Pseudoclastoptera invidia Hamilton

Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2014, The old-world Zygonini tr. nov. (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea, Clastopteridae), with new taxa from the related Machaerotinae, Zootaxa 3768 (4), pp. 437-459 : 449

Pseudoclastoptera invidia Hamilton sp. nov.

Etymology. invidia (noun in apposition), Latin for “jealousy”

Diagnosis. Dorsum yellow, venter of head and thorax contrasting black to brown on antennal pits, genae, rostrum, pleura and leg joints; abdominal terga black, sterna orange except for 3 apical segments that are yellow. Coeloconic sensilla numerous, possibly 5–7 in slit-shaped pit, plus a prominent coeloconic sensillum adjoining base of globular basiconic sensillum ( Fig. 32 C). Pectens of hind tibia with 10 spines scarcely darker than apices of tibia, those of basitarsomere with 9–10 spines, of second tarsomere with 7–8 spines. Female unknown. Length: 4.4 mm.

Types. Holotype male, MADAGASCAR: Province Diego-Suarez, 7 km N Joffreville, 360m, 12o20' S 49o15' E, 7–28 April 2001 (R. Harin’Hala) malaise trap in dry forest, MA– 01–07–10. Type in CAS (CASENT 3001806).

Other material: 1 doubtfully associated female, MADAGASCAR: Province Diego-Suarez, Parc national Montagne d’Ambre, 1125 m, 12o31'13" S 49o10'45" E, 26 Jan–11 Feb. 2001 (R. Harin’Hala) malaise trap, MA–01– 01D–03, CASENT 3001849; BOLD: CNC # HEM 402128. This resembles the female paratype of P. irrubesco ( BOLD: CNC # HEM 402127), but its bar-code data differs significantly by 10.75%, even with less than optimal recovery (407 out of 658 base-pairs in both specimens). Unlike the male of P. irrubesco , its coeloconic sensillae are set in a larger, bilobed pit ( Fig. 31 C), but less extensive than that of the male of P. invidia .

Figures

FIGURES 18 – 32. Antennae of Clastopteridae: Clastopterinae (18 – 20) and Machaerotinae: Hindolini (21 – 23), Machaerotini (24 – 25) and Zygonini (26 – 32, boxed set). A, lateral aspect of head; B, detail of antennal and antenna ledge; C, tip of antenna, showing postpedicel; D, detail of postpedicel showing detail of pits, revealing 4 enclosed coeloconic sensilla in communal pits. 18, Clastoptera; 19, Sepullia; 20, Grellaphia; 21, Chaetophyes; 22, Hindola; 23, Allox; 24, Blastocaena; 25, Irridiculum; 26, Pseudomachaerota cucullata; 27, Zygon, with detail showing basiconic sensilla (b) and coeloconic sensilla (c) of various types (shown in greater detail in Fig. 38); 28, Ambonga lanceolata (Zygonini); 29, Ambonga apicenotata syntype with insert showing sensilla at base of arista; 30, Pseudoclastoptera irrubesco sp. nov., holotype; 31 – 32, Pseudoclastoptera invidia sp. nov., male holotype (32) and unassociated female (31).