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| author | Smith, Lydia R. J. Webb, Michael D. |
| author_facet | Smith, Lydia R. J. Webb, Michael D. |
| contents | <p><b><i>Kafulopa bicolor</i> sp. n.</b></p><p><b>Type material. Holotype:</b> ♂, <b>ZAMBIA</b>: 1260m Kacheleko, Kafue National Park. S15°00'04”; E26°26'07”, 21– 26.xi.2013. Dung pitfall. Leg. Smith, Takano & Oram, BMNH (E) 1705828 (BMNH). <b>Paratypes:</b> 1♂, BMNH (E) 1705830, 1♀, BMNH (E) 1705829, same data as holotype (BMNH).</p><p><b>Diagnosis.</b> The new species can be distinguished by the following features: head and pronotum distinctly darker than forewings; style with subapical projection elongate, straight and truncate apically, apical projection stout and curved to acute apex; aedeagal shaft apically bifurcate, gonopore short and near apex.</p><p><b>Description.</b> Total length: Holotype ♂, 4.4mm; paratype ♂, 4.8mm; paratype ♀, 4.6mm.</p><p>Head tan coloured. Pronotum dark brown, sometimes paler laterally. Scutellum light brown anteriorly up to transverse suture, apical part yellowish, forewings yellowish. Abdomen dark brown, almost black, dorsally. Ventral surface including legs, yellowish brown.</p><p>Pronotum about 4x length of crown; forewings elongate, about 8x as long as broad.</p><p>Male genitalia with style subapical projection elongate, straight and truncate apically, apical projection stout and curved to acute apex (Fig. 2 j). Aedeagus with shaft apex bifurcate, gonopore short, near apex (Fig. 2 l).</p><p>Female pregenital sternite with posterior margin concave medially (Fig. 1 d). First valvulae with dorsal strigate sculpture, not extending to dorsal margin (Fig. 2 n). Second valvulae bladelike, teeth fine, unaligned, extending over distal half of dorsal margin; with dorsal sclerotized and hyaline areas present (Fig. 2 m).</p><p><b>Biology.</b> Found in a human dung baited pitfall trap from Kacheleko in Kafue National Park, Zambia. Food plant and early stages unknown.</p><p><b>Etymology.</b> The specific epithet refers to the different colour of the head and pronotum to the forewings.</p> |
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| publishDate | 2016 |
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| spellingShingle | Kafulopa bicolor Smith & Webb, 2016, sp. n. Smith, Lydia R. J. Webb, Michael D. Biodiversity Taxonomy Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hemiptera Cicadellidae Kafulopa Kafulopa bicolor <p><b><i>Kafulopa bicolor</i> sp. n.</b></p><p><b>Type material. Holotype:</b> ♂, <b>ZAMBIA</b>: 1260m Kacheleko, Kafue National Park. S15°00'04”; E26°26'07”, 21– 26.xi.2013. Dung pitfall. Leg. Smith, Takano & Oram, BMNH (E) 1705828 (BMNH). <b>Paratypes:</b> 1♂, BMNH (E) 1705830, 1♀, BMNH (E) 1705829, same data as holotype (BMNH).</p><p><b>Diagnosis.</b> The new species can be distinguished by the following features: head and pronotum distinctly darker than forewings; style with subapical projection elongate, straight and truncate apically, apical projection stout and curved to acute apex; aedeagal shaft apically bifurcate, gonopore short and near apex.</p><p><b>Description.</b> Total length: Holotype ♂, 4.4mm; paratype ♂, 4.8mm; paratype ♀, 4.6mm.</p><p>Head tan coloured. Pronotum dark brown, sometimes paler laterally. Scutellum light brown anteriorly up to transverse suture, apical part yellowish, forewings yellowish. Abdomen dark brown, almost black, dorsally. Ventral surface including legs, yellowish brown.</p><p>Pronotum about 4x length of crown; forewings elongate, about 8x as long as broad.</p><p>Male genitalia with style subapical projection elongate, straight and truncate apically, apical projection stout and curved to acute apex (Fig. 2 j). Aedeagus with shaft apex bifurcate, gonopore short, near apex (Fig. 2 l).</p><p>Female pregenital sternite with posterior margin concave medially (Fig. 1 d). First valvulae with dorsal strigate sculpture, not extending to dorsal margin (Fig. 2 n). Second valvulae bladelike, teeth fine, unaligned, extending over distal half of dorsal margin; with dorsal sclerotized and hyaline areas present (Fig. 2 m).</p><p><b>Biology.</b> Found in a human dung baited pitfall trap from Kacheleko in Kafue National Park, Zambia. Food plant and early stages unknown.</p><p><b>Etymology.</b> The specific epithet refers to the different colour of the head and pronotum to the forewings.</p> |
| title | Kafulopa bicolor Smith & Webb, 2016, sp. n. |
| topic | Biodiversity Taxonomy Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hemiptera Cicadellidae Kafulopa Kafulopa bicolor |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6058489 |