Revision of the genus Doratura Sahlberg (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae) with particular regard to its distribution in Italy and description of four new species
Author
Bückle, Christoph
Author
Guglielmino, Adalgisa
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guglielm@unitus.it
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-03-09
5112
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D. vefele
complex
(
Figs 9M
;
16A–E
;
17E–L, O–S
;
18D–G
;
19G
)
There are specimens of several localities in northern
Spain
, central
Morocco
and
Tunisia
(
Fig. 56
) which present ± the typical vertex shape and coloration of
D. vefele
but share not all the other characters of this taxon. Primarily in their aedeagus morphology (
Figs 17E–L
), they resemble rather
D. stylata
in so far as the basal shield is well developed and/or the ventral margin is slightly sinuate (but in all examined specimens completely smooth). In some cases (particularly in specimens from
Morocco
and
Tunisia
), the median denticle of the styles (
Fig. 17R
) is directed somewhat ventrad and therefore not easily visible without disconnecting the styles from the genital plates. The (only two) females (
Figs 16C, E
; from
Tunisia
and northern
Spain
, respectively) have a distinctly shorter ovipositor than the (two) females in the
type
series of
D. vefele
(
Figs 15A, D
;
Morocco
and southern
Spain
). A nymph (
Fig. 9M
) belonging to a series of specimens from
Tunisia
(
Beja
) displays the coloration pattern as observed in
D. vefele
(
Fig. 9L
) and
D. stylata
(
Fig. 9A
).