Exitianus capicola
Creators: name: El-Hady, Rabab M.
name: El-Sayed, Ahmed F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Exitianus
Exitianus capicola

description: Exitianus capicola (Stål, 1855) (Fig. 1)   
 Athysanus capicola Stål, 1855: 99.   
 Jassus capicola: Dohrn, 1859: 88.   
 Thamnotettix capicola: Stål, 1866: 123.   
 Jassus (Thamnotettix) taeniaticeps Kirschbaum, 1868: 87.   
 Phrynomorphus capicola: Jacobi, 1910: 130.   
 Euscelis ragusai Haupt, 1924: 230.   
 Euscelis capicola: Osborn, 1924: 413.   
 Mimodrylix capicola: Zachvatkin, 1935: 108.   
 Exitianus capicola: Oman, 1938: 382; Lindberg, 1961: 65.   
 Distribution. Palaearctic and South Africa (Metcalf, 1967; Nast, 1972; Dlabola, 1979; Pakarpour et al., 2015). In Egypt, Lower and Upper Nile, Coastal strip (Mohammad, 1996).   
Material examined. Coll. Min. Agri: Mahatta Maskhara, 25–27.III.1924; Giza, 18.XI.1930; Shubra, 6.IX.1917; Meadi, 25.X.1913; Wadi Hof., 28.IX1917; Meadi, 7.VIII.1915; Meadi, 25. VI.1916; Wadi Rachid, 20.X.1918; Meadi, 28.IX.1915; Gezira, 24.I.1919; Meadi, 12.IX.1915; Meadi, 6. V.1916; Nag Hamadi, 17.VIII.1917; Luxor, 22.III.1917; Giza, 2.VIII.1928; Giza, 16.XI.1930; Wadi Assiut, 1.IV.1917; Beni Mazar, 29.V.1916; Dakhla Oasis, 17.IV.1917; garden grass, 6.I.1929; Helwan, 15.XII.1931; Warak El Hadr, 19.IV.1932; Helwan, 20.XI.1934; Marg, 18.IV.1913; Kafr Hakim, 1.XI.1931; Giza, 15.XI.1930; Kharga Oasis, 13.VIII.1932; Tbrim, 5.IV.1931; Abu Rawash, 25.IV.1931; Helwan, 27.X.1931; Abu Rawash, 1.XI.1931; Edfu, 10.III.1931; Tbrim, 17.IV.1930; Heliopolis, 7.IV.1931; Giza, 27.XI.1930; Kerdasa, 29.X.1930; Gabal Asfar, 17.IX.1937; Helwan, 21.XII.1929; Giza, 1.XII.1930; Helwan, 5.IV.1930; Kafr Hakim, 13.VII.1930; Abu Rawash, 6.IV.1930; SHORAk, 2.I.1932; Giza, 27.XI.1930; Giza, 18.XI.1930; Helwan, 19.XI.1929; Tomas Island, 9.IV.1931; Dakhla, 16.III.1934; Giza, 7.VIII.1930; Abu Rawash, 6.III.1930. Coll. Alf.: Berkash, 15.X.1924 (1). Coll. Ain. Shams: Kom Osheim, 9. V.54 (3), Aly; kom Osheim, 4.IV.53 (5); Kom Osheim; 6. V.55(3); Dishna, 1. V.2018 (1); Dishna, 30. VI.2018 (2); Dishna, 15. V11.2018 (1); Al Qlamina, 14. V11.2018 (1); Al Qlamina, 31. V11.2018 (2); Qus, 30. VI.2018 (2); Qus, 30.VII.2018 (2); & scutellum; E. Face; F. Male genitalia (pygofer, subgenital plate, valva, styles and connective, aedeagus).  
Qus, 1.IX.2018 (2), el Arab, 15. V.2018 (2); Borg el Arab, 31. V.2018 (4); Borg el Arab, 15. VI.2018 (18); Borg el Arab, 30. VI.2018 (29); Borg el Arab, 15.VII.2018 (11); Borg el Arab, 31.VII.2018 (12); Borg el Arab, 31.VIII.2018 (4); Borg el Arab, 15.IX.2018 (1); Borg el Arab, 15.IX.2018 (4); Borg el Arab, 15.X.2018 (16); Borg el Arab, 15.X.2018 (2); Borg el Arab, 15.XI.2018 (31); Borg el Arab, 15.XI.2018 (27); Borg el Arab, 15.XII.2018 (21); Saft, 15.IV.2019 (12); Toshka, 15. V.2019 (5); Toshka, 15. VI.2019 (27); Saft, 30.II.2020 (31); Saft, 30. VI.2021 (23); Luxor 5.VII.2021 (15) and Giza, 10.IX.2021 (25).  
Description. Measurement. Body length, male 4.0– 4.5 mm (Fig. 1C), female 4.3–5.2 mm (Fig. 1B). Crown length 0.3 mm, width 1.3 mm. Pronotum length 0.6 mm, width 1.2 mm. Scutellum length 0.27 mm, width 0.8 mm. Forewing length 3.54 mm.  
Structure. Body yellow to light brown (Fig. 1A). Pronotum clear without small brownish markings along anterior margin (Fig. 1D); scutellum with two faintly light-yellow triangles; transparent forewing with yellow venation; frontoclypeus with pale lateral arcs (Fig.1E)  
Male genitalia. Pygofer with two black apical spines, second spine shorter and thicker; valva triangular, articulated to pygofer; subgenital plate narrow, triangular with rounded apex, with a group of macrosetae (6–8) arranged in one distal row extending along length of plate. Aedeagus stout, curved dorsally; linear and contiguous Y-shaped connective (Fig. 1F). Anal tube long and membranous.  
 Remarks. The species was recorded in Egypt by Metcalf (1968), Nast (1972), El-Hady et al. (2020) and Soliman et al. ( 2022).
description: Published as part of El-Hady, Rabab M. & El-Sayed, Ahmed F., 2024, Classical taxonomy, molecular phylogeny and genetic analysis of the genus Exitianus Ball, 1929 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from Egypt, pp. 143-157 in Zoological Systematics 49 (2) on pages 145-147, DOI: 10.11865/zs.2024202, http://zenodo.org/record/12172304