Neotropical spittlebugs related to Neaenini (Hemiptera, Cercopidae) and the origins of subfamily Cercopinae
Author
Andrew Hamilton, K. G.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4169
2
201
250
journal article
38151
10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.1
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1175-5326
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Microlaqueus isolatus
sp.nov.
Etymology.
isola
island, -
atus
(adjectival form).
Description.
Brown, with obscure markings: paler on edges of scutellum, venter of head and legs; frons with heavy, dark brown muscle arcs; tegmina marked with white spots on anteapical and costal cells and an arcuate, pale line extending from near apices of clavi towards tips of coria. Head dorsoventrally compressed, almost as long as midline of pronotum (
Fig. 3
A) but distinctly narrower than pronotum; crown flat, declivous, coronal margin carinate; antennal ledge elongate (
Fig. 24
C), shorter than in
Microsargane
(
Fig. 24
A). Costal margin of hind wing with 4 erect hooks on triangular projection, basal hook standing almost straight up, others becoming progressively more recumbent. Hind tibiae each with double pecten of 8 black-tipped spines, hind tarsal pectens with 6 blacktipped spines on basomere, 5 widely spaced, black-tipped spines on 2nd tarsomere. Male unknown. Length: female 9.0 mm.
Type
.
Holotype
female,
JAMAICA
:
Corn Puss Gap
,
St. Thomas
,
8 May 1955
(
T.H. Farr
); in
UMIA
.