Caliscelis swazi, Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. & Bourgoin, Thierry, 2009

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. & Bourgoin, Thierry, 2009, First record of the family Caliscelidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) from Madagascar, with description of new taxa from the Afrotropical Region and biogeographical notes, Zootaxa 2020, pp. 1-36 : 7-10

Caliscelis swazi sp. n.

(figs 7–12, 63–69)

Type material. Holotype 3: Republic of South Africa: GAU, Roodeplaat Research Stn., 25.36 S 28.21 E, sweeping forest undergrowth along river course, 28.I.2001, M. Stiller ( ARCP). Paratypes: Republic of South Africa: Tvl [Transvaal]: 13, 1Ƥ, Buzzard Mtn., Retreat nr. Louis Trichardt, 23.00 S 29.46. E, 1500 m, swept off Urochloa sp., 15.XII.1994, M. Stiller ( ARCP, ZIN); 1Ƥ, D’Nyala Nat. Res., Ellisras, 23.45 S 27.49 E, 850 m, sweeping grass, 13–14.I.1991, M. Stiller ( ARCP). Swaziland: Eranchi: 13, XII.[19]53, A.L.O. ( ZIN); 13, 15–31.XII. [19]54, A.L.O. ( IRSNB); 13, 5–10.XII. [19]55, A.L.O. ( IRSNB).

Description. Fore femora and tibiae leaf-like, laterally flattened. Middle femora and tibiae less flattened laterally than fore ones.

Male (figs 7–9). Metope convex, weakly concave apically below the margin of coryphe, with weak median and sublateral keels. Median keel of metope invisible apically (below the margin of coryphe), extends to postclypeus and anteclypeus. Coryphe transverse, anterior margin convex, posterior margin nearly straight or weakly concave. Pronotum with median keel. Scutellum with median and lateral keels. Fore wings saddleshaped, with apices raised, reaching hind margin of third abdominal tergite. Venation obscure, radius bifurcate. Abdomen convex. Hind tibia with single lateral spine medially. First metatarsomere with single intermediate spine.

Female (figs 10–12). Metope with distinct or weak median and sublateral keels. Median keel invisible apically (below the margin of coryphe). Fore wings not saddle-shaped. Abdomen not convex. Hind margin of sternite VII convex, with median concavity.

Coloration. Male (figs 7–9). General coloration, excluding abdomen and posterior half of fore wings, brown or black. Median keels of pronotum and scutellum sometimes reddish. Posterior half of fore wings ivory. Apices of spines of legs black. Abdominal tergites and genital segments black, excluding white or ivory lower angles of V–VIII tergites. Abdominal tergites IV and V sometimes with brown middle parts. Third abdominal tergite with pair of large white or ivory spots at hind margin. Tergites IV–VII each with two pairs of small white or ivory spots laterally. Abdominal sternites black, excluding ivory hind margin of III and middle parts of IV–VIII sternites.

Coloration. Female (figs 10–12). General coloration black or brown with dense black dots. Median keels of pronotum and scutellum reddish. Apices of spines of legs black.

Male genitalia (figs 63–69). Pygofer with straight hind margin. Anal tube short and wide, weakly narrowing apically (in dorsal view). Anal column short and wide. Phallobase short and wide, narrowing apically—with nose-shaped apex (in lateral view), with pair of large lateral lobes covering ventral aedeagal hooks. Aedeagal hooks acuminate, long, weakly curved. Style with semicircular lobe under the capitulum, caudo-dorsal angle widely rounded. Capitulum of style long and narrow, without lateral tooth.

Female genitalia. Anal tube wide, narrowing apically. Gonoplacs short and wide.

Body length. Males—3.3–4.0 mm, females—4.1–4.5 mm.

Etymology. The species name is derived from “ Swazi ”—ethnic group living in Swaziland and Republic of South Africa.

Comparison. The new species differs from all other species of the genus by the large size and peculiar coloration of males.