Review of the oriental genus Protolepta Melichar, with description of the second species from Sulawesi, Indonesia (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Dictyopharidae: Orthopagini)
Abstract
The Oriental genus Protolepta Melichar is revised to include two species: P. turbata (the type species) and P. linnavuorii sp. nov., both from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Redescription is provided for P. turbata together with habitus photographs and detailed illustrations of the male genitalia for the first time. A key to the species of the genus and a distribution map are given.
Habitus of Protolepta species. A., C. Protolepta linnavuorii sp. nov., holotype, male; B., D. Protolepta turbata, lectotype, male.
Forewing of A. Protolepta linnavuorii sp. nov.; B. Protolepta turbata.
Protolepta linnavuorii sp. nov. A. head, pronotum and mesonotum, dorsal view; B. head and pronotum, lateral view; C. head and pronotum, ventral view; D. anal tube and pygofer, dorsal view; E. pygofer, gonostyles, and anal tube, lateral view; F. pygofer and gonostyles, ventral view; G. gonostyle; H. aedeagus, dorsal view; I. aedeagus, lateral view; J. aedeagus, ventral view.
Protolepta turbata. A. head, pronotum and mesonotum, dorsal view; B. head and pronotum, lateral view; C. head and pronotum, ventral view; D. anal tube and pygofer, dorsal view; E. pygofer, gonostyles, and anal tube, lateral view; F. pygofer and gonostyles, ventral view; G. gonostyle; H. aedeagus, dorsal view; I. aedeagus, lateral view; J. aedeagus ventral view.
Distribution of the Protolepta species.
