Calodia bicompressa, , 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 : 12

Calodia bicompressa , sp. nov.

( Plate 1D , Fig. 33-39 )

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

External Morphology. Moderately large, robust species. General color tannish with numerous, scattered dark brown markings on translucent forewings, mesonotum, pronotum and crown; eyes dark brown; head narrower than pronotum, anterior margin broadly rounded, slightly produced anteriorly; crown broad, about as wide as eyes; eyes large, semiglobular; clypeus long, narrow, lateral margins broadly convex; clypellus short, about 1/3 as long as clypeus, narrow, apex flared laterally.

Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view triangulate, tapered caudodorsally, small digitate process on caudoventral margin ( Fig. 33 ); aedeagus with very long, narrow shaft, 2 long, straight, narrow, glabrous processes arising near middle, closely appressed ( Fig. 34, 35 ); style with long broad apophysis, shallow bifurcation apically ( Fig. 36, 37 ); dorsal connective short, narrow ( Fig. 34, 35 ); connective moderately large, anterior membranous arms broad, short basal, longitudinal ridge medially, stem digitate ( Fig. 38 ); subgenital plate tapered to blunt apex, glabrous ( Fig. 39 ).

Material examined. Holotype male. INDIA: Place : Bida , Host : Neem, Date: 18-11-61/ 14/ 454, no collector ( BMNH).

Etymology. The name of the species is descriptive for the 2 closely appressed processes on the middle of the shaft of the aedeagus.

Remarks. This species is similar to C. patricia (Jacobi) in position and configuration of the aedeagal processes and can be separated by the narrower shaft of the aedeagus, long style with shallow apical bifurcation and the glabrous subgenital plate.

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 33-39. Genitalia, Calodia bicompressa, sp. nov. 33) Male pygofer, lateral view. 34) Aedeagus and dorsal connective, lateral view. 35) Aedeagus and dorsal connective, dorsal view. 36) Style, dorsal view. 37) Style, lateral view (enlarged). 38) Connective, caudal view. 39) Subgenital plate, ventral view.