Neokrisna stena 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 : 7

Neokrisna stena Freytag , new species

(Figures 26-30)

Description. Length of males 10.5-11.5 mm, females unknown. Similar to N. decliva in general size and color. Male genitalia: Pygofer (Fig. 26-27) long, rounded at apex, with ventral spine-like process with spur on basal ventral margin. Style (Fig. 28) long, slightly expanded subapically, with acute apex bent dorsad. Aedeagus (Fig. 29-30) stout, C-shaped in lateral view, narrowing to apex, with pair of lateral processes from near middle of shaft extending along shaft to near apex.

Type material. Holotype male: Dominican Republic, La Vega, La Cienega de Mamabao , park hdqt., 3-5- VII- 1999, 915 m., R. E. Woodruff, blacklight ( FSCA) . Paratypes: Fourteen males, same data as holotype (six males, FSCA; three males, CMNH; two males, UKYL; one male, BMNH; and two males, MHND) .

Notes. Similar to N. longula , but with different male genitalia. It is named for the long narrow male pygofer, which is much narrower than the other species of this genus.