Seven new South American species of Regalana DeLong & Freytag (Cicadellidae: Iassinae: Gyponini)
Author
Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz
Author
Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa
Author
Takiya, Daniela Maeda
Author
Cavichioli, Rodney Ramiro
text
Zootaxa
2014
3857
2
225
243
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3857.2.4
9f4cffa9-696b-4081-8cfa-59757e96e294
1175-5326
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Regalana uni
sp. nov.
(
Figs 86
─97, 105)
Diagnosis.
Male pygofer (Fig. 91) with posterior margin slightly acute. Style (Figs 93, 94) with ventral margin serrated at apical half. Aedeagus (Figs 95─97) shaft without lateral spiniform process, a pair of short spiniform processes on posterior surface at apical fourth; apex with three pairs of processes: AM shorter and spiniform, AL longer and directed anteriorly, and LV directed ventrally, arising parallel to shaft in lateral view, and without spiniform projections.
Measurements (mm).
Holotype
male: total length 6.00.
Coloration.
Male sternite VIII (Fig. 90) lateral margins with narrow stripes, posterior margin with median macula extending towards the center, brown.
External morphology.
Head (
Fig. 86
) with transocular width about 4/5 of pronotum humeral width. Forewing (Fig. 89) approximately 3.5 times longer than wide.
Male terminalia.
Sternite VIII (Fig. 90) with lateral margins slightly sinuous, posterior margin with small concavity medially. Pygofer (Fig. 91) with posterodorsal margin near rectilinear; posteroventral margin slight concave; apex slightly acute. Valve, in ventral view, about as wide as long; lateral margins convergent posteriorly; posterior margin convex. Subgenital plate (Figs 91, 92) widest at basal half. Connective (Fig. 93) with rami longer than stem; apex truncated. Style (Figs 93, 94) apical half with ventral margin serrated. Aedeagus (Figs 95─97) shaft tubular, elongated, and curved dorsally; lateral margins without spiniform processes, pair of short spiniform processes on posterior surface at apical fourth; apex with three pairs of processes: anteromedian (AM) short and spiniform, anterolateral (AL) long and directed anteriorly, parallel to each other, laterodorsal (LD) absent, lateroventral (LV) longer, approximately half length of shaft, directed ventrally, arising parallel to shaft in lateral view, and without projections.
FIGURES 86─97.
Regalana uni
sp. nov.
, holotype male. 86, head and thorax, dorsal view. 87, head, frontal view. 88, head and thorax, lateral view. 89, forewing, dorsal view. 90─97, male terminalia: 90, sternite VIII, ventral view. 91, pygofer and subgenital plate, lateral view. 92, subgenital plate, ventral view. 93, style and connective, dorsal view. 94, style, lateral view. 95, aedeagus, lateral view. 96, aedeagus, posterior view. 97, aedeagus, dorsal view. Scale bars in mm.
FIGURES 98─105.
Dorsal habitus of
Regalana
species.98,
R. bobbyi
sp. nov.
holotype. 99,
R. dianae
sp. nov.
holotype. 100,
R. ericki
sp. nov.
holotype. 101,
R. hanki
sp. nov.
holotype. 102,
R. prestoi
sp. nov.
holotype. 103,
R. sheilae
sp. nov.
female paratype. 104,
R. dianae
sp. nov.
holotype. 105,
R. uni
sp. nov.
holotype. Scale bars in mm.
Female unknown.
Etymology.
The new species name alludes to
Uni
, the unicorn, one of the protagonists of the TV series Dungeons & Dragons.
Material examined.
Holotype
male, “
French Guiana
Point de vue du\Bélvédère de Saül [
3°37’N
53°12’W
]. Window trap\
29.10.2010
” “S.E.G. col”,
DZRJ
.
Notes.
Regalana uni
sp. nov.
is smaller sized species of the genus. It can be easily distinguished from the latter and other
Regalana
species by the diagnostic characters above, in addition to the aedeagal shaft, absent to laterodorsal process (LD) and lateroventral processes (LV) parallel to shaft (Figs 95, 96).
The new species was collected with a glass intercept trap in an unflooded Amazonian Rainforest.