Vilargus campanus (Naudé)

Stiller, M., 2010, Revision of Vilargus Theron (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from South Africa, Zootaxa 2674 (1), pp. 1-25 : 7

Vilargus campanus (Naudé)

Deltocephalus campanus Naudé, 1926: 48 ; 1929: 12.

Vilargus campanus (Naudé) , Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 30. Remarks. This species was described in Deltocephalus from a single female from Bloemfontein in the Free State Province, according Naudé (1926). Despite extensive search the specimen could not be traced and is assumed lost. Based on the original description and figures, Webb & Viraktamath (2009) placed this species in the genus Vilargus . Four species of Vilargus have a similar shape of the female sternite 7, that is V. dentulicans ( Fig. 59 ), V. lobulicans ( Fig. 67 ), V. pumilicans ( Figs 77–79 ) and V. trunculicans ( Figs 111–115 ), when compared to Naudé’s drawing of the female sternite 7 of V. campanus . Present distribution records indicate that V. pumilicans and V. trunculicans occur in the Free State Province, albeit not from the type locality of V. campanus . For these reasons and the lack of unique external features in most species of Vilargus , the status of V. campanus cannot be confirmed, other than its correct placement in Vilargus .

Figures

FIGURES 52–59. Vilargus dentulicans sp. n. Male and female genitalia. 52, aedeagus, dorsally; 53, aedeagus, laterally; 54, connective; 55, style; 56, plate; 57, pygofer, dorsally; 58, pygofer, laterally; 59, female, sternite 7 (scale = 0.1 mm).

FIGURES 60–67. Vilargus lobulicans sp. n. Male and female genitalia. 60, aedeagus, dorsally; 61, aedeagus, laterally; 62, connective; 63, style; 64, plate; 65, pygofer, dorsally; 66, pygofer, laterally; 67, female, sternite 7 (scale = 0.1 mm).

FIGURES 68–85. Vilargus pumilicans sp. n. Male and female genitalia. 68, aedeagus, dorsally; 69, aedeagus, laterally, sf = sclerotized fusion, c = connective, p = paraphysis;; 70, connective; 71, style; 72, plate; 73, plate; 74, pygofer, laterally; 75, anterior abdominal apodeme; 76, posterior abdominal apodeme; 77–85, female. 77–79, sternite 80, valvula 3; 81, valvula 3, ultrastructure; 82, valvula 2; 83, valvula 2, ultrastructure; 85, valvula 1, ultrastructure (scale = 0.1 mm).

FIGURES 104–115. Vilargus trunculicans sp. n. Male and female genitalia. 104, aedeagus, ventrally; 105, aedeagus, laterally; 106, connective; 107, style; 108, plate; 109, pygofer, dorsally; 110, pygofer, laterally; 111–115, female, sternite 7 (scale = 0.1 mm).