Paracarinolidia costalis (Walker) Nielson & Zahniser, 2012

Nielson, M. W. & Zahniser, J. N., 2012, On the unassigned species of the subfamily Coelidiinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), Zootaxa 3279 (1), pp. 63-68 : 67

Paracarinolidia costalis (Walker) , new combination

( Fig. 6 , holotype of Coelidia costalis Walker )

Coelidia costalis Walker 1851b: 854

Coelidia costalis Walker : Dohrn 1859a: 84

Coelidia costalis Walker : Metcalf 1864: 45

Coelidia costalis Walker : Nielson 1979 a: 324 [Species incertae sedis]

Length: female holotype 7.50 mm.; male unknown..

External morphology. General color as in disintegrans except more orange than brown with similar dark yellow patterns on forewings.Head narrower than pronotum, more so than in disintegrans , anterior margin less rounded than in disintegrans ; crown narrow, produced beyond anterior margin of eyes, lateral margins prominently carinate; eyes large, semiglobular; pronotum large, about as long as median length of crown, surface smooth; mesonotum large, about twice as long as median length of pronotum; forewings long, narrow, venation as in genus; clypeus long, narrow with distinct longitudinal carina, lateral margins broadly convex; clypellus very short, about ¼ as long as clypeus.

Distribution. Unknown

Material examined. Holotype female. Type/1839/ Coelidia costalis [printed on top of label], Coelidia atra [printed on bottom of same label] [Original description agrees with name on top of label].

Remarks. This species was cited as a senior synonym of Coelidia disintegrans Walker based on similar color patterns ( Nielson 1979: 323). Distinction between these species is given under the remarks section of disintegrans above. The female type specimen was also compared with the female specimens of the same Paracarinolidia species cited under disintegrans .

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Dorsal habitus of type specimens of Coelidiinae. 1, Jassus maldivensis Distant; 2, Jassus atkinsoni Distant; 3, Coelidia perineti Evans; 4, Bythoscopus guttatus Walker; 5, Coelidia disintegrans Walker; 6, Coelidia costalis Walker.