Trigonoschema Crispolon & Soulier-Perkins, 2021

Crispolon, Elorde Jr. S., Guilbert, Eric, Yap, Sheryl A. & Soulier-Perkins, Adeline, 2021, New genus and new species of spittlebugs (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) from the Philippines, European Journal of Taxonomy 778, pp. 90-135 : 116-117

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2021.778.1571

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5706017

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C8299091-60D3-49B4-852F-2145956D7FE9

taxon LSID

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treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Trigonoschema Crispolon & Soulier-Perkins
status

gen. nov.

Trigonoschema Crispolon & Soulier-Perkins gen. nov.

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Figs 12–16 View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig

Type species

Trigonoschema manoborum sp. nov. here designated.

Diagnosis

In dorsal view, teardrop shaped and apex of tegmen not visible due to folding. In lateral view, very steeply declivous pronotum and crown of the head, nearly form a right angle with the rest of the dorsum in profile.

Etymology

When observed in dorsal view, the general shape of the habitus fits in a triangle even if a closer observation would lead to describe it as teardrop shaped. The name is built using two greek words “trigonos” for triangular and “schema” for shape. It is neutral.

Description

BODY. Length 9.5–12.5 mm (tegmen included), width 4–5 mm.

GENERAL SHAPE. Not dorso-ventrally flattened, in lateral view total length around 3 times height ( Figs 2B View Fig , 12–16A View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig ). Ocelli small, distance between eyes 9–10.5 times ocellus diameter ( Figs 1 View Fig , 12–16B View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig ). Distance between ocellus and compound eye less than 4 times ocellus diameter (( Figs 1 View Fig , 12–16B View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig ). Distance between ocelli 1.5 ocellus diameter ( Figs 1 View Fig , 12–16B View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig ). Postclypeus with longitudinal furrow, swollen laterally and slightly ovoid shape in frontal view, widest part close to frons, not receding and prior to anteclypeus where it bends rounded in lateral view, with wide longitudinal furrow ( Figs 1 View Fig , 12–16B View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig ). Pronotum curving around 45º angle ( Figs 2B View Fig , 12–16A View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig ). Tegmen translucid without concave apical cells. Apical curve of tegmen rarely visible in dorsal view, tegmen folded in such a way that widest part of habitus is before midlength of tegmen ( Figs 12–16C View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig ).

MALE TERMINALIA. Subgenital plates without fine appendage ( Fig. 12F View Fig ), if present shorter than main plate, not forming an acute angle shape with the main plate ( Figs 14 View Fig , 16F View Fig ). Paramere globose, lateral margin of paramere with protrusion, on the ventral margin on the sub apex with angular protrusion ornamented with set of setae ( Figs 12 View Fig , 14 View Fig , 16G View Fig ). Pp of aedeagus thick and beak-like shape ( Figs 12 View Fig , 14 View Fig , 16H View Fig ).

Distribution

Philippines.

Key to the species of Philippine Trigonoschema gen. nov.

1. Most of vertex and frons bright yellow and postclypeus orange ( Figs 12–13 View Fig View Fig ) ................................... ......................................................................... T. manoborum Crispolon & Soulier-Perkins sp. nov.

– Vertex, frons and postclypeus of the same color that can be brown, orange or red ( Figs 14–16 View Fig View Fig View Fig )..... 2

2. Red band running across base of tegmen and scutellum ( Fig. 16 View Fig ) ...................................................... ........................................................................................ T. rubercella Crispolon & Guilbert sp. nov.

– No red band visible in dorsal view ( Figs 12–13 View Fig View Fig )............................................................................... 3

3. Scutellum yellow ( Fig. 14 View Fig ) .................................................. T. negrosensis Crispolon & Yap sp. nov.

– Scutellum brown ( Fig. 15 View Fig )................................................... T. pallida ( Lallemand, 1927) comb. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cercopidae

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