Laosolidia, 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 : 32-33

Laosolidia , gen. nov.

Type species, Laosolidia complexa , sp. nov.

Description. Moderately large, slender species. Length male 8.20-8.50 mm., female 9.90 mm. General color dark brown to black with numerous small, yellow specks on forewings, veins marked with ivory dashes; head distinctly narrower than pronotum, obtusely angulate anteriorly; crown narrower than width of eyes, slightly produced anteriorly; eyes large, elongate ovoid; pronotum large, about ½ longer medially than crown, surface bullae yellow; mesonotum large, slightly longer medially than pronotum; forewings long, slender, venation typical; clypeus long, slender, nearly twice as long as clypellus; clypellus narrower than base of clypeus at juncture of clypeal suture, with medial longitudinal inflated ridge, flared laterally at apex; pygofer in lateral view with semi-oval, mesal subapical indentation on caudoventral margin, without typical long caudoventral or caudodorsal processes, apex slightly lobed; aedeagus asymmetrical, inflated in dorsal and lateral views, with processes on shaft; style short with apophysis about as long as base; dorsal connective long, narrow; connective nearly wholly membranous between arms, stem rectangular; subgenital plate very long, broad with subapical constriction or tapered toward apex.

Etymology. The name is a combination of the root Laos after the country and the suffix -olidia, an arbitrary name derived from the genus Coelidia . The gender is feminine.

Remarks. The genus has a unique combination of characters which consists of the following features: inflated, constricted aedeagus with an assortment of processes, broad subgenital plate and presence of a mesal ovate, subapical indentation on the caudoventral margin of the pygofer. It is most closely related to Jenolidia and is distinguished from it by the above combination of characters. Three new species are assigned to the genus, all from Laos.