Makilingia suturalis Melichar

Dietrich, Christopher H. & Zahniser, James N., 2019, Review of the leafhopper genus Makilingia Baker (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae), Zootaxa 4559 (3), pp. 473-500 : 494

Makilingia suturalis Melichar

( Figs 2 O–P, 3B–F)

Makilingia suturalis Melichar, 1923: 120

Melichar's description (translated from the original German): Crown black, without pale markings; forewing black with narrow elongated oval gray-yellow apical spot extended from scutellum to claval apex, narrowing to yellow line in middle, sometimes divided into two spots. Underside black, antennae and legs pale yellow. Scutellum small, broader than long, apex not swollen behind suture. 5–5.5 mm

Male genitalia. Pygofer appendage curved slightly dorsad, slightly broadened preapically, extended slightly beyond lobe. Subgenital plate in lateral view evenly curved dorsad, distal section long and robust. Style with preapical lobe obtuse, heel absent. Aedeagus in lateral view with preatrium as long as shaft, evenly curved dorsad, shaft forming obtuse angle with preatrium, broader than preatrium, curved dorsad, apex obliquely truncate, preatrium expanded anterodorsad.

Note. Our interpretation of this species is based on unpublished notes and drawings by D.A. Young, who examined Melichar's type in the Moravian Museum and prepared drawings of the male genitalia ( Fig. 3 ). It is the only known species that lacks pale markings on the head and forewing costal margin but has the forewing commissure pale. In the structure of the male genitalia, this species is most similar to M. similima and M. viraktamathi but the latter are distinctly different in coloration.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Makilingia spp., dorsal and lateral habitus: A–B, M. paranigra, holotype male; C–D, M. pruinosa, male; E–F, M. siamensis, holotype male; G–H, M. sibuyanensis lectotype male. I–J, M. similima, lectotype male; K–L, M. speciosa, paralectotype female; M–N, M. surigaoensis, lectotype male; O–P, M. suturalis, lectotype male; Q–R, M. tenebrifrons, holotype male. S–T, M. tettigonoides, lectotype male. U–V, M. uncinata, holotype male; W–X, M. viraktamathi, holotype male; Y–Z, M. woodworthi, holotype male. AA–BB, M. xanthopicta, holotype male.

FIGURE 3. A, Makilingia xanthopicta n. sp., male genital capsule, lateral view, with parts labeled. B–F, Makilingia suturalis Melichar, holotype (drawings by D. A. Young): B, head and pronotum, dorsal view, left side; C, male genital capsule, lateral view; D, left male subgenital plate, ventral view; F, aedeagus, lateral view; F, style and connective, ventral view.