Tribe Teruliini: new genera and new species of Neotropical leafhoppers with a revised key to genera and species, new records and notes on distribution and taxonomy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) Author Nielson, M. W. text Zootaxa 2011 2011-03-18 2795 1 1 45 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2952.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.2952.1.1 1175-5326 10095398 Baluba sharkeyi sp. nov. ( Plate1C , Figs. 17–24 ) Length : male 6.00 mm., female unknown. External morphology. Medium size, robust species. General color black and yellow; forewing black with small, circular yellow spots on veins, large yellow spot on apex of clavus and middle of costa, apex yellow; mesonotum and pronotum black, minute yellow spots on pronotum; crown yellow with black spot on each side of middle, with attached, continuous narrow line extending basally; eyes translucent ( Plate 1C ); face yellow, clypeus with broad black band on anterior margin, suffused black line on lateral margins. Head narrower than pronotum, anterior margin obtusely angulate; crown broad, about as wide as width of eyes, produced anteriorly about ¼ of entire length, distinctly elevated, lateral margins parallel, carinate, foveate on each side of middle; eyes large, semiglobular; pronotum large, longer than median length of crown, surface rugulose; mesonotum large, about twice as long as pronotum; forewings long, broad, 3 anteapical cells present, outer one closed; clypeus elongate, narrow, median longitudinal carina very distinct; clypellus short, about 1/3 as long as clypeus, narrow, lateral margins nearly parallel. Male genitalia . Pygofer in lateral view triangulate with very long attenuated caudorsal process, small lobe below ( Fig. 17 ); right subgenital plate long, very narrow, pilose over much of surface ( Fig. 18 ); style long, shorter than aedeagus, apophysis very slender ( Figs. 19, 20 ); aedeagus long, narrow, tubular throughout with 2 long slen- der subapical processes, directed basad, in lateral view with lateral apical lobe on ventral margin, gonopore medial, exiting laterally, dorsal apodeme poorly developed ( Figs. 21, 22 ); connective Y-shaped, stem short, lateral arms connected by membrane, medial longitudinal rib apparent, membranous on each side ( Fig.23 ); dorsal connective long, base broad, tapered distally ( Fig. 24 ). Material examined . Holotype male. COLOMBIA : Amazonas , PNN., Amacayacu , Caña Brava , 3º3’S – 70º3’W , 200m . , 29 Aug 01–29 Aug 01, M.2236, Red D. , Campos ( IAHC ). Etymology . The name is a patronymic for Dr. Michael Sharkey, University of Kentucky for his work on the Colombia leafhopper fauna and providing much material for study. Remarks . This species is closest to B. acuta and can be distinguished by the prominent, subapical lateral lobe on the aedeagus ( Fig. 22 ), the long caudodorsal process of the pygofer ( Fig. 17 ) and the long, narrow subgenital plate ( Fig. 18 ).