Microledrida arida Caldwell, 1951

Haas, Matthé Cornelis De, Bartlett, Charles R. & Hendrix, Solomon V., 2025, A new species of Microledrida Fowler from Curaçao (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae), Zootaxa 5609 (2), pp. 174-192 : 183

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Microledrida arida Caldwell, 1951 View in CoL

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Material examined. Types. Holotype: “MuertosIdPR / XII-11-47 / JSCaldwell // Microledrida / HOLOTYPE / arida [red paper] // JSCaldwell / Collection / 1959 // Microledrida / arida ♂ / det 49 Holotype / JSCaldwell (1 male, USNM) . Paratypes: GuanicaPR/IX-25-47/Caldwell// Paratype [red paper] // JSCaldwell / Collection /1959 // UDCC_TCN 00102999 [2D barcode label] ; P.R. Acc. No. / Cabo Rojo, P.R./ 9-26-47 19 // Caldwell / Martorell / Collectors // Paratype [red paper] // Microledrida / arida // UDCC_TCN 00102998 [2D barcode label] .

Additional Material: Dominican Republic, San Pedro de Macorís, Sept. 1950, Papaya, JS Caldwell Collection 1959 (1♂, USNM, Det. Kramer) .

Identification. Caldwell & Martorell (1951).

Distribution. Caja de Muertos Island and mainland Puerto Rico ( Caldwell & Martorell, 1951); Dominican Republic.

Remarks. A specimen collected from the Dominican Republic determined as M. arida by Kramer was studied, extending the known range of the species. This specimen differs from Caldwell’s illustration ( Caldwell & Martorell 1951, plate 3) in the width of the endosoma, which is almost spine-like in the Dominican Republic specimen (but broad in the original illustration).