Plerujassus appendiculatus ( Evans, 1959 ), 2020

Dietrich, Christopher H., Magalhães, Raysa Brito de & Takiya, Daniela M., 2020, Revision of the endemic Malagasy leafhopper tribe Platyjassini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae), European Journal of Taxonomy 695, pp. 1-89 : 56

Plerujassus appendiculatus ( Evans, 1959) comb. nov.

Figs 3A, 12 A–C, 19

Platyjassus appendiculatus Evans, 1959: 501 .

Material examined

Holotype

MADAGASCAR • Ƌ ( Fig. 19); “ Type [circle red label], Morondava fôret sud de Befasy I-56 R.P[aulian] Institut scientifique MADAGASCAR, Museum Paris MNHN ( EH) 2354”, “ Platyjassus appendiculatus Evans [J]. W. Evans det., 1958,ABDOMEN \ DISSECTED BY \ O. EVANGELISTA \ Ƌ \ O. Evangelista det. ‘17”; MNHN ( EH) 2354.

Paratype

MADAGASCAR • Ƌ; “Morondava fôret sud de Befasy, I-56”; R. Paulian leg.; BMNH .

Other material

MADAGASCAR – Mahajanga • 4 ƋƋ; Ampijoroa National Park , 160 km N of Maevatanana on RN 04; 16°19.16′ S, 46°48.80′ E; alt. 43 m; 20–30 Nov. 2003; M. Irwin and R. Harin’Hala leg.; Malaise trap; deciduous forest; MA-25-24; CAS • 1 Ƌ; same collecction data as for preceding; INHS • 1 Ƌ; Ampijoroa National Park , 160 km N of Maevatanana on RN 04; 16°19.16′ S, 46°48.80′ E; alt. 43 m; 9–20 Nov. 2003; SMK DNA voucher: MIAS15; INHS .

Description

Length of male 9.5–10.5 mm (female unknown). Color stramineous, without darker markings. Style apophysis not broadened preapically, parallel-sided to acutely tapered apex.Aedeagus with lateral ridges of atrium not distinctly more sclerotized than medial part; shaft without digitiform processes mesad of lateral spines at apex.

Remarks

This species corresponds to the OTU labeled “ Platyjassini gen. n. 1, sp. 3” in the phylogeny of Krishnankutty et al. (2016).