Bolbonaso chandri, Gnezdilov, 2015

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M., 2015, Review of the genus Bolbonaso Emeljanov with checklist and key to Indian Caliscelidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea), Journal of Natural History 50, pp. 847-863 : 851-852

Bolbonaso chandri sp. nov.

( Figures 2A – E , 3A – D )

Type material

Holotype, ♀, India, Assam, ‘ Kaziranga, nördl. Mikir-Hills Brahmaputra , V.1961, G. Scherer leg. ’ ( ZSM) . Paratypes: 1♀, same data as holotype ( ZIN); 1♀, Meghalaya, Jaintia hills, 16 km west of Jowai , 25°27'N, 92°11'E, 11 . VI.2013, T. Vinayak leg. ( UASB).

Description

Externally very similar to B. tapirifacies excluding clypeal bulb almost rounded, not clearly separated from the rest of clypeus in lateral view and anal tube narrowing apically in dorsal view.

Coloration

Metope, coryphe, pronotum, and mesonotum brown or dark brown reddish. Clypeal bulb black. Coryphe, pronotum, and mesonotum with narrow median light stripe. Genae and upper part of postclypeus below the clypeal bulb orange light yellow. Lower part of postclypeus, anteclypeus, and rostrum light yellow. Scapus and pedicel brown yellowish. Paranotal lobes of pronotum dark brown reddish. Forewings with light costal and claval margins. Middle epimerae and episternae dark brown reddish or black. Fore and middle coxae, trochanters and femora light yellow. Fore and middle tibiae light yellow with dark brown longitudinal stripes. Hind legs yellow brownish. Tarsi dark brown with light yellow surfaces. Apices of spines black. Abdominal tergites dark brown, with three light yellow lines medially and two black wide stripes laterally. Lateral margins of tergites light yellow. Abdominal sternites dark brown reddish to black, with whitish spots on the margins of sternites III – V. Sternite VII almost black in basal half and dark brown yellowish in distal half. Gonoplacs brown, with yellow spots. Anal tube dark brown, with yellow greenish lateral margins.

Total length

Females 3.0 – 3.5 mm.

Etymology

The species is named after the well known Indian entomologist Dr Chandrashekharaswamy A. Viraktamath (Bangalore, India).

Figures

Figure 2. Bolbonaso chandri sp. nov.: (A) holotype, dorsal view; (B) same, lateral view; (C) same, frontal view; (D) paratype (Meghalaya), dorsal view; (E) same, lateral view.

Figure 3. Bolbonaso chandri sp. nov. (A–D) and Afronaso rhinarius Jacobi (E,F), females: (A,E) head, dorsal view; (B,F) hind margin of VII sternum; (C) anal tube, dorsal view; (D) antenna.