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            <p> Family  Cicadellidae</p>
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            <p> Deltocephalinae : Vartini </p>
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03C387BEFF5D482E93A5FED8AC2020A5.text	03C387BEFF5D482E93A5FED8AC2020A5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Afrovarta	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> Afrovarta gen.nov.</p>
            <p> Type species:  A. angelae sp.nov. Figs 1–15. </p>
            <p>Length: male, 6.2–7.5mm; female, 7.5–8.2mm</p>
            <p>Head narrower than pronotum. Crown narrow, produced, expanding toward apex; surface depressed; discal region texture longitudinally striate; texture next to eyes and anteriorly shagreen. Ocelli on anterior margin of head, very close to eyes. Frontoclypeus extremely elongate, narrow; texture shagreen. Clypellus elongate; widening apically. Lorum large, elongate; distant from ventral margin of face. Gena broad, visible behind eyes in dorsal view; not incised below eye; texture shagreen with faint longitudinal striae apparent laterally. Antennal sockets situated near middle of eyes. Antennae long, nearly twice width of head or longer. Pronotum lateral margin long, nearly as long as basal width of eye; carinate laterally. Forewing with 3 anteapical cells; R1 diverging basad of radial sector; outer anteapical cell short; inner anteapical cell open; with one crossvein between A1 and claval suture; with one A1–A2 crossvein. Profemur with AM1 seta, without additional basal AM setae; intercalary row consisting of 5 long thick macrosetae sparsely distributed, extending basad of midpoint of femur, apical seta sometimes thinner than basal 4 setae; row AV with&gt;10 stout setae closely arranged and short near base, becoming more sparsely arranged and longer toward apex, extending from base to 3/4 length of femur, AV1 situated close to apical seta of intercalary row and similar in shape and size. Protibia dorsal macrosetae 4+5 or 5+5. Mesofemur row AV with short stout setae. Mesotrochanter with stout setae in PV and AV positions. Metafemur apical setae 2+2+1. Metatarsomere I long, slender; with two rows of short tapered setae on plantar surface; pecten with 4 platellae, inner seta platelliform.</p>
            <p>Male. First abdominal sternal apodemes present, lobate, 1/3 to 1/2 length of third sternite. Second abdominal apodemes present, variously developed from short knob-like process to broadly rectangular. Pygofer incised dorsally nearly to base; ventrolateral membranous cleft present; with small patches of macrosetae; tapering posteriorly, terminating as narrow upturned lobe. Subgenital plates long, triangular; lateral margin slightly concave; apex rounded, forming point at commissural margin; with 2–3 rows of macrosetae laterally, extending from base to apex; with some fine hairs laterally. Connective with anterior arms closely appressed; stem present, shorter than anterior arms, flared apically; articulated with aedeagus. Style broadly bilobed basally; apophysis short, pointed apically. Aedeagus with well-developed dorsal connective inserted into socle cavity; with long unpaired process fused to base; with short, unpaired, asymmetrical apical process; gonopore on dorsal/anterior side, basad of midlength of shaft. Segment X tube-like; partly sclerotized laterally, sclerotized dorsally as distal band.</p>
            <p>Female. Pygofer with numerous macrosetae. First valvula convex; dorsal sculpturing pattern concatenate to imbricate, reaching dorsal margin, more elongate near base of sculptured area; without distinctly delimited ventroapical sculpturing. Second valvula tapering apically; without dorsomedial tooth; with ~20 teeth separated by numerous smaller teeth or serrations; third valvula with 5–8 subapical distinct setae.</p>
            <p>Etymology. The genus name is a combination of the prefix Afro-, referring to the Afrotropical distribution of the genus, and the name of the type genus of the tribe, Vart a Distant. Its gender is feminine.</p>
            <p>Remarks. The genus clearly belongs in Vartini based on the following characters shared with other members of the tribe: head narrower than pronotum; head produced and pointed; gena not incised below eye and visible behind the eye in dorsal view; frontoclypeus elongate; lorum elongate, distant from genal margin; profemur intercalary row setae thick and extending to or beyond middle of profemur; apodemes of male sternite II long, subrectangular; connective with anterior arms closely appressed; and male segment X tube-like, protruding from pygofer, and wellsclerotized.</p>
            <p> The genus differs from previously described genera in lacking a truncate forewing apex (rounded in  Afrovarta ) and the greenish or bluish color and bright orange or red stripes typical of most members of the tribe. The lack of these apparently derived characters suggests that  Afrovarta represents a basal lineage of the tribe, and that the remaining seven genera form a monophyletic group based on possession of those characters. </p>
            <p> Afrovarta angelae is the only species of the tribe thus far recorded from West Africa. Three other species of Vartini occur in Africa:  Stymphalus rubrolineatus (Stål) from central, southern, and eastern Africa;  Shivania modesta (Linnavuori) from South Africa; and  Shivania serrata Viraktamath from Kenya. </p>
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03C387BEFF5B482F93A5FC93AD702088.text	03C387BEFF5B482F93A5FC93AD702088.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Afrovarta angelae	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> Afrovarta angelae sp.nov.</p>
            <p>Figs 1–15.</p>
            <p>General color tawny to ochraceous, with whitish, yellowish, and brown markings. Crown with 4 irregularly shaped whitish or yellowish marks anteriorly, anterior pair of marks each forming T-shape with stem extending laterally to ocellus, the lateral pair continuing next to eyes on crown; with 4 faint oblong whitish or yellowish marks posteriorly; with dark brown coloration anteriorly and next to eyes; coronal suture embrowned. Pronotum and genae with spongiform type whitish markings. Mesonotum with whitish or yellowish and brown markings. Forewing transparent; with brown pigmentation at apex; apices of R veins strongly pigmented with brown; A2 vein darkly pigmented at apex. Setal bases on legs darkly pigmented.</p>
            <p>Male pygofer macrosetae arranged in two small patches, the smaller patch situated posteriad of membranous cleft, the larger patch situated posterodorsally just posteriad of midlength; apical lobe slightly upturned, membranous dorsally. Style preapical lobe short, squarish; apophysis with sharp preapical point (not apparent in figure); apophysis texture rugose. Aedeagus ventral process nearly parallel to shaft or somewhat divergent; tapering to sharp apex or slightly flared subapically; longer than shaft. Female sternite VII broadly rounded posterolaterally; posterior margin undulate laterally, with blunt median tooth; without distinct markings or coloration.</p>
            <p>Material examined. Holotype male (INHS): CAMEROON, Southwest, nr Korup National Park, at bridge, N 5º03’02.1” E 8º56’41.0”, 15–30 Mar 2009, JR Cryan &amp; GJ Svenson, #8. One paratype female (INHS): CAMEROON, Southwest, Korup National Park, N 4º57’20.8” E 8º49’36.8”, 15–30 Mar 2009, JR Cryan &amp; GJ Svenson, #6. One paratype male (INHS): GABON, Prov. Ogooué-Maritime Réserve des Monts Doudou, 25.2 km NW Doussalia, S 2º13.63’ E 10º23.67’, 600m, 14 Mar 2000, S. van Noort, sweep, GA00-S93, lowland rainforest undergrowth, low canopy in forest. One male paratype: GHANA, Western Region, Ankasa Resource Reserve, Nkwanta Camp, N 5º16’54.2” W 2º38’27.1”, 7–9 June 2005, ~350’ elev., JR Cryan &amp; JM Urban. One male and one female paratype (BMNH): CAMEROON, Nkoemvon, July 1979, D Jackson, B.M. 1980-34. One male and one female paratype (BMNH): same data, B.M. 1980-74. One additional female from Cameroon is stored in ethanol at INHS.</p>
            <p>Remarks. The variation observed in the aedeagus is interpreted at this time to represent intraspecific variation. The male from Gabon resembles the holotype from Cameroon (Korup National Park, near the western border with Nigeria) (Figs 7–12, 14), and the male from Ghana resembles the other two males from Cameroon (Nkoemvon, near the southern border with Equatorial Guinea), one of which is illustrated in Fig. 13. Thus there is geographic overlap of the two forms. The variation appears to be fairly slight and is possibly due to the difference in overall size of the specimens. Smaller specimens resemble the holotype form. More specimens may reveal further intergradation.</p>
            <p>Etymology. This species is named in memory of the author’s sister, Angela L. Zahniser, who, among her many accomplishments, served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the village of Agbenoxoe in Ghana, West Africa.</p>
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