Patamadaga, Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. & Bourgoin, Thierry, 2009

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. & Bourgoin, Thierry, 2009, First record of the family Caliscelidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) from Madagascar, with description of new taxa from the Afrotropical Region and biogeographical notes, Zootaxa 2020, pp. 1-36 : 17-19

Genus Patamadaga gen. n.

Type species: Patamadaga pauliani sp. n.

Diagnosis (figs 38–40). Metope approximately quadrate, with distinct median and sublateral keels which are not joined apically. Median keel of metope extends to postclypeus. Pedicel with short apical process. Coryphe elongate, with distinct median keel, anterior margin angulate, posterior margin straight. Pronotum without keels, with very thin paradiscal fields, anterior margin convex, posterior margin straight. Scutellum longer than pronotum, with weak median and sublateral keels. Brachypterous, venation obscure. Fore wings reaching hind margin of third abdominal tergite. Hind tibia with single lateral spine distally. First metatarsome with two lateral and single small intermediate spine.

Etymology. The generic name is derived from the MNHN—“ PATAMADAGA ” project concerning the study of entomofaunal and floral Gondwanan tracks (2005–2007). It is feminine in gender. Comparison. The new genus is morphologically similar to the genus Ordalonema Dlabola, 1987 , from Spain, but distinguished by the pedicel bearing an apical process and the presence of an intermediate spine on the first metatarsomere.