Revision of the New World leafhopper tribe Faltalini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) and the evolution of brachyptery
Author
Zahniser, James N.
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-04-13
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Virganana danasensis
n. sp.
(
Figs. 84
,
86
)
Diagnosis.
V. danasensis
can be distinguished from other species in the genus by the characters listed in the key above.
Body.
Male,
3.8mm
.
Color.
As in genus description; a relatively darkly colored species.
Male.
Pygofer ventral half twice as long as dorsal margin, broadly rounded apically; with one or two macrosetae dorsoapically; with numerous short, stout setae posteriorly; ventral margin nearly straight. Valve large; produced anteriorly; median length 0.6x width. Subgenital plate triangular; with one sublateral row of 4–5 moderately long macrosetae; with numerous shorter stout or fine setae laterally. Connective stem shorter than anterior arms. Style preapical lobe quadrate; apophysis digitate, directed posterolaterally, with mildly tuberculate texture medially, with short apical tooth ventrally. Aedeagus base somewhat broad; shaft thick; apex lobate in lateral view; with pair of subapical serrated teeth on posterior margin; in caudal view, shaft relatively wide, flared subapically, tapering toward apex.
Female.
Unknown
Material examined.
HOLOTYPE
:
1♂
,
First
label:
Museum Paris
/
Équateur
/
Danas
(
3792 m
. d’alt.) /
P. Rivet
1904.
Second
label:
Museum Paris
/ MNHN (EH) / 16269 [
MNHN
].
Etymology.
This species is named after the Ecuadorian mountain summit, Danas, where it was collected.
Distribution.
V. danasensis
is known only from the
holotype
. The summit of Danas corresponds to
2.1333°S
,
78.8833°W
according to the website mapcarta.com (https://mapcarta.com/19662710, accessed
Dec. 28, 2020
).
Remarks.
The discovery of this species extends the known distribution of the genus which was previously known only from
Chile
.