Rhinoploeus iwa, Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. & Bourgoin, Thierry, 2009

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. & Bourgoin, Thierry, 2009, First record of the family Caliscelidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) from Madagascar, with description of new taxa from the Afrotropical Region and biogeographical notes, Zootaxa 2020, pp. 1-36 : 10-11

Rhinoploeus iwa sp. n.

(figs 13–15)

Type material. Holotype Ƥ: [ Zambia]: Rhodésie du Nord, Abercorn, IV.1951, H.J. Brédo ( IRSNB). Description (figs 13–15). General coloration dark brown, sometimes black. Metope, coryphe, middle parts of pronotum, scutellum, and abdominal tergites and claval parts of fore wings light yellowish brown. Female genitalia. Sternite VII with convex hind margin. Anal tube narrowing apically. Anal column short and narrow. Hind margin of pygofer with protruding upper angles.

Body length. Female—4.7 mm.

Etymology. The species name is derived from “ Iwa ”—ethnic group in Northern Zambia.