Patamadaga pauliani, 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 : 20

Patamadaga pauliani sp. n.

(figs 38–40)

Type material. Holotype Ƥ: Madagascar Centre: Andringitra, 2500 m, 13.I. [19]58, Paulian ( MNHN).

Description (figs 38–40). General coloration light yellowish brown. Head with dark brown spot above each scapus. Paradiscal fields of pronotum and lateral parts of scutellum dark brown. Fore wings with wide pale stripe along costal margin. Hind epimera dark brown. Legs with brown spots. Abdominal sternites with dense dark brown dots laterally. Abdominal tergites with dense dark brown dots laterally and pale margins. Laterotergites black. Gonoplacs with light brown margins. Apices of spines of legs black.

Female genitalia. Hind margin of sternite VII convex. Anal tube short, narrowing apically. Gonoplacs short.

Body length. Female—3.0 mm.

Etymology. The species is named after the collector R. Paulian.