Tremapterus ( Abbalomba ) Distant

Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2015, A new tribe and species of Clastopterinae (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Clastopteridae) from Africa, Asia and North America, Zootaxa 3946 (2), pp. 151-189 : 175-176

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3946.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6106182
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scientific name	Tremapterus ( Abbalomba ) Distant
status	stat. nov.

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Tremapterus ( Abbalomba) Distant , stat.nov.

Abbalomba Distant, 1908 b:225 View in CoL . Type-species by monotypy: A. typica Distant, 1908 b View in CoL .

Distribution. Tropical Africa.

Diagnosis. Face ivory or yellow with frons transversely banded with black between antennal ledges (as in Nyanja ); coronal markings (when present) confined to tylus. Head angularly produced, tylus greatly exceding antennal ledges ( Figs 6 View FIGURES 3 – 6 H–K); pronotum sparsely punctate (as in Nyanja ); tegmina with black freckles, veins obscure, bullae at tip of clavi; pecten of 2nd tarsomere of hind leg with 7–8 black-tipped spines. No appreciable sexual dimorphism. Ovipositor 2nd valvulae tapered to pointed tip, without teeth on dorsal margin beyond fused bases ( Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 Q–R). Length: 4 mm.

Included taxa. There are 3 distinctive species in this subgenus, all new combinations.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
SuperFamily	Cercopoidea
Family	Aphrophoridae
Genus	Tremapterus