Makilingia davaoensis, Dietrich & Zahniser, 2019

Dietrich, Christopher H. & Zahniser, James N., 2019, Review of the leafhopper genus Makilingia Baker (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae), Zootaxa 4559 (3), pp. 473-500 : 481

Makilingia davaoensis n. sp.

( Figs 1 H–I, 4P–T)

Description. Length of male 5.7 mm, female unknown. Coloration. Head mostly pale stramineous, frontoclypeus with small dorsomedial black spot, area between frontoclyepus and eye black, gena with diffuse dark brown to black markings, crown with five-lobed median black marking covering ocelli but not extended to anterolateral margins; pronotum, mesonotum, scutellum, mesepisternum, mesepimeron and lateral part of mesocoxa black; forewing greenish ochraceous, pits in basal half black; legs yellow, front and hind tibiae tinged with orange; abdomen mostly dark brown. Structure. Head produced with crown anterior margin forming blunt 90° angle; face with frontoclypeus and anteclypeus finely shagreen, clypeal suture obsolete, anteclypeus in profile very slightly angulate; distinct punctations restricted to genae. Forewing venation obscure, without supernumerary branches or crossveins.

Male genitalia. Pygofer appendage absent. Subgenital plate very short and broad, basal sclerotized section semicircular in ventral view, distal unsclerotized section very short, extended slightly dorsad of basal section but not posterad, dorsal callosity large, digitiform. Style without preapical lobe, distal section acuminate, without preapical heel. Aedeagus in lateral view with preatrium half length of shaft and forming continuous curve with posterior margin of shaft, shaft relatively narrow, widened to midlength then tapered to apex with obtuse preapical projection on dorsal surface; in posterior view with preatrium widened from base, atrium heart shaped with prominent, denticulate dorsolateral lobes, shaft relatively narrow, widened to midlength then tapered to apex.

Female unknown.

Etymology. The species name refers to the type locality.

Material examined. Holotype male, PHILIPPINES: Lake Davao, 2° growth, screen sweep, 22 May 1987, ROM 873035 , D. C. Darling ( ROM).

Notes. This distinctively marked species resembles M. colorata and M. lobata in forewing coloration but differs in having the median black marking on the crown not extended to the lateral margin.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Makilingia spp., dorsal and lateral habitus: A–B, Makilingia banahaoensis, male; C, M. banahaoensis, female; D– E, M. colorata lectotype male; F–G, M. costalis, holotype male; H–I, M. davaoensis, holotype male; J–K, M. flavifrons, male; L–M, M. frontalis, lectotype male; N–O, M. haightiana lectotype male; P–Q, M. intermedia (lectotype male of M. variabilis); R–S, M. lineata holotype female; T–U, M. lobata, holotype male; V–W, M. maculamima, holotype male; X–Y, M. maculata, lectotype male; Z–AA, M. nigra lectotype male; BB–CC, M. nigramima holotype male; DD–EE, M. pallida, lectotype male; FF, M. pallida (cotype of M. pallida benguetensis Baker), female; GG–HH, M. panayensis, holotype female; II–JJ, M. panayensis, male; Scale bars: 1 mm.