Creberulidia inflata, Nielson, 2015

Nielson, M. W., 2015, A revision of the tribe Coelidiini of the Oriental, Palearctic and Australian biogeographical regions (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae), Insecta Mundi 2015 (410), pp. 1-202 : 18

Creberulidia inflata , sp. nov.

( Plate 1H , Fig. 62-68 )

Description. Length. Male 7.90-8.80 mm., female unknown.

External morphology. Moderately large, slender species. General color dark brown to black with numerous small yellow spots on forewings; mesonotum and pronotum black, pronotal bullae yellow; crown yellow; eyes dark brown; face yellow, clypeus with orange, longitudinal stripes on inner lateral margins, clypellus with orange longitudinal stripe medially; head distinctly narrower than pronotum, anterior margin rounded; crown narrower than width of eyes, produced slightly anteriorly, lateral margins convergent basally; pronotum large, slightly longer medially than crown; mesonotum large, slightly longer medially than pronotum; clypeus long, narrow, lateral margins broadly convex; clypellus short, about 1/3 as long as clypeus, narrow, apex flared laterally.

Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view sub-quadrate, small lobe apically, moderately long, digitate caudoventral lobe ( Fig. 62 ); aedeagus with shaft strongly inflated in basal 1/ 4 in dorsal view, tubular in distal ¾, short row of short setae on lateral margin near middle, small tuft of teeth apically on dorsal margin, gonopore medial ( Fig. 63, 64 ); style with moderately long apophysis ( Fig. 65, 66 ); dorsal connective long, narrow ( Fig. 63, 64 ); connective large, anterior arms narrow, medial ridge incomplete, stem large, semi ovate ( Fig. 67 ); subgenital plate long, broad with apex tapered, curved laterally, sparsely setose in apical ¼ ( Fig. 68 ).

Material examined. Holotype male. THAILAND: Loei Phu Ruea NP, Pha Lo Noy, 17 o 30.502’N 101 o 20.868’E., / 1343 m., pan traps, 10.vii.2007, Patikhom Tumtip, leg., T2301 ( QSBG) . Additional material ( ULKY, MLBM).

Etymology. The name of the species is descriptive for the inflated base of the aedeagal shaft.

Remarks. From Creberulidia corniger sp. nov. (see below) to which it is most similar, C. inflata can be separated by the shorter aedeagus with inflated base of the aedeagal shaft in dorsal view, the sub quadrate pygofer and the curved apex of the subgenital plate.

Figures

PLATE 1. A-I. Dorsal habitus. (A) Calodia sinuata, sp. nov.; (B) Calodia sichuanensis, sp. nov.; (C) Calodia vincula, sp. nov.; (D) Calodia bicompressa, sp. nov.; (E) Calodia propennata, sp. nov.; (F) Calodia birama, sp. nov.; (G) Creberulidia multipenicula, sp. nov.; (H) Creberulidia inflata, sp. nov.; (I) Creberulidia ordospinosa, sp. nov.

Figures 62-68. Genitalia, Creberulidia inflata, sp. nov. 62) Male pygofer, lateral view. 63) Aedeagus and dorsal connective, lateral view. 64) Aedeagus and dorsal connective, dorsal view. 65) Style, dorsal view. 66) Style, lateral view. 67) Connective, caudal view. 68) Subgenital plate, ventral view.