Neokrisna decliva Freytag, 2012

Freytag, Paul H., 2012, A review of the New World Krisnini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae) including three genera and six new species, Insecta Mundi 2012 (246), pp. 1-8 : 4-5

Neokrisna decliva Freytag , new species

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Description. Length of males 11 m., females 11.5 mm. Color yellow or greenish yellow, with front wings with reticulate venation throughout, brown spots on medial cross veins from none to four or five. Male genitalia: Pygofer ( Fig. 14) long, narrowed to rounded apex, with long blade-like process along ventral margin. Pygofer process nearly as long as pygofer, expanded at apex, serate on dorsal apical margin, with a small spur near base on dorsal margin. Subgenital plate ( Fig. 14) long, narrow, nearly two-thirds length of pygofer. Style ( Fig. 15) long, narrow, with expanded, nearly foot-like apex, apex pointed. Aedeagus ( Figs. 12-13) short, stout, curving dorsad to pointed apex, with pair of lateral processes closely appressed at base, but deviating from shaft at two-thirds its length.

Type material. Holotype male: Dominican Republic, La Vega, Monsenor Nouel, Loma El Casabito , summit, 19 o 03’N 70 o 31’W, 1390 m., 19-23-XI-1992, J. Rawlins, M. Klingler, R. Davidson, S. Thompson, cloud forest ( CMNH) . Paratypes: One female, same data as holotype ( CMNH) ; two males, one female, Dominican Republic, La Vega, Loma del Casabito , 19 o 03’N 70 o 31’W, 1390 m., 3-XI-2002, W. A. Zanol, C .

W. Young, C. Staresinic, J. Rawlins, wet cloud forest, UV light, sample 24119, numbered CMNH- 288,844, CMNH- 293,032 and CMNH- 293,509 (one male, CMNH; one male, one female FSCA) .

Notes. Similar to N. oncora but larger and with different male genitalia. This species can be separated from the other species in this genus by the front wings having mostly reticulate veins, and the male aedeagus with the lateral processes flaring near apex. It is named for the shape of the aedeagal processes.