Revision of Urubaxia Fennah (Hemiptera: Cercopidae: Ischnorhininae) with description of two new species
Author
Paladini, Andressa
Author
Barão, Kim Ribeiro
Author
Carvalho, Gervásio Silva
text
Zootaxa
2016
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journal article
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Urubaxia chewie
Paladini & Carvalho
n.sp.
(
Figures 23–33
)
Measurements.
Total length, 12.90 ± 0.15 (12.08–13.58); length of pronotum, 3.91 ± 0.07 (3.44–4.15); length of tegmina, 10.02 ± 0.13 (9.66–10.70); width of tegmina, 3.21 ± 0.13 (2.38–3.64).
Diagnose.
Head red, supra-antennal margin black; basal third of each tegmina reddish, median third translucent, apical margin brownish.
Description.
Head red, supra-antennal margin black (
Figs 23–24
); second and third segments of rostrum black; compound eyes black, rounded, arranged transversely; vertex smooth and rectangular, lacking median carina; ocelli black, closer to each other than to compound eyes; tylus smooth and rectangular, lacking median carina; antennae black, each pedicel sparsely setose, basal body of flagellum ovoid as long as wide, bearing one arista shorter than pedicel; postclypeus red, inflated, convex in profile, with one longitudinal carina slightly marked, lateral grooves strongly marked; rostrum extending to the base of mesocoxae. Thorax brownish-red; mesosternum black basally; pronotum reddish, posterior margin black, lacking median carina; anterior margin of pronotum straight, antero-lateral margins convex, postero-lateral margin slightly sinuous, posterior margin grooved; scutellum reddish with slight concavity centrally, lacking horizontal grooves; basal third of tegmina reddish, median third translucent, apical margin brownish; apical reticulation developed; hindwings hyaline with brownish venation, vein Cu1 thickened at base; legs red, tarsi black; metathoracic tibia with two lateral spines (basal spine smaller in size than spines in apical crown; apical spine larger than spines in apical crown); apical crown of spines on each tibia consisting of two rows; basitarsus with two rows of spines covered by setae; subungueal process present and triangular. Abdomen: black.
Male.
Pygofer brownish, with a truncate process between anal tube and subgenital plates (
Fig. 25
); subgenital plates long, wide at base and narrowing toward the apex, free for almost all its length (
Fig. 26
), with a long and robust process covered with small spines and inserted on the inner margin medially (
Fig. 25
); paramere slender, with a dorsal, short and sclerotized spine pointed upwards and a ventral, sclerotized spine pointed downwards (
Figs 27–28
); aedeagus robust with a straight shaft, slightly enlarged at base and covered by small scale-like spines (
Figs 29–30
).
Female.
First valvulae of ovipositor long and slender, acute apically and with a basal, rounded and robust process directed downward (
Fig. 31
); second valvulae long, with apical third of dorsal margin slightly serrate (
Fig. 32
); third valvulae short and wide, with long ventral setae.
Distribution.
Brazil
(Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro) (
Fig. 33
).
Remarks.
This species is larger and more robust than the other species of
Urubaxia
. Some genitalic characters are unique, such as the dorsal process of the subgenital plate larger and covered with small scale-like spines, and the dorsal spine of paramere shorter and smaller than the spines of the other species. In dorsal view, the subgenital plates of
U
.
chewie
n.sp.
are similar to the subgenital plates of
U. solo
n.sp.
FIGURES 23–32.
Urubaxia chewie
n.sp.
23. Habitus, dorsal view; 24. Habitus, lateral view; 25. Male pygofer, lateral view; 26. Subgenital plates, ventral view; 27. Paramere, lateral view; 28. Paramere, dorsal view; 29. Aedeagus, lateral view; 30. Aedeagus, dorsal view; 31. Ovipositor, first valvulae, lateral view; 32. Ovipositor, second valvulae, lateral view.
Etymology.
The
chewie
is a noun in apposition; the epithet is relative to the big size of this species compared to other
Urubaxia
species—for its appearance we name it in honor of the sci-fi character Chewbacca, dearly known as
Chewie
, from the Star Wars© saga.
Examined material.
HOLOTYPE
, ♂,
BRAZIL
:
Minas Gerais
: Itamonte,
13–15.xi.1998
, D. Takiya coll. (
MNRJ
).
PARATYPES
:
BRAZIL
:
2 ♂
, same data as
holotype
(
MNRJ
);
Rio de Janeiro
: Itatiaia, Agulhas Negras,
15.iii.1935
, J.F. Zikán coll. (
1 ♂
, 2 ♀
DZUP
); Itatiaia,
2350 m
,
i.1958
, U. Barth coll. (1 ♀
MNRJ
); Itatiaia, P.N. Itatiaia,
2400 m
,
5.ii.1959
, Barth coll. (
1 ♂
, 1 ♀
MNRJ
).