Signoretia malaya ( Stal , 1855)

Takiya, Daniela M., Dietrich, Christopher H. & Viraktamath, Chandra A., 2013, The unusual Afrotropical and Oriental leafhopper subfamily Signoretiinae (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae): taxonomic notes, new distributional records, and description of two new Signoretia species, ZooKeys 319, pp. 303-323 : 318

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.319.4326

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scientific name

Signoretia malaya ( Stal , 1855)
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Signoretia malaya ( Stal, 1855) Figs 37-39 View Figure 37–42

Thamnotettix malaya Stål, 1855: 192.

Male terminalia.

Pygofer ( Fig. 37 View Figure 37–42 ) with caudal margin of lobe membranous; ventrocaudal process elongate evenly curved and tapered, spiniform, produced posteriorly beyond pygofer lobe apex. Subgenital plates ( Fig. 37 View Figure 37–42 ) extending posteriorly beyond pygofer lobe apex by approximately one-third of lobe length, dorsal surface with numerous long, fine setae evenly distributed throughout length and three macrosetae in longitudinal row near midlength. Connective ( Fig. 38 View Figure 37–42 ) H-shaped, arms subparallel; without dorsal median keel or median anterior lobe. Style ( Fig. 38 View Figure 37–42 ) slender and elongate; apex globose, directed laterally, with few small denticuli. Aedeagus ( Figs 38, 39 View Figure 37–42 ) with ventral paraphyses-like structure with pair of robust, tapered, recurved distal processes; dorsal part consisting of pair of round basolateral lobes and tubular shaft. Anal tube ( Fig. 37 View Figure 37–42 ) with segment X without basal processes and distal margin thickened, terminating ventrally in short lobe.

Notes.

Identification based on Stål’s (1859) illustration and collecting locality. Male genitalia previously undescribed.

Distribution.

W. Malaysia ( Stål 1855), Philippines ( Baker 1915), and Singapore ( Baker 1923).

Material examined.

Malaysia: male, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, IX 1964, N. L. H. Krauss on Melastoma malabathricus , USNM.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

Genus

Signoretia