Tripesidia kubani, 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 : 75

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5181587
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E574C53C-B3FF-4030-94F9-447B68595ABF
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5190955
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA1722-D838-960C-7DAE-FD22FBDAF9D6
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Tripesidia kubani
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Tripesidia kubani View in CoL , sp. nov.

( Plate 7H View Plate 7 , Fig. 437-443 View Figures 437-443 )

Description. Length. Male 9.20 mm., female unknown.

External morphology. Large, robust species. General color dark brown to black throughout except for mesonotum and pronotum with small yellow spots on surface; crown black; eyes dark brown; face dark brown except for yellow, broad, longitudinal stripe on clypeus; head distinctly narrower than pronotum, anterior margin obtusely rounded; crown short, about as wide as width of eyes, slightly produced anteriorly, lateral margin convergent basally; eyes large, semiglobular; pronotum large, nearly twice as long medially as crown; mesonotum large, nearly twice as long medially as pronotum; forewing venation typical; clypeus long, narrow, lateral margins broadly convex; clypellus short, about 1/3 as long as clypeus, narrow, inflated longitudinally along middle, apex flared laterally.

Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view subrectangulate, glabrous with long, prominent caudodorsal process ( Fig. 437 View Figures 437-443 ); aedeagus long, tubular, narrow with subapical row of short processes arising from lateral margin ( Fig. 438, 439 View Figures 437-443 ); style with long narrow apophysis, setal process apically ( Fig. 440 View Figures 437-443 ); dorsal connective long, pendulate in apical half in dorsal view ( Fig. 441 View Figures 437-443 ); connective large, anterior arms broad, narrow, medial ridge complete, stem small, sub-ovate ( Fig. 442 View Figures 437-443 ); subgenital plate very long, broad, setose apically, prominent spine apically ( Fig. 443 View Figures 437-443 ).

Material examined. Holotype male. LAOS-NE.: Houa Phan prov. , 20 o 13’09-19”N. 103 o 59’54” - 104o 00' 03” E., 1480-1510 m., Phou Pane Mt. , 1-16.vi.2009, Vít Kuban, leg. / primary mountain forest, yellow plate trap, Laos 2009 Expedition , NHMB Basel , NMPC Prague. / Collection , Moravské museum, Brno ( MMBC).

Etymology. This species is named in honor of Mr. Kuban who has collected many new species of coelidiine leafhoppers in Laos.

Remarks. This species can be distinguished by the very long subgenital plate with prominent apical spine and the style with narrow apophysis adorned with single seta apically.