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Published June 24, 2011 | Version v1
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Nesocerus affinis Krishnankutty & Dietrich 2011, SP. NOV.

Description

NESOCERUS AFFINIS SP. NOV. (FIGS 3I, J, 6P, Q)

Diagnosis: This species is closely similar to N. ranomafanaensis, but can be distinguished by the reduced or absent apical processes of the aedeagal shaft and the absence of forewing crossvein r-m 1.

Description: Length of male, 4.6–4.8 mm; female, 5 mm.

External characters and coloration as in N. ranomafanaensis.

Male genitalia closely resembling those of N. ranomafanaensis, but aedeagal shaft with processes absent or reduced to tiny lobes.

Material examined: Holotype male, MADAGASCAR: Province d’Antananarivo, 3 km 41° north-east of Andranomay, 11.5 km, 1300 m, 18°28′24″S, 47°57′36″E, 5.–13.xii.2000, Fisher, Griswold et al., BLF2375, CASENT5502778 (CAS). Paratypes: two males (CASENT5501890, CASENT5502683), one female (CASENT5501002), same data as holotype (CAS, INHS); one male, MADAGASCAR: Province d’Antsiranana, Parc National Montagne d’Ambre, 12.2 km 211° south-south-west of Joffreville, 1300 m, 21°35′47″S, 49°9′34″E, 2.–7.ii.2001, Fisher, Griswold et al., BLF2853 (INHS).

Etymology: The specific epithet is derived from the Latin affinis meaning similar, referring to similarity with N. ranomafanaensis.

Notes

Published as part of Krishnankutty, Sindhu M. & Dietrich, Christopher H., 2011, Taxonomic revision and phylogeny of an endemic leafhopper genus Nesocerus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Idiocerinae) from Madagascar, pp. 499-543 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162 (3) on page 507, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00690.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5440663

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CAS , CAS, INHS , CASENT , INHS
Event date
2000-12-05 , 2001-02-02
Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Nesocerus
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
CASENT5501002 , CASENT5501890, CASENT5502683 , CASENT5502778
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Krishnankutty & Dietrich
Species
affinis
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Verbatim event date
2000-12-05/13 , 2001-02-02/07
Taxonomic concept label
Nesocerus affinis Krishnankutty & Dietrich, 2011