Hecaloidella nitida, Osborn, 1934

Xu, Deliang, Webb, Michael D., Shang, Suqin & Zhang, Yalin, 2021, Review of the Pacific leafhopper genus Hecaloidella (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae: Selenocephalini) with description of sixteen new species, Zootaxa 4948 (3), pp. 381-403 : 386

H. nitida species group

This group comprises five species ( H. bimaculata , H. caudospina , H. nitida , H. nudapenis and H. pacifica ) with the following combination of characters: vertex usually orange at least anteriorly with a pair of anterior spots; vertex with distinct longitudinal or oblique striations at least to anterior transverse sulcus; pronotum with distinct transverse striations; forewings with outer subapical cell tapered basally ( Figs 2B , 3D ); aedeagus disassociated from connective, very small or relatively large ( H. bimaculata ), shaft short and robust, laterally compressed, with or without processes.

Figures

FIGURE 2. H. bimaculata; A–B, habitus, dorsal and lateral view; C, face, D, head and thorax, anterior view; E, male genital capsule, lateral view; F, style; G, valve, subgenital plates, styles and connective, dorsal view; H, aedeagus, lateral view; I aedeagus, caudal view; J, anal tube, lateral view; K, connective, lateral view.

FIGURE 3. H. nitida, A–D, holotype, E–I, paratype (Samoa); J–M, Maluku; A–B, head and thorax, dorsal and lateral view; C, face; D, forewing; E, male pygofer; F, style; G, subgenital plate, valve and style, dorsal view; H, connective, dorsal view; I, aedeagus, caudal view; J, aedeagus and connective, lateral view; K, aedeagus, lateral view; L, apex of connective, lateral view; M, connective, dorsal view.