Pseudoclastoptera irrubesco Hamilton, sp. nov.

Pseudoclastoptera irrubesco Hamilton sp. nov.

Etymology. irrubesco (verb), Latin for “blush”

Diagnosis. Yellow with contrasting darker venter: black inside antennal pits and frons below these, rest of face and fore coxae brown; legs black with ivory joints; basal two-thirds of male tegmina (except costal plaques) purplish red, only faintly indicated in female; thoracic sterna and male abdominal terga orange red; female abdominal terga and sterna of both sexes orange except yellow apical 3 segments. Coeloconic sensilla few, probably 4 in oval pit (Fig. 30 C, insert), and globular basiconic sensillum almost entirely withdrawn into deep apical pit. Pectens of hind tibia with 11–13 spines, those of basitarsomere with 8–10 spines, of second tarsomere with 7–9 spines with long setae. Length: male 4.5 mm, female 5.3 mm.

Types. Holotype male, MADAGASCAR: Province d’Antananairivo, 7 km SE Andasibe National Park headquarters, el. 1050m, 18o57.76' S 48o27.16' E, 9–23 April 2001 (R. Harin’Hala) malaise trap in tropical forest, MA–01–08A–06; CASENT 3001984. Paratype: 1 female, same data as holotype, CASENT 3001988; BOLD: CNC#HEM402127. Both types in CAS.