Warlucephala reversa, Fletcher, 2006

Fletcher, M. J., 2006, A New Genus, Warlucephala, for the Reception of Deltocephalus arunda Jacobi, 1909, and Two New Species (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), Records of the Australian Museum 58 (2), pp. 125-128 : 127

Warlucephala reversa n.sp.

Figs. 2, 6 , 13–17

Type material. HOLOTYPE 3, Mt Kosciusko [sic], Wilson’s Valley, NSW, i.1965, J.W. & F. Evans, AM K204207 . PARATYPES: New South Wales: 2 33, 1♀, 1 unknown (lacking abdomen), same data as holotype (13, 1 unknown ASCU, others AM K204208 , AM K204209 ) .

Description. Length. Male (n=3) 3.5–3.7 mm, female (n=1) 4.3 mm. Coloration: Pale brown dorsally, darker ventrally. Frontoclypeus ( Fig. 6 ) dark brown with speckled lateral pale striations.Apex of head with fine dark brown marginal line, slightly convex dorsally around margin of frontoclypeus. Tegmina translucent testaceous with pale band along costal margin. Morphology: Anteclypeus parallel-sided to apex of lora, then narrowed to apex. Lora widely separated from face margin. Vertex arrow-shaped, slightly longer medially than wide between eyes. Vertex shagreen, flat, medially slightly depressed with dark median suture reaching about 3 quarters length from base. Pronotum short, faintly transversely wrinkled. Male genitalia. Pygofer long, laterally extended to form rounded lobe bearing 8–9 long macrosetae. Subgenital plates ( Fig. 13 ) elongate triangular, apically roundly pointed, bearing evenly spaced macrosetae on outer, slightly concave, margins. Paramere ( Fig. 14 ) short, with apical process rounded and curled over apically. Preapical shoulder weakly rounded. Connective ( Fig. 15 ) with arms longer than main body. Aedeagus ( Figs. 16, 17 ) tubular, strongly curved ventrally with apical linear extension beyond gonopore on ventral side of gonopore.

Distribution. Kosciuszko region, New South Wales.

Etymology. The specific name refers to the curvature of the aedeagal shaft being in the reverse direction from that in other known species of the genus.

Figures

Figs. 1–7. Habitus of (1) Warlucephala arunda, lectotype female; (2) W. reversa, paratype male; (3) W. abbreviata, holotype male; and (4) W. abbreviata, macropterous female paratype; scale lines = 1 mm. Facial views of heads of (5) Warlucephala arunda; (6) W. reversa; and (7) W. abbreviata; scale lines = 0.5 mm.

Figs. 13–17. Male genitalia of Warlucephala reversa: (13) subgenital plate; (14) paramere; (15) connective; (16) aedeagus, posteroventral view; (17) aedeagus, lateral view.