Erasmoneura latiloba, Dmitriev, 2008

Dmitriev, D. A., 2008, New and little known species of Erasmoneura Young (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), Zootaxa 1851 (1), pp. 65-68 : 66

Erasmoneura latiloba sp. n.

( Figs. 2 , 3 )

Description: Body size (male, female): 2.4–2.5 mm.

Coloration (male, female): Dorsum entirely reddish brownish, without color pattern. Anteclypeus dark brown. Thoracic venter entirely dark brown.

Head (male, female): Crown fore margin strongly produced and angulate medially.

Abdomen (male): 2S abdominal apodemes large, broad, reaching 3S posterior margin.

Genitalia (male): Pygofer lobe rounded; dorsal appendage with distinct basal suture, but not movably articulated, simple, not extended beyond pygofer apex, straight in dorsal view, curved downward in lateral view. Style apex threepointed, second point very short, tooth like; third point elongate, about as long or longer than distance between other two points; angle between basal and third points less than 90°. Aedeagus with preatrium longer than shaft; shaft curved ventrally, broad in lateral view; depressed in crossection, with large lateral lobes, with small dorsal distal lobe; ventral processes absent; distal processes long, apical, slender.

Type locality: Holotype ♂, USA, South Carolina, Aiken Co., Aiken , 12 V 1957 (J. R.U.), ( CNC).

Studied material: Paratypes: 3 ♂, 7 ♀, same data as holotype, ( CNC) ; 1♂, 1♀, same data, ( INHS) .

Host plant: Unknown.

Note: The species name refers to the broad lobes on the sides of the aedeagal shaft. Like E. rubricata Van Duzee and E. margaritae Dmitriev & Dietrich , this species has a broad and depressed aedeagal shaft. It differs in longer distal processes of the aedeagus and smaller size.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Erasmoneura latiloba sp. n.: a, habitus; b, pygofer lobe, lateral view; c, style apex; d; aedeagus, lateral view; e, aedeagus, ventral view.

FIGURE 3. Map of North America. Distribution of Erasmoneura bipentagona (Beamer) and E. latiloba sp. n.