Tremapterus (Abbalomba) Distant

Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2015, A new tribe and species of Clastopterinae (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Clastopteridae) from Africa, Asia and North America, Zootaxa 3946 (2), pp. 151-189 : 175-176

Tremapterus (Abbalomba) Distant , stat.nov.

Abbalomba Distant, 1908 b:225 . Type-species by monotypy: A. typica Distant, 1908 b .

Distribution. Tropical Africa.

Diagnosis. Face ivory or yellow with frons transversely banded with black between antennal ledges (as in Nyanja ); coronal markings (when present) confined to tylus. Head angularly produced, tylus greatly exceding antennal ledges ( Figs 6 H–K); pronotum sparsely punctate (as in Nyanja ); tegmina with black freckles, veins obscure, bullae at tip of clavi; pecten of 2nd tarsomere of hind leg with 7–8 black-tipped spines. No appreciable sexual dimorphism. Ovipositor 2nd valvulae tapered to pointed tip, without teeth on dorsal margin beyond fused bases ( Fig. 11 Q–R). Length: 4 mm.

Included taxa. There are 3 distinctive species in this subgenus, all new combinations.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Second valvulae of Taphrotylus (A), Sepullia (M – P) and Tremapterus subgenera Nyanja (B – G), Selenion (H), Tremiziana (J – L), and subgenus Abbalomba (Q – R). A, Taphrotylus insignificans, holotype; B, Tremapterus bimaculatus; C, T. humilis; D, T. perfasciatus; E, T. indecisus; F, T. scutellatus; G, T. virididorsum; H, T. longicaudatus, holotype; J, T. araneosus, paratype; K, T. scapulatus, paratype; L, T. oxythymus, paratype; M, Sepullia fuscolimbata; N, S. viridicollis; O, S. abyssinia; P, S. murrayi; Q, T. typicus; R, T. facialis. Scale line: 1 mm.

FIGURES 3 – 6. Comparison of face (3 – 4 A), tegmen (3 – 5 B), hind wing (3 – 5 C), lateral aspect of head, pronotum and scutellum (6 A – M) and dorsal aspect (N – O) in genera of Clastopterini (3 – 4), Machaerotinae (5), Sepullini (6 A – L, O) and Aphrophorinae (6 M – N): 3 A, Clastoptera atrapicata; 3 B – C, Clastoptera globosa Fowler; 6 A, Clastoptera achatina; 4 B – C, Iba (s. s.) venosa; 5 B – C, Aphrosiphon bauhiniae, from China (1935), 6 B, Iba (Parahindoloides) lumuana, lectotype, 6 C, Beesoniella sylvestris; 6 D, Sepullia fuscolimbatus; 6 E, Tremapterus (Patriziana) somalicus; 6 F, Tremapterus (s. s.) nigropunctatus, lectotype; 6 G, Tremapterus (s. s.) palimpsestus sp. nov.; 6 H, Tremapterus (Abbalomba) schoutedeni, holotype; 6 J, Tremapterus (Abbalomba) facialis, lectotype; 6 K, Tremapterus (Abbalomba) typicus; 6 L, Grellaphia costalis; 6 O, Sepullia viridicollis var. curtula; 6 M – N, Witteella major (M – O from Jacobi 1910, with hind legs of Sepullia corrected to place spines on outer surface).