Taharana brevicutata, 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 : 62-63

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5181587

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA1722-D84B-9600-7DAE-FB42FD43FE76

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scientific name

Taharana brevicutata
status

sp. nov.

Taharana brevicutata View in CoL , sp. nov.

( Plate 5I View PLATE 5 , Fig. 318-324 View Figures 318-324 )

Description. Length. Male 7.00-7.40 mm., female unknown.

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

Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view moderately large, glabrous with long broad caudodorsal process, caudoventral process long, with short, triangulate apex, slightly dentate ( Fig. 318 View Figures 318-324 ), in dorsal view caudodorsal processes long, broad, slightly curved mesally, apex obliquely truncate ( Fig. 319 View Figures 318-324 ); aedeagus long, narrow, tubular, shaft slightly inflated basally, patch of small teeth dorsoapically, gonopore near middle ( Fig. 320, 321 View Figures 318-324 ); style small, broad basally, short digitate apophysis ( Fig. 322 View Figures 318-324 ); dorsal connective long ( Fig. 320 View Figures 318-324 ), connective small, anterior arms narrow, tapered lateroanteriorly, medial ridge complete, stem digitate ( Fig. 323 View Figures 318-324 ); subgenital plate moderately long, broad, glabrous, slightly curved apically on outer lateral margin ( Fig. 324 View Figures 318-324 ).

Material examined. Holotype male. THAILAND: Phetchabun, Nam Nao NP Hill, evergreen forest, 16 o 44.387’N 101 o 34.631’E. / 838 m., Pan traps, 28-29.v.2007, Noopean Hongyothi and Leng Janteab, leg. GoogleMaps

T 2424 ( QSBG). Paratypes. 2 males, same data as holotype ( ULKY, MLBM), 1 male, same data as holotype except Helicopter landing ground, 16 o 43.156’N. / 101 o 35.118' E., Pan traps, 3-4.vii.2006, Noopean Hongyothi, leg. T 261 ( QSBG). Additional specimens examined: 16 males, similar data as in holotype except different, specific localities ( QSBG).

Etymology. The name of this species is descriptive for the short, triangulate apex of the pygofer caudoventral process.

Remarks. This species is nearest to T. biavicula and can be separated by the smaller connective with narrower anterior arms and digitate stem.

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Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

ULKY

University of Louisville

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

Genus

Taharana

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