Homa algulata Xu, Dietrich & Qin, 2022

Xu, Ye, Wang, Yi-Mei, Dmitriev, Dmitry A., Dietrich, Christopher H. & Qin, Dao-Zheng, 2022, Revision of the genus Homa Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), Zootaxa 5087 (1), pp. 179-190 : 187-188

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5087.1.8
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0C614031-1F0A-4F21-AE38-8B028FB23109
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5820009
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7B6587A5-D671-7051-4FBA-566AFDCFFC39
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Homa algulata Xu, Dietrich & Qin
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Homa algulata Xu, Dietrich & Qin View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 17–22 View FIGURES 1–22 , 35–37 View FIGURES 23–37 , 69–77 View FIGURES 69–77 )

Holotype. ♂, Thailand Khonkaen Nam Pong NP office, 16 o 37.201'N, 102 o 34.481'E, 218 m, Malaise trap, July 26- August 2 2006, Khamphol Jaidee ( QSBG) GoogleMaps . Paratypes. 5♂♂, same data as holotype ( NWAFU) GoogleMaps ; 20♂♂, Thailand Nakhon Nayok Khao Yai NP Behind Football field, 14 o 24.619'N, 101 o 22.778'E, 770 m, Malaise trap, July 5-12 2006, Pong Sandao ( INHS) GoogleMaps ; 30♂♂, Thailand Nakhon Nayok Khao Yai NP Behind Football field, 14 o 24.619'N, 101 o 22.778'E, 770 m, Malaise trap, July 5-12 2006, Pong Sandao ( QSBG) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, Vietnam Ninh Binh, Cuc Phuong NP center 20.3522ºN 105.5983ºE, 370 m, July 5-8 2019, C.H.Dietrich, Malaise trap in 2º forest, VN19-2-2 ( VNMN) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, Vietnam Ninh Binh, Cuc Phuong NP, ca. entrance 20.2501ºN 105.7145ºE 156m, July 7 2019, C.H.Dietrich, Hg. vapor light, VN19-1-6 ( INHS) GoogleMaps .

Description.

Measurements. Body length: male 3.8–4.1 mm.

Ground color reddish brown. Face crimson, ocelli surrounded by dark patches ( Fig. 20 View FIGURES 1–22 ). Anteclypeus strongly swollen and broader in male than in female ( Fig. 20 View FIGURES 1–22 ).

1T apodemes not extending to end of segment III, divergent posteriorly ( Fig. 35 View FIGURES 23–37 ). Male pygofer in lateral view with rounded apex, bearing 5–6 rigid microsetae along posterior margin ( Figs 36, 37 View FIGURES 23–37 , 69–71 View FIGURES 69–77 ). Subgenital plate widest at base and terminated in rectangle; basal setae (7–8) slightly shorter than macrosetae; marginal setae (8–10) arranged in irregular 1–2 rows, discrete; macrosetae (6–7) somewhat pointed, not reaching tip of plate; feeble microsetae (6–8) weakly developed ( Figs 69, 72 View FIGURES 69–77 ). Aedeagus shaft tubular, with long unpaired basal process surpassing shaft apex, both shaft and process with single tiny preapical spine, gonopore apical in dorsal view ( Figs 73–75 View FIGURES 69–77 ). Style strongly curved medially, dentifer bearing 5-6 tiny teeth and about 4–5 setae ( Fig. 76 View FIGURES 69–77 ). Anal tube lamellate, tapered to acute apex ( Fig. 77 View FIGURES 69–77 ).

Etymology. The name is an arbitrary combination of letters.

Remarks. This species is similar to H. osificata in having the male anteclypeus strongly swollen and broadened ( Figs 8, 20 View FIGURES 1–22 ), but differs from the latter in having the subgenital plate macrosetae concentrated near the plate apex ( Fig. 72 View FIGURES 69–77 ) (concentrated near base in H. osificata ( Fig. 49 View FIGURES 46–53 )). H. algulata is also similar to H. asilata in having the 1T apodemes divergent posteriorly ( Figs 32, 35 View FIGURES 23–37 ). However, it differs from H. asilata in having the anal tube process broad basally ( Fig. 77 View FIGURES 69–77 ) (anal tube process narrowed basally in H. asilata ( Fig. 68 View FIGURES 62–68 )). H. algulata differs from all other known species of Homa in having a single well-developed basal aedeagal process surpassing the shaft apex ( Figs 73, 74 View FIGURES 69–77 ).