Stirellus sobrinus ( Melichar, 1912 )

Duan, Yani, Zhang, Yating & Dietrich, Christopher H., 2019, Six new species of Stenometopiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with redescription of additional species and new distributional records, Zootaxa 4603 (2), pp. 201-240 : 238

Stirellus sobrinus ( Melichar, 1912)

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Arya sobrina Melichar, 1912: 118 . Material examined. Male holotype (photos), ”Französ Kongo, Mong[o]umba am Ubangi, Di. H. Schubotzbotz leg., 1. XI. 1910.; Inner-Afrika-Exped. D. Hrz. Adolf-Friedrich zu Mecklenburg 1910-1911 ” (Zoological Museum, Universität Hamburg).

Distribution. Central African Republic.

Remarks. This species was described and illustrated by Melichar (1912) but has not been treated since. We provide habitus photos of the holotype to help clarify its identity and for comparison to the new African species described above. The abdomen of the holotype was previously cleared and glued to a card but the genital capsule appears to be missing.

The following additional new combination is proposed as a result of the new generic synonymy proposed above:

Stirellus dolichocephalus ( Kirkaldy, 1906) , comb. nov. (from Giffardia )

Figures

FIGURE 33 33. Stirellus sobrinus. A: habitus, dorsal view; B: habitus, lateral view. A, B: Holotype.