Pulchrijassus rubrilineatus, Dietrich & Magalhães & Takiya, 2020

Dietrich, Christopher H., Magalhães, Raysa Brito de & Takiya, Daniela M., 2020, Revision of the endemic Malagasy leafhopper tribe Platyjassini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae), European Journal of Taxonomy 695, pp. 1-89 : 73

Pulchrijassus rubrilineatus gen. et sp. nov.

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:5D0E77EB-47BF-417F-8B78-B357422B9CAA

Figs 3N , 18 J–L

Etymology

The species name refers to the red longitudinal stripes on the dorsum.

Material examined

Holotype

MADAGASCAR • ♀; “MADAGASCAR: Province Fianarantsoa, Parc National Ranomafana, Belle Vue at Talatakely , elev 1020 m, 14–23 April 2002, 21°15.99′ S, 47°25.21′ E, coll: M. Irwin, R. Harin’Hala, California Acad of Sciences, malaise, secondary tropical forest, MA-02-09C-25”; CAS.

Description

Length of female 8.0 mm (male unknown). Dorsum pale yellow with reddish to ochraceous markings; pair of wide lateral reddish orange stripes extended from crown apex across pronotum, narrower median wedge-shaped stripe extended from crown apex to scutellum, pronotum with two pairs of indistinct longitudinal lateral brown stripes superimposed on red lateral stripes, forewing ochraceous, with costal margin in basal half yellow; venter uniformly pale yellow. Crown parabolically produced, slightly longer than pronotum. Forewing without supernumerary crossveins. Hind tibial rows PD, AD and AV with 23, 13, and 18 macrosetae, respectively. Female abdominal sternite VII with short acute projection posteromedially. Second valvulae slender, tapered through most of length, dorsal margin serrate distally, with teeth rounded and alternating between sides.

Figures

Fig. 3. Platyjassini, dorsal and lateral habitus of males. A. Plerujassus appendiculatus (Evans, 1959). B. Plerujassus brunnescens sp. nov. C. Plexijassus caliginosus sp. nov. D. Pseudocurtara minima sp. nov. E. Pseudocurtara nigripicta sp. nov. F. Pseudocurtara quadrata sp. nov. G. Pseudocyrta hyalina sp. nov. H. Pseudomarganana olivacea sp. nov. I. Pseudomarganana rosea sp. nov. J. Pulchrijassus anjozorobensis sp. nov. K. Pulchrijassus eunsunae sp. nov. L. Pulchrijassus pallescens sp. nov. M. Pulchrijassus roseus sp. nov. N. Pulchrijassus rubrilineatus sp. nov. O. Pulchrijassus sindhuae sp. nov. P. Pulchrijassus talatakelyensis sp. nov. Q. Pulchrijassus toamasinensis sp. nov. R. Punctijassus circularis sp. nov. S. Punctijassus compressus sp. nov. T. Punctijassus ivohibensis sp. nov. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 18. Female terminalia. – A–C. Pseudomarganana olivacea sp. nov. A. Sternite VII. B. First valvula with detail of apex. C. Second valvulae with detail of apex. – D–F. Pulchrijassus anjozorobensis sp. nov. D. Sternite VII. E. First valvula with detail of apex. F. Second valvulae with detail of apex. – G–I. Pulchrijassus pallescens sp. nov. G. Sternite VII. H. First valvula with detail of apex. I. Second valvulae with detail of apex. – J–L. Pulchrijassus rubrilineatus sp. nov. J. Sternite VII. K. First valvula with detail of apex. L. Second valvulae with detail of apex. – M–O. Pulchrijassus talatakelyensis sp. nov. M. Sternite VII. N. First valvula with detail of apex. O. Second valvulae with detail of apex. – P–R. Pulchrijassus toamasinensis sp. nov. P. Sternite VII. Q. First valvula with detail of apex. R. Second valvulae with detail of apex. – S–U. Punctijassus ivohibensis sp. nov. S. Sternite VII. T. First valvula with detail of apex. U. Second valvulae with detail of apex. Photos not to scale.