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Taharana intimacalcara Nielson 2015, sp. nov.

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Taharana intimacalcara, sp. nov.

(Plate 6D, Fig. 346-352)

Description. Length. Male 7.20 mm., female unknown.

External morphology. Medium size, robust species. General color black. Forewings black with small, yellow stripes on veins, numerous, irregular, yellowish brown markings in cells; mesonotum black with few small yellow spots; pronotum black, bullae yellow; crown yellow with irregular black stripes on each side of middle; eyes translucent; face black except yellow genae and lorae; head distinctly narrower than pronotum, anterior margin nearly acutely rounded; crown long, narrower than width of eyes, produced anteriorly about ¼ entire length, lateral margins convergent basally; eyes large, semiglobular; pronotum moderately large, slightly longer medially than crown, surface bullated; mesonotum moderately large, about as long medially as pronotum; clypeus long, broad, lateral margins broadly convex; clypellus short, about 1/3 as long as clypeus, narrow, apex flared.

Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view subrectangulate, glabrous, caudodorsal process long, broad, sinuate, caudoventral processes slender, slightly enlarged subapically with small ventral tooth on ventral margin (Fig. 346), in dorsal view long, narrow, with small, subbasal spur on inner lateral margins (Fig. 347); aedeagus moderately long, tubular, shaft inflated nearly in basal half, patch of fine teeth dorsoapically (Fig. 348, 349); style small, moderately long apophysis (Fig. 350); dorsal connective long, very slender (Fig. 348); connective small, anterior arms tapered anteriorly, medial ridge absent; stem small, sub ovate (Fig. 351); subgenital plate long, broad in outer 4/5, glabrous (Fig. 352).

Material examined. Holotype male. THAILAND: Loei Phu Ruea NP, office, 17 o 28.826’N 101 o 21.330’E., 860 m. / Malaise trap, 12-19.vii.2006, Patikhom Tantip, leg, T314 (QSBG).

Etymology. The name of this species is descriptive for the small spur on the inner lateral margins of the pygofer caudodorsal processes.

Remarks. From T. brevicutata to which it is similar in configuration of the caudoventral process, T. intimacalcara is separated by the longer and sinuate caudodorsal process in lateral view, presence of the small subapical spur on the inner lateral margins of the caudodorsal processes in dorsal view, presence of medial ridge and sub ovate stem on the connective and longer subgenital plate.

Notes

Published as part of Nielson, M. W., 2015, A revision of the tribe Coelidiini of the Oriental, Palearctic and Australian biogeographical regions (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae), pp. 1-202 in Insecta Mundi 2015 (410) on pages 64-65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5181587

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Collection code
QSBG
Material sample ID
T314
Event date
2006-07-12
Verbatim event date
2006-07-12/19
Scientific name authorship
Nielson
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Taharana
Species
intimacalcara
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Taharana intimacalcara Nielson, 2015