Three new Mexican species of the endemic Athysanini leafhopper genus Devolana DeLong (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the tropical dry forest Author Pinedo-Escatel, José Guadalupe Aguilar-Pérez ı Jorge Adilson Author Valdez-Quezada, Brianda Catalina text Journal of Natural History 2019 2019-11-05 53 33 2039 2056 journal article 24129 10.1080/00222933.2019.1683244 f6928bb5-c27d-4e12-a291-8ba360222421 1464-5262 3654575 Devolana tuxcacuensis Pinedo-Escatel and Aguilar-Pérezı sp. nov . ( Figures 1–3 ) Description Measurements. Length male 5 mmı and female unknown. Male morphology. Overall colour light-yellowish dorsally with white venter ( Figures 1–2 ). Crown with black transverse band at apex extended laterally onto faceı and pair of tiny black spots next to eyes ( Figures 1 (a) and 2). Face with upper-half yellowish and lower half white. Frontoclypeal and anteclypeal margins marked with black band extended dorsad over ocelli to midlineı multiple black transverse bands over frontoclypeal surface and anteclypeus with one dark-brown medial vertical line. Gena and lorum white with diffuse blackı yellow and brown minute spots ( Figure 1 (b)). Forewing translucent over almost entire surface except with patches of yellowish opaque pigment near base of clavus and veins Cı Mı CuP and A dark brown ( Figure 1 (c)). Legs white with black stripes along tibiae and across front femur. Female. Unknown. Male genitalia. Pygofer broad with macrosetae mixed with small setae beyond midlength ( Figure 3 (a–b)). Valve slightly projected and roundedı articulated with pygofer and subgenital plates ( Figure 3 (c)). Plate extended to apex of pygoferı with mix of fine and stout long setae along lateral margin ( Figure 3 (d)). Style slender with basal and preapical lobe weakly developedı apophysis slender and slightly curved mesad ( Figure 3 (h)). Connective Y-form ( Figure 3 (i)). Aedeagus robustı short and curved with two long pairs of apical processes directed anterodorsad ( Figure 3 (e–g)). Figure 1. Devolana tuxcacuensis Pinedo-Escatel and Aguilar-Pérez , sp. nov. , holotype male: (a) habitus, dorsal; (b) habitus, face; (c) right forewing, dorsal; (d) habitus, lateral. Immature stages. Unknown. Type locality. Sierra de Tuxcacuescoı Jalisco ( Mexico )ı Figure 4 . Seasonality. This species occurs between September and October. Figure 2. Devolana tuxcacuensis Pinedo-Escatel and Aguilar-Pérez , sp. nov. Figure 3. Devolana tuxcacuensis Pinedo-Escatel and Aguilar-Pérez , sp. nov. , holotype male genitalia: (a) pygofer, dorsal; (b) pygofer, lateral; (c) valve, ventral; (d) subgenital plate, ventral; (e) aedeagus, lateral; (f) apex of aedeagus, caudal; (g) aedeagus, ventral; (h) left style, dorsal; (i) connective, dorsal. Etymology. The species epithet refers to the type locality. Type material. Holotype male ( INHS ) – MEXICO : Jaliscoı 13 km ESE Tuxcacuesco 900 mı 19°40 ʹ 6”N 104°1 ʹ 53”Wı 13 October 2001ı S. H. McKamey et al. Colls. ı fogging 1 E-T . Paratype male ( CAJAPE ) – MEXICO : Jaliscoı Región Sierra de Amulaı Municipio Tuxcacuescoı Sierra de Tuxcacuesco a 5.5 km del pueblo Tuxcacuescoı 19°42 ʹ 02.1”N 104°01 ʹ 41.6” Wı 864 m . 08 de septiembre de 2018. Vegetación BTC. J. A. Pinedo-Escatel Col. Trampa de Luz [MEXJAL88] . Figure 4. Map of distribution of the genus Devolana in Mexico. Remarks. This species is similar in dorsal appearance to D. youajla ı but D. tuxcacuensis differs in lacking lateral flanges on the aedeagal shaft ( Figure 3 (f–g)).