Austroauridius iwaii, Dietrich, 2021

Dietrich, Christopher H., 2021, New species of Mayawa Fletcher and description of a related new Australian leafhopper genus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Paralimnini), Zootaxa 4933 (4), pp. 575-585 : 577-578

Austroauridius iwaii sp. nov.

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Description. Length of male 2.6 mm, female 3.0. Male 2S apodemes well-developed but short, paddlelike, extended halfway to posterior margin of sternite III, space between apodemes narrowly rectangular ( Fig. 1D ). Subgenital plate ( Fig. 1H ) half as long as pygofer, with 4-5 macrosetae. Style apophysis inflated medially, constricted preapically in ventral view, apex with posteromedial angle broad, lateral angle narrow and projected posterolaterad to sharp point ( Fig. 1H ).

Female sternite VII posterior margin with pair of sharp, darkly sclerotized teeth flanking slightly shorter median parabolic lobe, lateral margins rounded ( Fig. 1I ).

Etymology. The species is named for I’wai, mythical hero of the Koko Ya’o indigenous people of Queensland.

Material examined. Holotype male, AUSTRALIA: QLD, Crow’s Nest N.P. 27.2540ºS 152.1071ºE, 454m, 22 Feb 2015, C.H.Dietrich, AU15-08-3, vacuum rocky area ( QM) . Paratypes, 2 males, 1 female, same data as holotype ( INHS) .

Notes. The type series was collected by vacuuming grasses and other herbaceous vegetation in an open riparian woodland.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Austroauridius iwaii sp. nov. A–H, male holotype. A–B, lateral and dorsal habitus; C, head and anterior part of thorax, anteroventral view; D, base of abdomen, ventral view; E–F, genital capsule, lateral and ventral view; G–H, genitalia and subgenital plate, lateral and ventral view. I–N, paratype female: I, abdominal sternite VII; J, gonoplacs; K, first valvula; L, detail of same; M, second valvulae; N, detail of same. Scale bar = 1 mm.