Macropsis viridobrunnea Dlabola, 1961

Tishechkin, Dmitri Yu., 2020, Review of the genus Macropsis Lewis, 1836 (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae: Macropsini) of Southeastern Kazakhstan with description of new species, Zootaxa 4838 (3), pp. 381-405 : 390-392

12. Macropsis viridobrunnea Dlabola, 1961

Figs. 29–33 , 145–150 , 161–164

Macropsis persimilis Dubovskiy, 1966: 94–95 (synonymy by Tishechkin, 2011).

Description. Species with very variable coloration. Male brown, sometimes with more or less developed dark spots on pro- and mesonotum ( Figs. 29–31 ). Female pale green with brown (occasionally, almost black) fore part of body with median longitudinal light stripe and darkened mesonotal margin of forewings ( Figs. 32 ) or with pale ochreous head, pro-, and mesonotum ( Figs. 33 ). In some populations from Kyrgyzstan brown females similar in coloration to males are also present but this color variation was not found in Southeastern Kazakhstan.

Abdominal apodemes of 2 nd tergite in male shorter than their width at base, separated by wide round notch ( Fig. 145 ). Sternal apodemes wide triangular, with large angular or rounded projections on inner margins ( Figs. 146–147 ). Penis stem in side view very wide, with distinct extension in middle ( Figs. 148–149 ). 2 nd valvulae of ovipositor with one preapical tooth each ( Fig. 150 ).

Body length (including tegmina): ♂, 4.0– 4.5 mm; ♀, 4.6–5.1 mm.

Calling signals. Signals of males from the following localities were investigated.

1. Kyrgyzstan, Eastern part of Chatkal Mtn. Range, environs of Arkyt Village, from Salix wilhelmsiana and Salix sp., 19 and 21. VII. 2008, signals of 5 males recorded at 23–24 and 25–27 oC; from Salix sect. Helix , 4. VII. 2009, signals of 2 males recorded at 20–21 oC.

2. Kyrgyzstan, Ferghana Mtn. Range, Arslanbob Town , from Salix niedzwieckii , 15. VII. 2009, signals of 2 males recorded at 28–29 oC .

3. Kyrgyzstan, Central Tien Shan Mts., Dzhumgal River Valley in the environs of Baizak Village, from Salix sect. Helix , 1–2. VII. 2013, signals of 3 males recorded at 26–32 oC.

4. Kyrgyzstan, Chu River ca. 10 km West of Balykchi Town, from Salix sect. Helix , 12. VII. 2013, signals of 2 males recorded at 23–24 oC.

5. Kyrgyzstan, Alay Mtn. Range, Kurshab River 10 km north of Gul’cha Village, from S. wilhelmsiana , 5. VII. 2014, signals of 2 males recorded at 29 oC .

6. Southeastern Kazakhstan, the floodplain of Lepsy River near its exit from the foothills of Dzhungarsky Alatau Mtn. Range to the plain (13 km south of Kolbay Village), from S. alba , 19. VI. 2019, signals of 2 males recorded at 30 oC .

Male calling signal is a phrase lasting from 10–15 to 20–30 s and consisting of partially merged syllables. Signals of males from different localities in Kyrgyzstan and from Southeastern Kazakhstan have no significant differences (161–164).

Host. On different willow species.

Distribution. Iran, Central Asia, Southern and Southeastern Kazakhstan. In the studied area common along riverbanks in the foothills and plains.

Remark. Identification of species is based on investigation of one male and one nymph with labels “SSSR, Asia centr. Ala Tau /Takent/ Dlabola, 6.V.1959 ” and “ Macropsis viridobrunnea Dlab. topotype” and two females with labels “SSSR, Asia centr. Keles u Taškentu, Dlabola, 4.VI.1959 ” and “Museum Paris collection Dlabola” deposited in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris.

Figures

FIGURES 29–47. Macropsis spp., lateral view.

FIGURES 126–150. Macropsis milkoi (126–138), M. cerea (139–144), and M. viridobrunnea (145–150). 126, 130, 134, 139, 145―male abdominal apodemes of the 2nd tergite; 127–128, 131–132, 135–136, 140–141, 146–147—the 2nd sternite; 129, 133, 137, 142–143, 148–149―penis, lateral view; 138, 144, 150―the 2nd valvulae of ovipositor.