Pseudomachaerota cucullata, 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 : 450

Pseudomachaerota cucullata sp. nov.

Etymology. cucullata (adjective), Latin for “cowled”

Diagnosis. Head yellow, rest of body ochreous with bold brown patch extending from basal two-thirds of clavi across scutellum ( Fig. 7 E). Crown bluntly rounded; lateral margin of pronotum slightly shorter than eye, less than half as long (0.4 ×) as interocular distance. Hind wings each with 3 hooks on costal margin, 2 on triangular process and 1 at its base. Fore femora 2.5 × as long as wide; hind tibia short and broad, 3 × as long as wide across apex, with lateral spine arising near midlength; pectens of hind tibia with 9–10 black-tipped spines; those of basitarsomere with 8 black-tipped spines, of very short 2nd tarsomere with 6 spines. Female unknown. Length: 4.8 mm.

Type. Male, MADAGASCAR: Mahajanga Prov., Parc national Tsingy de Bemaraha, Tombeau Vazimba, 3.4 km 93o E Bekopaka, 19o8'31"S 44o49'41"E, 50 m el., 6–10 Nov. 2001 (Fisher, Griswold et al.) at light, in tropical dry forest. Holotype in CAS (CASENT 8113112); BOLD: CNC # HEM –402126.

Remarks. Slightly larger than P. olivacea (female 4.5 mm); hind wing with fewer hooks on costal margin (5 in olivacea : 3 on triangular process, 1 at its base and another much distad of the others); pectens of hind tarsus with fewer black-tipped spines (those of basitarsomere in olivacea with 9 such spines, of 2nd tarsomere with 8 spines covered with long setae).

Figures

FIGURES 5 – 9. Zygonini, dorsolateral aspect (A); male subgenital plates (B), ventral aspect; (C), genital capsule and theca (with style in 7 – 9), lateral aspect; (D), theca, caudal aspect; (E) habitus, dorsal aspect. 5, Pseudoclastoptera irrubesco (style as in Pseudomachaerota); 6, Pseudomachaerota olivacea, female holotype; 7, Pseudomachaerota cucullata; 8, Hemizygon saturnus; 9, Zygon desegregatum. Scale line for habitus drawings: 1 mm.