Gwurra aphrodite Linnavuori, 1973

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. & Bourgoin, Thierry, 2009, First record of the family Caliscelidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) from Madagascar, with description of new taxa from the Afrotropical Region and biogeographical notes, Zootaxa 2020, pp. 1-36 : 17

Gwurra aphrodite Linnavuori, 1973

(figs 33–37, 92–98)

New records: Republic of South Africa: 23, Kwazulu-Natal, Cumberland, 640 m, 29º30.8´S 30º30.3´E, 21.II.2005, A.F. Emeljanov (ZIN); 1 3, N. Transvaal, Luis Trichardt, XII.[19]56, Capener (MNHN); 2Ƥ, same locality, 20–30.XII.1956, A. Capener (NMWC).

Male genitalia (figs 92–98). Pygofer with large hemicircular process on its lower margin. Anal tube widely rounded. Anal column short and wide. Phallobase short and wide, narrowing apically—with noseshaped apex (in lateral view) and with apical concavity (in ventral view). Phallobase with large process basally and pair of large lateral lobes covering ventral aedeagal hooks. Basal process of the phallobase brushshaped (with long tooth-like processes). Aedeagal hooks acuminate, long and strongly curved; right hook longer than left one. Style with weakly concaved hind margin, caudo-dorsal angle widely rounded. Capitulum of style long and narrow, without lateral tooth.

Biological notes. The species inhabits open places with xerophytic herbaceous plants (A.F. Emeljanov, pers. comm. 2008).

Note. The species was known before only from Sudan ( Linnavuori, 1973). South African specimens differ from Sudanese specimens by the presence of two pairs of large black spots on the forewings in males (figs 35, 36). Sudanese specimens have only pair of unclear small spots on apices of fore wings. No differences were discovered in the structure of male genitalia of both populations.