Review of the genus Relaba (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Alebrini) and description of two new species from Argentina
Author
Catalano, María Inés
Author
Paradell, Susana L.
Author
Dietrich, Christopher H.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4132
3
445
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journal article
38672
10.11646/zootaxa.4132.3.13
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Relaba forcipula
n. sp.
(
Figs 2
A–I)
Description
. Length of male
3.4–3.6 mm
. Female
3.7–3.8 mm
. Head with black spots on anterior margin of crown relatively large, pair of smaller black spots present adjacent to anteromedial margins of eyes; crown between eyes nearly uniformly orange; pronotum mostly orange with median longitudinal white stripe incomplete, posterior margin narrowly bordered with white; scutellum orange, midline dark brown (
Fig. 2
A).
Male: Second sternal apodemes (2S) (
Fig. 2
B) short, not reaching posterior margin of third segment. Pygofer (
Figs 2
C–E) with posterior margin slightly produced, disc with four or five macrosetae and some microsetae near basal ventral margin; dorsal process with bifurcated apex; ventral process curved ventromesad, not exceeding apical margin of pygofer. Subgenital plate (
Fig. 2
F) with 4 or 5 macrosetae. Style (
Fig. 2
G) short with rounded preapical lobe. Aedeagus (
Figs. 2
H–I) atrium with paired dorsal processes with convergent apices, long unpaired ventral process with bifurcate apex and irregular denticulate lobe between ventral process and shaft; shaft short and straight, gonopore apical.
Material examined
.
Holotype
male,
ARGENTINA
: Jujuy, P.N. Calilegua
600m
23°45´40”S
64°51´10”W
,
15.i. 2008
, Dietrich et al col. Hand collected [
MLP
].
Paratypes
:
2 males
, same data as
holotype
except hand collected and Hg vapor lights [
INHS
].
Etymology
. The specific name refers to the forceps shape of the dorsal processes of the aedeagus, in dorsal view.
Notes
. This species closely resembles
R
.
superba
but has the aedeagus with ventral process longer than shaft and dorsal processes.