Phaiojassus unispinosus Dietrich, Magalhães, and Takiya 2020
- Dataset
- Revision of the endemic Malagasy leafhopper tribe Platyjassini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Dietrich, Christopher H., Magalhães, Raysa Brito de, Takiya, Daniela M. (2020): Revision of the endemic Malagasy leafhopper tribe Platyjassini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 695: 1-89, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.695
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Cicadellidae
- genus
- Phaiojassus
- species
- Phaiojassus unispinosus
description
Description Length of male 6.7 – 7.0 mm (female unknown). Dorsum uniformly dark brown except for stramineous costal area of forewing, venter pale stramineous. Hind tibial rows PD, AD and AV with 21, 10 – 12 and 13 – 14 macrosetae, respectively. Style with apex of apophysis bluntly angulate. Connective with anterior margin evenly convex. Aedeagus with shaft evenly curved dorsad, dorsal surface trough-like, apex weakly bilobed in posterior view, gonopore apical on posterior surface; with large, unpaired, asymmetrically spatulate process arising on left side of shaft near midlength, extended along shaft but not reaching shaft apex.
description
Figs 1 L, 5 Y – BB
etymology
Etymology The species name refers to the presence of a single spine on the aedeagus.
materials_examined
Material examined Holotype MADAGASCAR • ♂; “ MADAGASCAR: Toliara Foret Ivohibe 55.0 km N Tolagnaro 2 – 4 Dec 2006, 24 ° 34 ′ 08 ″ S 047 ° 12 ′ 14 ″ E, California Acad of Sciences, coll. B. L. Fisher et al., malaise trap elev 200 m, rainforest BLF 15448 ”; CAS. Paratypes MADAGASCAR – Fianarantsoa • 1 ♂; Parc National Ranomafana, Vohiparara, at broken bridge; 21 ° 13.57 ′ S, 47 ° 22.19 ′ E; alt. 1110 m; 22 – 29 Apr. 2002; M. Irwin and R. Harin’Hala leg.; Malaise trap; high altitude rainforest; MA- 02 - 09 A- 26; CAS. – Antananarivo • 1 ♂; 3 km 41 ° NE of Andranomay, 11.5 km 147 ° SSE of Anjozorobe; 18 ° 28 ′ 24 ″ S, 47 ° 57 ′ 36 ″ E; alt. 1300 m; 5 – 13 Dec. 2000; Fisher, Griswold et al. leg.; Malaise trap; montane rainforest; coll. code: BLF 2372; INHS.