Phyllotexta latens, 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 : 15

Phyllotexta latens sp. nov.

Fig. 10

Material. Holotype PIN 2971 /178±, pair of tegmina, Madygen (SW area). Paratypes: PIN 2083/259, 260, 2971/ 180±, 585±, 3288/332±, 333±, 341±, tegmina and pairs of tegmina, 2971/410, poorly preserved insect in profile – all Madygen (SW area); PIN 2555 / 2751±, tegmen and poorly preserved hindwings, Dzhailoucho.

Description. Tegmen broad, 6.2–8.4 mm long. R forked about 1/3 tegmen length. dSc weak. Distal RP deflected backwards, sometimes with short anterior branch. M and CuA forming X-like junction at apex of basal cell. MP deeply forked (sometimes with 1–2 short posterior branches), MA simple or shallowly forked. Marginal membrane areolate.

Etymology. Latin latens (hidden).

Figures

FIGURE 10 A – C. Phyllotexta latens gen. et sp. nov.: A, holotype PIN 2971 / 178, pair of tegmina; B, paratype PIN 3288 / 333, tegmen (mirrored); C, paratype PIN 2971 / 180, proximal part of tegmen (mirrored), note spinules along veins (especially Pcu).