Macropsis illota (Horvath, 1899)

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 : 393

13. Macropsis illota (Horvath, 1899)

Figs. 34–35 , 183–189

Macropsis ulmaria Anufriev, 1971: 96–97 (synonymy by Tishechkin, 1998).

Description. Brown with indistinct dark pattern ( Figs. 34–35 ).

Abdominal apodemes of 2 nd tergite in male long, with strongly convergent and widened tips ( Figs. 183–184 ). Sternal apodemes narrow triangular, separated by angular notch ( Figs. 185–186 ). Penis stem in side view narrow, usually, bent at almost right angle ( Figs. 187–188 ). 2 nd valvulae of ovipositor with one very long and narrow preapical tooth each; sometimes one valvula has additional small tooth ( Fig. 189 ).

Body length (including tegmina): ♂, 3.6–3.9 mm; ♀, 4.2–4.5 mm.

Host. Ulmus pumila .

Distribution. Eastern Transbaikalia, Mongolia, Southern part of the Russian Far East, Northern China, and Japan. Introduced to Central Asia, Kazakhstan, and Southern half of European Russia with ornamental U. pumila .

Remark. Identification of this species is based on investigation of the holotype deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum (Budapest).

Figures

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

FIGURES 165–203. Macropsis aselae sp. n. (165–182), M. illota (183–189), M. sibirica (190–195), M. megerlei (196), M. emeljanovi (197), M. elaeagni (198–199), and M. scabrosa (200–203). 165–167, 183–184, 190–191, 198, 201―male abdominal apodemes of the 2nd tergite; 168–171, 185–186, 192, 199, 202—the 2nd sternite; 172–174, 187–188, 193–194, 196–197, 200―penis, lateral view; 175–177―pygofer process, lateral view; 178–179―style; 180–182, 189, 195, 203―the 2nd valvulae of ovipositor.