Calodia birama, 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 : 13

Calodia birama , sp. nov.

( Plate 1F , Fig. 47-54 )

Description. Length: Male 7.70 mm., female unknown.

External morphology. Moderate size, slender species. General color black throughout; head distinctly narrower than pronotum, anterior margin broadly obtuse; crown narrower than width of eyes, slightly produced anteriorly, its margins convergent basally; eyes large, semiglobular; pronotum large, about 1/3 longer medially than crown, surface rugulose in disconnected strands; mesonotum large, about twice as long medially than pronotum; clypeus long, narrow, lateral margins broadly convex; clypellus narrow, short, about 1/3 as long as clypeus, with medial longitudinal ridge, apex flared.

Male genitalia. Pygofer sharply triangulate in apical 2/3, small lobe on caudodorsal margin ( Fig. 47 ); aedeagus asymmetrical, shaft narrowly tubular in dorsal and lateral views, 2 long subapical processes widely separated, gonopore near basal process ( Fig. 48, 49 ); style moderately long, apophysis broadly digitate ( Fig. 50, 51 ); dorsal connective long, narrow ( Fig. 48, 50 ); connective small, membranous arms short, quadrate, stem rectangular ( Fig. 53 ); subgenital plate long, narrow, row of microsetae on outer lateral margin ( Fig. 54 ).

Material examined. Holotype male. PHILIPPINES: 1600 m., Mindanao , 30 km. W. of Maramag, 28-30. Dec. 1990, Bolm, leg. ( NHMB).

Etymology. The name of the species is descriptive for the 2 long subapical processes on the aedeagus.

Remarks. This species is nearest to C. obscura and can be distinguished by 2 processes (3 in C. obscura ), lack of caudoventral process on the pygofer that is very evident in C. obscura and presence of a row of microsetae on the 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 47-54. Genitalia, Calodia birama, sp. nov. 47) Aedeagus, lateral view.48) Aedeagus and dorsal connective, lateral view. 49) Aedeagus ventral view. 50) Dorsal connective, dorsal view. 51) Style, lateral view. 52) Style, dorsal view. 53) Connective, caudal view. 54) Subgenital plate, ventral view.