Two new species of Darnini (Hemiptera: Membracidae) from Colombia and Peru Author Gonzalez-Mozo, Laura Author Mckamey, Stuart Author Ware, Jessica L. Author Hamilton, George text Zootaxa 2017 4281 1 108 114 journal article 28722 10.11646/zootaxa.4281.1.10 a138fb3c-5b32-465d-9fed-9e79e130f803 1175-5326 815973 B5DB709B-4966-4C6F-A7A7-B9639EE0853F Cyphotes colombiensis González-Mozo sp. nov. ( Figures 2–6 ) Diagnosis. Base of pronotum, in dorsal view, with four lateral longitudinal rugae; two conical middorsal peaks behind humeral angles; one wide black band on pronotum that attains most posterior swelling of pronotum. Description . Holotype female. Head brown; pronotum (in dorsal view) with wide black band running from anterior margin to humeral angles, tapering from mid-dorsal portion of pronotum to posterior process, where it expands again, covering most of posterior swelling; dorsolateral margin of pronotum reddish; forewing punctate, semi-opaque between costal margin and R vein, mostly hyaline, punctate basally between veins R, M, and Cu; ventral aspect of head, thorax, legs and abdomen brownish. Head . Subquadrate; densely pubescent; more than twice as long as wide; superior margin arcuate; vertex oblique in lateral view; coronal suture distinctly grooved; frontoclypeus almost tubular, directed forward, anteclypeus directed ventrad; ocelli closer to each other than to eyes; suprantennal ledges oblique. Pronotum . Rough, pubescent, concealing forewings at rest; metopidium convex in dorsal view; humeral angles subtriangular, projected laterally, notched posterobasally; median carina percurrent, elevated; four longitudinal rugae extended from basal margin of pronotum to tip of humeral angles; two middorsal parallel conic peaks behind humeral angles at each side of medial carina, separated by mediolateral constriction; posterior process with two latero-posterior swellings, slightly compressed anteroposteriorly, strongly expanded laterally behind mediolateral constriction; apex of posterior process acute. In lateral view, medial carina elevated, sinuate; two swellings, one above humeral angles, followed by slight depression, then rising again, forming second swelling, extended from mediolateral constriction to latero-posterior swellings, gradually descending to pronotal apex. Forewing. One s , one r-m , and two m-cu crossveins; two discoidal cells; five apical cells. Legs. Pro- and mesothoracic femora subcylindrical; ventral aspect striate; two ventral longitudinal rows of cucullate setae; tibiae spatulate, with two ventral proximal rows of cucullate setae. Metathoracic femur without rows of cucullate setae; tibia with three single rows of cucullate setae; first tarsomere with two distal setae. Abdomen strongly sclerotized; conspicuously punctate ventrally. Genitalia. Second valvulae blade-shaped, lacking teeth on dorsal surface. Male. Unknown. Measurements (mm): Total length 7.4; head width 2.5; head length 1.5; pronotum length 6.6; width between humeral angles 4.6. Material Examined. HOLOTYPE female, “ COLOMBIA , Boyacá , SFF de Iguaque │ 5°25’N , 73°27’W │ 2300 m . │ Golpeteo │ 22-vi-1998 │ D. Díaz ” (IavH, Catalogue No. IAvH-E- 141117 ). Distribution. Colombia : Boyacá . Etymology. This species is named according to the country where the species was found. Comments . Cyphotes is recognized by the following morphological features: head projected forward, pronotum rugose, with swollen areas ( Burmeister, 1835 ; Silberman, 1836 , Goding, 1926 , Fonseca and Diringshofen, 1969 ), and the presence of crossvein s ( Deitz,1975 ; Sakakibara, 2005a ; 2005b ; 2006 ). All of the above attributes are present in C. colombiensis . However, some are also observed in related genera within Darnini, such as Aspona Stal, 1862 ; Hypheodana Metcalf, 1954 ; Nasuconia Sakakibara,2006 ; Taunaya Fonseca, 1934 ; and Funkhouseriana Creão-Duarte, 1999. The head projected forward is observed in the three related genera: Aspona , Nasuconia , and Hypheodana ( H. gargionei Sakalibara & Lencioni-Neto, 2009 and H. costata Sakakibara, 2005 ). Swollen areas on the pronotum are known in Aspona , Funkhouseriana cerulea (Funkhouser, 1935), Taunaya rugosa Fonseca, 1934 , Nasuconia curculionida Sakakibara, 2006 , H. ursus (Fairmaire, 1846) , and H. proxima Sakakibara, 2005 . The projection and shape of the humeral angles and the forewing venation are also variable across these genera. This suggests that these genera need to be revised based on a morphological assessment of the mentioned features, which should include characters of hind wing venation and genitalia. This is the first record of the genus Cyphotes from Colombia . The holotype was collected through the project “ Diversidad de Insectos en Colombia ”, coordinated by the ‘ Instituto de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt’ (IAvH). The holotype is preserved in alcohol, due to its damaged metopidium and some missing legs.