Lipokrisna Freytag, 2012

Freytag, Paul H., 2012, A review of the New World Krisnini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae) including three genera and six new species, Insecta Mundi 2012 (246), pp. 1-8 : 2

Lipokrisna Freytag , new genus

Type species: Krisna insularis Oman, here designated.

Description. Length 8.0 – 12.0 mm. Head with thin foliaceous anterior margin, with ocelli on anterior margin near eyes. Body rather robust, but somewhat flattened dorsoventrally. Forewing with reticulate veins in apical third, appendix small. Hindlegs with femoral setal formula 2-2-1. Color usually yellow to light green. Male genitalia: Pygofer without processes. Style relatively long, with foot-like apex. Aedeagus short, C-shaped, with pair of basal lateral processes, parallel to shaft.

Notes. In the two species with known males, the male genitalia are similar. The pygofer is without processes. The style is relatively long with a foot-like apex. The aedeagus is short, C-shaped, with a pair of lateral ventral processes which parallel the aedeagal shaft. There are three species known, all from Puerto Rico.

Etymology. The name for the genus is formed using the Greek stem lip- meaning lack or leave, in combination with the name krisna. The gender is feminine.