The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species Author Felix, Márcio Author Mejdalani, Gabriel text Zootaxa 2017 2017-10-24 4338 1 101 127 journal article 31758 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5 4fc4ef80-e5fe-4572-9a8e-af55c5ad5fbc 1175-5326 1035586 6934A56E-089A-47A4-AE68-8986B8C52847 Apogonalia blanchardi (Signoret, 1855) ( Figs 6–15 ) Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum ( Fig. 6 ) yellow with dark brown marks and broad, median yellow stripe bordered by dark brown; yellow median stripe with irregular, elongate dark brown marks. Pronotum with four vivid yellow maculae usually distinct on disc, one mediolateral pair and one lateral pair. Forewing reddish-brown ( Fig. 6 ) with numerous yellow maculae on basal portion; apex dark. Face ( Fig. 7 ) yellow with dark brown marks. Frons with longitudinal dark brown stripes; median portion with inverted V-shaped dark mark; pair of elongate V-shaped mediolateral dark marks. Clypeus orange with median dark brown stripe. Male pygofer with inner ventroapical acute process. Aedeagus with pair of ventral acute processes anteriorly curved. Paraphyses with Y-shaped basal sclerite and pair of long and narrow rami, strongly expanded subapically, apex acute; right ramus apical, left ramus subapical. Female sternite VII ( Fig. 8 ) with posterior margin narrowly convex. Sternite VIII ( Fig. 9 ) with large, semilunar sclerotized plate. Female length. 11.6–11.8 mm (n = 2). Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII ( Fig. 8 ) moderately produced posteriorly; apical portion abruptly narrow; posterior margin narrowly convex, with median concavity bearing minute lateral processes. Sternite VIII ( Fig. 9 ), in dorsal view, with semilunar sclerotized plate, irregularly emarginate on anteromedian portion. Pygofer ( Fig. 10 ) moderately produced posteriorly; posterior margin narrowly convex in lateral view; disc with long macrosetae on posterodorsal portion and apical 3/4 of posteroventral portion. Valvula I, in ventral view ( Fig. 11 ), with basal portion narrow and anteriorly produced; basal margin slightly concave; blade similar to that of A. angusta ; apical portion ( Fig. 12 ) acute in lateral view. Valvula II ( Figs 13–15 ) similar to that of A. angusta ; preapical prominence approximately aligned to apical tooth ( Fig. 14 ). Material examined. Mexico: San Luis Potosí , one male and one female ( USNM ) ; Veracruz-Llave , two males ( USNM ) . Nicaragua : Boaco , one female ( USNM ) .