Platyjassus pedistylus Dietrich & Magalhães & Takiya 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Dietrich, Christopher H.
name: Magalhães, Raysa Brito de
name: Takiya, Daniela M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Platyjassus
Platyjassus pedistylus

description: Platyjassus pedistylus sp. nov.
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Figs 2M, 10 D–F, 17J–L
Etymology
The species name, a noun in apposition, refers to the foot-like style apex.
Material examined
Holotype
MADAGASCAR • ♂; “ MADAGASCAR: Fianarantsoa, Parc National Ranomafana, Belle Vue at Talatakely, elev 1020 m, 12–19 Feb. 2002, 21°15.99′ S, 47°25.21′ E, coll: M. Irwin, R. Harin’Hala, California Acad of Sciences, malaise, secondary tropical forest, MA-02-09C-16”; CAS.
Paratypes
MADAGASCAR – Fianarantsoa • 2 ♂♂; Parc National Ranomafana, Vohiparara, at broken bridge; 21°13.57′ S, 47°22.19′ E; alt. 1110 m; 4–12 Feb. 2002; M. Irwin and R. Harin’Hala leg.; Malaise trap; high altitude rainforest; MA-02-09A-15; CAS • 1 ♂; Parc National Ranomafana, Vohiparara, at broken bridge; 21°13.57′ S, 47°22.19′ E; alt. 1110 m; 19–26 Feb. 2002; MA-02-09A-17; CAS • 1 ♂; Ranomafana JIRAMA water works, near river; 21°14.91′ S, 47°27.13′ E; alt. 690 m; 21–28 Jan. 2002; M. Irwin and R. Harin’Hala leg.; Malaise trap; MA-02-09D-13; INHS • 1 ♂; Parc National Ranomafana, Belle Vue at Talatakely; 21°15.99′ S, 47°25.21′ E; alt. 1020 m; 22–28 Nov. 2001; M. Irwin and R. Harin’Hala leg.; Malaise trap; secondary tropical forest; MA-02-09C-04; CAS • 1 ♂; Parc National Ranomafana, Belle Vue at Talatakely; 21°15.99′ S, 47°25.21′ E; alt. 1020 m; 21–28 Jan. 2002; MA-02-09C-13; CAS • 1 ♂; Parc National Ranomafana, Belle Vue at Talatakely; 21°15.99′ S, 47°25.21′ E; alt. 1020 m; 31 Mar.–
7 Apr. 2002; MA-02-09C-23; INHS • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Parc National Ranomafana, Belle Vue at Talatakely; 21°15.99′ S, 47°25.21′ E; alt. 1020 m; 28 Apr.–5 May 2002; MA-02-09C-27; CAS.
Description
Length of male 7.2–9.3 mm, female 8.9 mm. Dorsum uniformly pale stramineous, except marginal rim of crown black. Crown distinctly shorter than pronotum, anterior margin broadly rounded. Hind tibial rows PD, AD and AV with 17–18, 12 and 12–13 macrosetae, respectively. Style apophysis in lateral view broad and ventrally denticulate through most of length, abruptly constricted prepically, with footlike apical extension bearing apically recurved dorsal toe and acutely angulate ventral heel. Connective with anterior margin slightly convex. Aedeagus with atrium in posterior view narrowly quadrate, shaft simple, very slender and tubular; basal process broader than but nearly of same length as shaft, closely parallel to shaft through most of length. Female abdominal sternite VII with posterior margin trilobed, lateral lobes narrower than medial lobe. Second valvulae relatively slender, only slightly broadened toward midlength, distal fourth of dorsal margin coarsely serrate, with teeth offset between sides.
description: Published as part of Dietrich, Christopher H., Magalhães, Raysa Brito de & Takiya, Daniela M., 2020, Revision of the endemic Malagasy leafhopper tribe Platyjassini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae), pp. 1-89 in European Journal of Taxonomy 695 on pages 47-49, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.695, http://zenodo.org/record/3973377