Creberulidia multipenicula, 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 : 17-18

Creberulidia multipenicula , sp. nov.

( Plate 1G , Fig. 55-61 )

Description. Length. Male 8.80 mm., female unknown.

External morphology. Moderately large, robust species. General color dark brown to black with numerous small, yellow spots on forewings; mesonotum black; pronotum black with yellow bullae; crown light brown; eyes dark brown; face ivory, clypeus with dark brown, longitudinal stripe on inner lateral margin; clypellus with light brown, longitudinal stripe medially; head distinctly narrower than pronotum, anterior margin broadly rounded; crown short, broad, broader than width of eyes, produced slightly anteriorly, lateral margins convergent basally; eyes large, semi oval; pronotum large, nearly twice as long medially as crown, surface bullated; mesonotum large, slightly longer medially than pronotum; clypeus long, narrow, lateral margins broadly convex; clypellus short, about 1/3 as long as clypeus, narrow, apex concave.

Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view sub rectangulate, small lobe apically, sparsely setose apically, small digitate lobe on caudoventral margin ( Fig. 55 ); aedeagus long, tubular, shaft nearly straight in dorsal and lateral views, with long row of short setae on distal ¼ of lateral margin in dorsal view, gonopore near middle of shaft ( Fig. 56, 57 ); style with moderately long, narrow apophysis in dorsal view ( Fig. 58, 59 ); dorsal connective moderately long, narrow ( Fig. 56, 57 ); connective large, anterior arms tapered anteriorly, medial ridge incomplete, stem small, ovate ( Fig. 60 ); subgenital plate long, broad in medial 3/5, pointed apically, sparsely setose subapically ( Fig. 61 ).

Material examined. Holotype male. CAMBODIA: Siem Reap Prov., Preah Khan Temple , Malaise Trap 1, 31-v-2006, Oul Yothin, leg. ( IRSNB).

Etymology. The name of this species is descriptive for the long row of setae on the lateral margin of the aedeagus.

Remarks. Creberulidia multipenicula is allied to species with 1 row of setae on the aedeagus lateral margin and can be distinguished from them by the longer row of setae by the straight shaft of the aedeagus and by the narrow anterior arms of the connective.

Figures

PLATE 1. A-I. Dorsal habitus. (A) Calodia sinuata, sp. nov.; (B) Calodia sichuanensis, sp. nov.; (C) Calodia vincula, sp. nov.; (D) Calodia bicompressa, sp. nov.; (E) Calodia propennata, sp. nov.; (F) Calodia birama, sp. nov.; (G) Creberulidia multipenicula, sp. nov.; (H) Creberulidia inflata, sp. nov.; (I) Creberulidia ordospinosa, sp. nov.

Figures 55-61. Genitalia, Creberulidia multipenicula, sp. nov. 55) Male pygofer, lateral view. 56) Aedeagus and dorsal connective, lateral view. 57) Aedeagus and dorsal connective, ventral view. 58) Style, lateral view. 59) Style, dorsal view. 60) Connective, caudal view. 61) Subgenital plate, ventral view.