Sepullia fuscolimbata Lallemand

Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2015, A new tribe and species of Clastopterinae (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Clastopteridae) from Africa, Asia and North America, Zootaxa 3946 (2), pp. 151-189 : 171-173

Sepullia fuscolimbata Lallemand , stat.nov.

Sepullia murrayi var. fuscolimbata Lallemand, 1929:213 .

Diagnosis. Crown and pronotum yellow-green, contrasting with ferruginous or brown scutellum and tegmina; tegmina with black streak along tip and white spots on costa, across middle and usually also on clavi and apical cells ( Figs 9 K–M). Ovipositor with 2nd valvulae nearly parallel-margined to broadly rounded tip ( Fig. 11 M). Length: ♂ 4.0 mm; ♀ 3.7–4.2 mm.

Material examined. IVORY COAST: 1♀, 23 km E Toumodi, 12–14 Oct. 1971 (J.A. Gruwell); LIBERIA: 1♂, 1♀, 1968; NIGERIA: 1♀, Samaru [130 km SE of] Zaria, 18 Dec. 1965; all in USNM.

Remarks. This is a more robust species than S. viridicollis ( Figs 9 P–Q) and a much paler species than S. murrayi , with a blunter ovipositor. It appears to be more northern in Nigeria than either of these species and ranges much farther west.

Sepullia tricolor sp. nov.

Etymology. tri- (adjective), three; color (noun in apposition).

Diagnosis. Similar to darkest form of S. viridicollis but with contrasting orange scutellum and pale costal plaques. Black with yellow pronotum and band across apex of head (as far back as end of tylus) and orange scutellum; facial band ivory; legs tawny; tegmina with white costal plaques and indefinite pale areas on costa, apical cells, disc of corium and a line on clavus bordering claval suture ( Fig. 9 N). Female unknown. Length: 3.9 mm.

Type. Holotype ♂, ANGOLA: 3 mi N Santa Comba, 7–8 March 1972, Southern African Exp. 1972-1; in BMNH.

Remarks. This is the southernmost record of the genus. The type-locality (now Waku Kungo) is just south of Ebo in Cuanza Sul Province above the 1400m elevation in the Serro do Humbe mountains of western Angola.

Figures

FIGURE 9. Dorsal aspects of the nominate subgenus of Tremapterus (A – F) and Sepullia (G – Q). A, Tremapterus blennus, lectotype; B, T. centonis sp. nov.; C, T. nigropunctatus, lectotype; D, T. palimpsestus sp. nov.; E, T. pluto, holotype; F, T. rufus; G, Sepullia abyssinia sp. nov., male paratype; H, same, female holotype; J, S. sankisiensis, holotype; K – M, colour varieties of S. fuscolimbata; N, S. tricolor sp. nov., holotype; O, S. umzilla, holotype; P – Q, colour varieties of S. viridicollis. Scale line: 1 mm.

FIGURE 11. Second valvulae of Taphrotylus (A), Sepullia (M – P) and Tremapterus subgenera Nyanja (B – G), Selenion (H), Tremiziana (J – L), and subgenus Abbalomba (Q – R). A, Taphrotylus insignificans, holotype; B, Tremapterus bimaculatus; C, T. humilis; D, T. perfasciatus; E, T. indecisus; F, T. scutellatus; G, T. virididorsum; H, T. longicaudatus, holotype; J, T. araneosus, paratype; K, T. scapulatus, paratype; L, T. oxythymus, paratype; M, Sepullia fuscolimbata; N, S. viridicollis; O, S. abyssinia; P, S. murrayi; Q, T. typicus; R, T. facialis. Scale line: 1 mm.