Six new species of Agalliopsis from Southeastern Brazil (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Agalliinae)
Author
Gonçalves, Ana Clara
Author
Mejdalani, Gabriel
Author
Coelho, Luci B. N.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2014
1
18
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.185901
8732aae2-4b7b-4314-98a3-3b1e901c3db0
1175-5326
185901
Agalliopsis
sp.
(
Figs 2
,
48–50
,
71, 72
)
Length
. Females 4.4–4.5 mm.
Head and thorax (color)
. Ground color dark yellow. Crown (
Figs 48, 49
) with pair of dark brown maculae about equidistant between median line and eyes and with median brown macula. Face (
Fig. 49
) with conspicuous, inverted Y-shaped macula; area adjacent to ocelli with pair of large dark brown maculae connected to Y-shaped macula. Frons (
Fig. 49
) with inconspicuous brown marks on lateral margins; genae with brown maculae adjacent to antennal bases and below eyes. Pronotum (
Fig. 48
) with large, T-shaped dark brown macula. Mesoscutum (
Fig. 48
) dark brown; mesoscutellum with pair of dark brown maculae on laterobasal portions. Forewings (
Fig. 2
) with conspicuous macula extending from base to apical half, covering most of corium. Sternite VII (
Fig. 50
) with basal region brown and apical region dark brown, with pair of yellow lateral maculae; laterotergites of segment VIII brown; pygofer (
Fig. 50
), in ventral view, dark brown; gonoplacs dark brown with brown apex.
Female genitalia
. Abdominal sternite VII (
Fig. 50
), in ventral view, with rounded posterolateral margins; median apical margin with two small rounded projections. First valvulae, in lateral view, dorsally curved from base; dorsolateral surface with oblique rows of scale-like processes on distal 2/3 of shaft; ventroapical region with scale-like processes; apex acute. Second valvulae (
Fig. 71
), in lateral view, dorsally curved from base, with broadest point at apical 1/4; dorsal hyaline area present; dorsal prominence distinct; small teeth (
Fig. 72
) along distal 1/2 of dorsal margin, increasing slightly in size towards apex; ventroapical region with tiny rounded teeth; shaft apex rounded. Gonoplacs as in
A
.
dutrai
sp. nov.
Male
. Unknown.
Material examined
.
Brazil
, Minas Gerais State. Two females, “
Viçosa
, MG [Minas Gerais State],
Brasil
\ Data
13/X/1982
\ P. S. Fiuza F. [Ferreira]” (UFV,
DZRJ
); one female with same data as former ones, except “
20/X/1992
” (
MNRJ
).