Scaphoideus dellagiustinai, Webb & Viraktamath, 2007

Webb, M. D. & Viraktamath, C. A., 2007, Three new Old World species of the leafhopper genus Scaphoideus Uhler (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae), Zootaxa 1457 (1), pp. 49-55 : 50-51

Scaphoideus dellagiustinai sp. nov.

( Figs 1–9 , 20 )

Scaphoideus rubroguttatus Matsumura, Nusillard, 2007 , misidentification.

Length: ♂, 4.3–4.5mm (x 3 specimens); ♀, 4.8–5.2mm (x 2 specimens).

Yellow marked with orange on vertex and disc of pronotum and scutellum ( Fig. 1 ); two variable transverse narrow bands on face dorsally, sometimes coalescing medially and three laterally on pronotum ( Figs 2–3 ). Forewing with a small brown spot in third apical cell.

Head relatively narrow in dorsal view with vertex slightly longer than basal width ( Fig. 1 ); fore margin of the head truncate in lateral view ( Fig. 2 ); clypeus narrow dorsally and antennae situated relatively high on face ( Fig. 3 ). Forewing with two recurved costal veins from outer subapical cell.

Male pygofer without processes, broadly rounded apically in lateral view with a group of very long setae apically and a few shorter setae subapically (fig. 8). Subgenital plate distinctly shorter than pygofer, broad basally with distal two thirds very narrow in ventral view; a uniseriate row of macrosetae subbasally and a few short fine setae distally ( Fig. 8, 9 ). Connective with a pair of slender paraphyses, each paraphysis tapering distally ( Fig. 5 ). Aedeagus disassociated from connective; shaft very short and robust, much shorter than basal apodeme, with a pair of short apical processes and a dorsal serrated flange basally on each side, gonopore apical on posterior surface; basal apodeme compressed anteroposteriorly, bifurcate apically and produced into a lobe on each side at midlength ( Figs 6–7 ).

Female pygofer in lateral view with tufts of very long macrosetae apically, shorter setae centrally and a uniseriate row subbasally adjacent to valvulae; pregenital sternite with posterior margin more or less straight.

Material examined: Holotype ♂, FRANCE, Carnon dunes, Grand Travers, 30.viii.03, B. Nusilard ( BMNH) . Paratypes. FRANCE: 1♀, same data as holotype ; BURKINA FASO: 5 ♂, 2 ♀, 9 miles south of Nobere , 7–8 and 8–9.xi.1968, light trap ( NMNH, BMNH) ;

Remarks. This species is similar to S. unimaculatus , S. rubroguttatus and S. quangtriensis but the aedeagal shaft is much shorter and broader. The locality of the French specimens is a well-known entomological site with a very rich and interesting fauna. This would seem to be born out by the unusual distribution of the new species (see also discussion by Nusillard, 2007).

Figures

FIGURES 1–9. Scaphoideus dellagiustinai, 1, 2, head and thorax (dorsal and lateral view, respectively); 3, face; 4, style; 5, connective; 6, 7 aedeagus (left lateral and posterior view, respectively); 8, male genital capsule; 9, valve, subgenital plates (ventral left, dorsal right) and style.

FIGURES 17–22. Scaphoideus species (habitus). 17, S. unimaculatus (holotype); 18, S. quangtriensis (holotype); 19, S. rubroguttatus; 20, S. dellagiustinai (paratype, France); 21, S. baeiticus (holotype); 22, S. albosignatus (syntype).