Pulchrijassus anjozorobensis gen. et sp. nov.

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Figs 3J, 14 A–C, 18D–F

Etymology

The species name is derived from that of the town closest to the type locality.

Material examined

Holotype

MADAGASCAR • ♂; “MADAGASCAR: Province dʼAntananarivo 3 km 41° NE Andranomay, 11.5 km 147° SSE Anjozorobe, elev 1300m, 5–13 Dec 2000, 18°28′24″ S 47°57′36″ E, coll. Fisher, Griswold et al., California Acad. of Sciences, montane rainforest, malaise trap, coll. code: BLF2375”; CAS.

Paratypes

MADAGASCAR – Antananarivo • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; 3 km 41° NE of Andranomay, 11.5 km 147° SSE of Anjozorobe; 18°28′24″ S, 47°57′36″ E; alt. 1300 m; 5–13 Dec. 2000; Fisher, Griswold et al. leg.;

Malaise trap; montane rainforest; coll. code: BLF2375; CAS • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; INHS • 1 ♂; 3 km 41° NE of Andranomay, 11.5 km 147° SSE of Anjozorobe; 18°28′24″ S, 47°57′36″ E; alt. 1300 m; 5–13 Dec. 2000; Fisher, Griswold et al. leg.; Malaise trap; montane rainforest; coll. code: BLF2372; CAS • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; INHS.

Description

Length of male 6.4–7.4 mm; female 8.1–8.2 mm. Dorsum with pair of bold, curved, black lateral stripes extending from crown apex around margins of eyes to lateral margin of pronotum, median longitudinal black stripe on crown thin, broad and ovoid on pronotum; mesonotum and scutellum pale medially, with black basolateral triangles, forewing smoky with black maculae at base and slightly beyond midlength of costal area, veins darker than membrane. Hind tibial rows PD, AD and AV with 23, 16 and 18 macrosetae, respectively. Style apophysis sinuate, slightly broadened distally in ventral view, apex curved dorsomesad and blunt. Connective anterior margin trilobed. Aedeagus with shaft compressed, broad basally in lateral view, evenly curved dorsad and narrowed to blunt apex, bulb-shaped in ventral view, gonopore preapical on posterior surface. Female abdominal sternite VII with posterior margin weakly trilobed, with median lobe slightly shorter than lateral lobes. Second valvulae with dorsal margin forming distinctly angulate peak basad of midlength, dorsal margin slightly concave beyond peak, teeth sharply pointed and alternating between sides.