Eumecurus incompletus ( Van Stalle, 1983 )

Huang, Min & Holzinger, Werner E., 2010, Cixiidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from Namibia, with records from neighbouring countries, Zootaxa 2717, pp. 34-52 : 41

Eumecurus incompletus ( Van Stalle, 1983)

Figs 5 , 27 , 43–51

Oliarus incompletus Van Stalle, 1983: 160 ( Tanzania: Taru Mombasa) Eumecurus incompletus (Van Stalle) , Emeljanov 1992

Material examined. Namibia: 1 male, Okavango, 80km W Rundu, SE 1719, 2.iii.1973 ( NMNW).

Description. See Van Stalle (1987: 99, as Oliarus incompletus ). This species was described from a single male from Tanzania. The single specimen we have from Namibia differs from the holotype by the shape of the long, ventral spine of the aedeagus: it is forked distally (see figs 60, 61), whereas the spine of the holotype is not forked. Other main characters of male genitalia as well as external characters fit very well to the holotype of E. incompletus . Our placement of this Namibian specimen to E. incompletus is tentative, further studies are essential to study the intraspecific variability of this species and to clarify the identity of the Namibian specimen.

Distribution. Tanzania, northern Namibia (new record)

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 13. Habitus photographs, dorsolateral view. 1. Duilius tenuis, female; 2. Pentastiridius moestus, male; 3. P. sudanicus, male; 4. P. limbifer, male; 5. Eumecurus incompletus, male; 6 E. kibuyanus, male; 7. E. decempunctatus, male; 8. E. mashonanus, male; 9. E. brachycephalus, male; 10. Atonurus meridianus, male; 11. E. hottentottus, female; 12. A. namibianus, male; 13. E. eryx, female. Scale bar A = 1 mm for figs 1 – 6, scale bar B = 1 mm for figs 7 – 13.

FIGURES 22 – 28. Head in dorsal view. 22. Eumecurus zairensis [specimen from Malawi]; 23. Pentastiridius sudanicus [specimen from Uniab Delta Area, Skeleton Coast Park]; 24. Eumecurus hottentottus [specimen from Starkberg, Etosha Nat. Park]; 25. Pentastiridius moestus [specimen from Popa Falls, Kavango]; 26. P. limbifer [specimen from 80 km W Rundu, Okavango]; 27. Eumecurus incompletus [specimen from 80 km W Rundu, Okavango]; 28. Eumecurus skofitschii [holotype]; Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 43 – 51. Eumecurus incompletus. 43. aedeagus, dorsal view; 44. same, ventral view; 45. male anal tube from the right; 46. same, from the left; 47. same, ventral view; 48. same, dorsal view; 49. male genital styles; 50. male genital segment from the right; 51. same, from the left [specimen from Okavango, 80 km W Rundu].