Machaeropsis dramatica, Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2014

Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2014, The old-world Zygonini tr. nov. (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea, Clastopteridae), with new taxa from the related Machaerotinae, Zootaxa 3768 (4), pp. 437-459 : 443-444

Machaeropsis dramatica sp. nov.

Etymology. Greek adjective for “dramatic”.

Diagnosis. Ivory, boldly striped with dark brown across tylus, crown and twice across eyes, twice on anterior margin of pronotum, and with 7 longitudinal stripes extending backwards, with only median line meeting posterior transverse band; scutellum and base of tegmen black with contrasting yellow ridges on scutellum and second claval vein, ivory between vein bases; rest of tegmen hyaline with dark brown veins ( Fig. 14 A); underside with brown stripes on frontal arcs, across gena, and on pleura just below costa of folded tegmina; midline of face broadly black with oval orange disc near tip of head; legs with 2 longitudinal bands on femur, 2 transverse bands on tibia, tarsi black with pale marks towards tip of each tarsomere on upper surface. Ovipositor blade 0.7 mm long, a third as wide as long, dorsal margin straight but shallowly emarginate at middle for half its length, tip bluntly pointed ( Fig. 17K ). Length: male 5.0– 5.1 mm; female 5.5 mm.

Types. Holotype male, [BORNEO:] SARAWAK - Gunong Mulu N. Pk., Long Pala (base) 70 m, site 16, March (J.D. Holloway) 324450, RGS Mulu exped. B.M. 1978–206; alluv./second. for., MV-on batu-canopy. Paratypes: 1 female, same data as holotype; 1 male, same park, base camp, May–Aug. 1978 (P.M. Hammond & J.E. Marshall) B.M. 1978–49. All types in BMNH.

Remarks. This species keys to the type-species of the genus, M. valida Melichar from Ceylon ( Maa 1963), but has the heiroglyphic markings of the dorsum as in M. rubrolineata Maa from Thailand. The markings, however, are blackish rather than red.

Figures

FIGURES 10 – 16. Examples of Clastopterinae (10 – 11) and Machaerotinae (12 – 16). 10, Clastoptera testacea Fitch; 11, Iba cuneata Schmidt, lectotype; 12, Allox transfigurata; 13, Metaenderleinia nervosa Lallemand; 14, Machaeropsis dramatica (genital capsule as in Metaenderleinia); 15, Irridiculum; 16, Hindoloides bipunctata (Haupt), male genitalia typical of Machaerotini and Hindoloidini. A, habitus; B, male genital capsule (small styles as in 16 B omitted in 12 – 13 B). Scale line for habitus drawings: 1 mm (Fig. 11 A slightly larger).

FIGURES 17 A – R. Ovipositor shapes in 17 genera and subgenera of Clastopteridae: Zygonini (A, G – J, Q), Machaerotinae (B – D, K, R) and Clastopterinae (E, F, L – Q). A, Zygon desegregatum, paratype; B, Irridiculum deformatum, holotype; C, Allox transfigurata, paratype; D, Taiorhina geisha Schumacher; E, Grellaphia costalis Schmidt; F, Beesoniella sylvestris Lallemand; G, Pseudomachaerota olivacea, holotype; H, Ambonga lanceolata; J, Hemizygon saturnus (as in Ambonga apicenotata); K. Machaeropsis dramatica; L, Tremapterus (Nyanja) bimaculata Synave, holotype; M, Tremapterus (Abbalomba) typica Distant; N, Tremapterus (Patriziana) janus Linnavuori; O, Tremapterus (s. s.) rufus (Thunberg); P, Sepullia fuscolimbata Lallemand; Q, Pseudoclastoptera irrubesco; R, Machaerota sp. Scale line: 1 mm.