Taharana minutura, Nielson, 2015

Nielson, M. W., 2015, A revision of the tribe Coelidiini of the Oriental, Palearctic and Australian biogeographical regions (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae), Insecta Mundi 2015 (410), pp. 1-202 : 69-70

Taharana minutura , sp. nov.

( Plate 7B , Fig. 396-402 )

Description. Length. Male 8.00-8.20 mm., female unknown.

External morphology. Moderately long, slender species. General color black. Forewings black with short, yellow stripes on veins, numerous, irregular, dark brown markings in cells; mesonotum black with yellow spots; pronotum black, bullae yellow; crown light brown, black stripe on each side of middle; eyes dull ivory; face light yellow, clypeus with longitudinal, orange brown stripe on inner lateral margins; clypellus unmarked; head narrower than pronotum, broadly and evenly rounded; crown short, narrower than width of eyes, slightly produced anteriorly, lateral margins convergent basally; eyes large, semi oval; pronotum moderately large, about 1/3 longer medially than crown, surface bullated; mesonotum large, nearly twice as long as pronotum; clypeus long, narrow, lateral margins broadly convex; clypellus short, narrow, apex flared laterally.

Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view glabrous with moderately long, narrow caudodorsal process, caudoventral process long, serrate on ventral margin, spine on dorsoapical margin ( Fig. 396 ), in dorsal view caudodorsal process caliperate ( Fig. 397 ); aedeagus long, tubular, shaft inflated basally in dorsal view, patch of fine teeth dorsoapically, gonopore in distal ¼ ( Fig. 398, 399 ); style small, with short apophysis ( Fig. 400 ); dorsal connective long, narrow ( Fig. 398 ); connective small, anterior arms narrow, tapered anteriorly, medial ridge complete, stem large, ovate ( Fig. 401 ); subgenital plate moderately long, slightly tapered in distal fifth, glabrous ( Fig. 402 ).

Material examined. Holotype male. THAILAND: Loei, Phu Kradueng NP, Koke Hi Ngam, 16 o 51.817' N 101 o 50.704’E., 270 m. / Pan traps, 10-11.viii.2006, Sutin Khonglasae, leg. T476 ( QSBG) . Paratype. 1 male, Phetchabun, Nam Nao NP, Hill evergreen forest, 16 o 44.387’N. 101 o 34.531’E., / 838 m., Pan traps, 31.v-1.vi.2007, Noopean Hongyothi and Leng Janteab, leg. T 2427 ( MLBM).

Etymology. The species name is descriptive for the small style and connective.

Remarks. From T. phetchabunensis to which it has a similar caudoventral process, T. minutura can be distinguished by the narrower caudodorsal process, tapered subgenital plate, forceps-like caudodorsal pygofer processes in dorsal view and by the narrower anterior arms of the connective.

Figures

Plate 7. A-J. Dorsal habitus. (A) Taharana subspinata, sp. nov.; (B) Taharana minutura, sp. nov.; (C) Taharana forcipia, sp. nov.; (D) Taharana gracilata, sp. nov.; (E) Taharana oblongiserrata, sp. nov.; (F) Trinoridia trifida, sp. nov.; (G) Trinoridia calcaris, sp. nov.; (H) Tripesidia kubani, sp. nov.; (I) Webbolidia magna, sp. nov.; (J) Webbolidia kristenseni, sp. nov.

Figures 396-402. Genitalia, Taharana minutura, sp. nov. 396) Male pygofer, lateral view.397) Pygofer caudodorsal processes, dorsal view. 398) Aedeagus and dorsal connective, lateral view. 399) Aedeagus, dorsal view.400) Style, lateral view. 401) Connective, caudal view. 402) Subgenital plate, ventral view.