lateral view; 35—dorsal view; 37—dorsolateral view; 38—face; 34–38—male; 39–40—female).