Falcarta bella, Shcherbakov, 2011

Shcherbakov, Dmitry E., 2011, New and little-known families of Hemiptera Cicadomorpha from the Triassic of Central Asia — early analogs of treehoppers and planthoppers, Zootaxa 2836, pp. 1-26 : 12

Falcarta bella sp. nov.

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Material. Holotype PIN 3288/369, tegmen, Madygen (SW area). Paratypes: PIN 2083/250±, 2971/393(413)±, 405, 3288/339±, tegmina and pair of tegmina, Madygen (SW area); PIN 2555/2508, tegmen, Dzhailoucho.

Description. Tegmen rather broad, widest about midlength, convex proximally, narrowly rounded apically, 5.8–10.7 mm long, fuscous, paler near apex, sometimes darker in stigmal cell and along CuA2. Surface finely, rather deeply punctate, less deeply so near apex; postnodal part with more prominent veins, RA and CuA2 raised. Marginal membrane with row of punctures distad of clavus. R forked at or just before 1/3 of tegmen length. MP 2- branched in narrower and smaller tegmina (PIN 2083/250, 2971/393(413), 5.8–7.1 mm long, males?) and 3- branched in broader and usually larger tegmina (7.0– 10.7 mm long, females?).

Etymology. Latin bellus (beautiful).

Figures

FIGURES 5 – 6. Tegmina of Maguviopseini trib. nov. 5, Asiocula lima gen. et sp. nov.: A, tegmen (mirrored), holotype PIN 2971 / 220; B, venation of tegmen, paratype PIN 2240 / 3705; mSc, middle part of Sc?; 6, Falcarta bella gen. et sp. nov., holotype PIN 3288 / 369: A, tegmen; B, venation.