Iposcopus breviceps Baker, 1915

Xue, Qingquan, Mckamey, Stuart H. & Zhang, Yalin, 2017, Redescription of the Philippine leafhopper genus Iposcopus Baker (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Idiocerinae), Zootaxa 4277 (1), pp. 122-128 : 127

Iposcopus breviceps Baker, 1915 ( Figs. 1 , 3 )

Iposcopus breviceps Baker, 1915: 322 , fig. 2.

Description. Length (including wings): male 4.5–4.7 mm, female 4.7 mm.

Crown with pair of dark brown circular spots on either side of mid line and brown markings ( Figs. 1 A–B). Face generally brownish, frontoclypeus with several brown markings on lateral margin; anteclypeus brown in distal half ( Fig. 1 B). Pronotum irregularly marked with brown, anterior margin with pair of solid dark brown spots. Mesoscutellum with basal triangles dark brown ( Fig. 1 A). Female color similar to male ( Figs. 1 G–H).

Male valve basal margin not curved, apex convex medially ( Fig. 3 D). Subgenital plate slender, dorsal with short fine setae, ventral margin with several stout setae ( Fig. 3 A). Style apical half distinctly angled ( Fig. 3 G). Aedeagal shaft evenly curved dorsad, slender distally; gonopore near apex on ventral area ( Figs. 3 E–F). Female sternite VII caudal margin convex medially, with pair of triangular lateral projections ( Fig. 1 I).

Material examined. 1♀ (Holotype): Philippines, Butuan, Mindanao, coll. Baker ( USNM) ; 1♂ (Paratype): Philippines, Butuan, Mindanao, coll. Baker ( USNM) ; 3♂♂: Philippines, Davao, Mindanao, coll. Baker ( USNM) .

Remarks. This species differs from I. distanti in having the lora tan (not black), a different valve and style shape, and the aedeagal shaft in lateral view more slender apically.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Iposcopus breviceps A, head and thorax of male, dorsal view; B, face of male; C, habitus of male, dorsal view; D, habitus of male, lateral view; E, habitus of female, dorsal view; F, habitus of female, lateral view; G, head and thorax of female, dorsal view; H, face of female; I, female genitalia, ventral view; J, first valvulae; K, second valvulae; L, apex of first valvulae; M, apex of second valvulae.

FIGURE 3. Iposcopus breviceps A, male pygofer, anal tube and subgenital plate, lateral view; B, connective, ventral view; C, connective, lateral view; D, valve; E, aedeagus, ventral view; F, aedeagus, lateral view; G, left style, lateral view.