Nesocerus affinis, Krishnankutty & Dietrich, 2011

Krishnankutty, Sindhu M. & Dietrich, Christopher H., 2011, Taxonomic revision and phylogeny of an endemic leafhopper genus Nesocerus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Idiocerinae) from Madagascar, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162 (3), pp. 499-543 : 507

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00690.x
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scientific name	Nesocerus affinis
status	SP. NOV.

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NESOCERUS AFFINIS SP. NOV. ( FIGS 3I, J, 6P, Q)

Diagnosis: This species is closely similar to N. ranomafanaensis , but can be distinguished by the reduced or absent apical processes of the aedeagal shaft and the absence of forewing crossvein r-m 1.

Description: Length of male, 4.6–4.8 mm; female, 5 mm.

External characters and coloration as in N. ranomafanaensis .

Male genitalia closely resembling those of N. ranomafanaensis , but aedeagal shaft with processes absent or reduced to tiny lobes.

Material examined: Holotype male, MADAGASCAR: Province d’Antananarivo, 3 km 41° north-east of Andranomay , 11.5 km, 1300 m, 18°28′24″S, 47°57′36″E, 5.–13.xii.2000, Fisher, Griswold et al., BLF2375, CASENT5502778 ( CAS) GoogleMaps . Paratypes: two males ( CASENT5501890 , CASENT5502683 ) , one female ( CASENT5501002 ) , same data as holotype ( CAS, INHS) GoogleMaps ; one male, MADAGASCAR: Province d’Antsiranana , Parc National Montagne d’Ambre, 12.2 km 211° south-south-west of Joffreville, 1300 m, 21°35′47″S, 49°9′34″E, 2.–7.ii.2001, Fisher, Griswold et al., BLF2853 ( INHS) GoogleMaps .