Papunega Gnezdilov et Bourgoin

Gnezdilov, V. M., Cesne, M. Le, Soulier-Perkins, A. & Bourgoin, T., 2015, New Guinean Issidae: description of new taxa in a poorly known island fauna (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea), Zootaxa 3904 (1) : -

Papunega Gnezdilov et Bourgoin , gen. nov.

Type species: Papunega magnifacies sp. nov.

Description. Metope wide, with thick subapical transverse carina ( Figs 2, 14). Metope convex (visible from above), but in the same time flattened together with clypeus. Lateral margins (keels) of metope raised, slightly leafshaped above pedicel. Metopoclypeal suture distinct, complete, widely convex. Pedicel elongate and cylindrical. Coryphe transverse, usually with two large tubercles near its posterior margin besides of median line ( Figs 1, 13). Paradiscal fields of pronotum behind the eyes very narrow. No ocelli. Fore wings elongate ( Figs 3, 15), weakly narrowing to rounded apices, without hypocostal plate. R 2 M 4–5 CuA 2, with many transverse veins. Hind wings well developed, 3-lobed ( Fig. 4). Hind tibia with 2 lateral spines distally and 7 spines apically. First metatarsomere with 2 lateral and 5–7 intermediate (in entire row) spines apically.

Etymology. Generic name is derived from the combination of words " Papua ", "New", and " Guinea ". Gender feminine.

Comparison. Related to the genus Tetrica Stål (type species: Tetrica fusca Stål, 1870 ), but distinguished as follows: metope with tiny or without median carina (strong median carina which runs through whole metope ( Figs 20, 21 ) from its upper margin in T. fusca ); postclypeus without median carina (distinct carina in T. fusca ( Fig. 21 ); fore wings without hypocostal plate (present in T. fusca ( Fig. 22 ); basal cell of fore wings oval and elongated (wide in T. fusca ( Fig. 22 )).

Figures

FIGURES 20 – 23. Tetrica fusca Stål, 1870, holotype. 20 — dorsofrontal view; 21 — frontal view; 22 — habitus, dorsal view; 23 — holotype labels. MCC—median carina of clypeus, MCM—median carina of metope.