The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species Author Felix, Márcio Author Mejdalani, Gabriel text Zootaxa 2017 2017-10-24 4338 1 101 127 journal article 31758 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5 4fc4ef80-e5fe-4572-9a8e-af55c5ad5fbc 1175-5326 1035586 6934A56E-089A-47A4-AE68-8986B8C52847 Apogonalia interrupta (Signoret, 1855) ( Figs 51–56 ) Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum yellow with black marks. Crown with six large black marks, two pairs on anterior margin and one pair between ocelli ( Fig. 51 ). Pronotum ( Fig. 51 ) with pair of anterolateral black maculae adjacent to eyes; mediolateral portions with four anterior black maculae and two posterior ones; disc posteriorly green. Forewing ( Figs 51, 52 ) ochraceous-green with dark brown stripes on veins; corium with anterior portion of costal area yellow; median portion with diagonal dark brown stripe extending from costal margin to inner discal cell; apical portion with two dark transverse stripes. Face yellow with black areas. Frons medially with inverted Vshaped black mark; pair of mediolateral elongate Y-shaped black marks connected to median mark; lateral margin with black stripe. Clypeus with median black stripe. Male pygofer with posterior margin concave, without processes. Paraphyses with Y-shaped basal sclerite, right ramus apical, long and moderately narrowed, left ramus lateromedian, long and strongly narrowed. Aedeagal shaft with long, spiniform dorsoapical process; paired processes on ventroapical portion, right process distinctly shorter than left one. Female sternite VII ( Fig. 53 ) with conspicuous central black macula; shape similar to that of A. imitatrix ; posterior margin medially concave with short central spine. Sternite VIII ( Fig. 54 ), in dorsal view, with inconspicuous, weakly sclerotized arch-shaped plate, expanded medially. Female length. 6.4–7.0 mm (n = 3). Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII ( Fig. 53 ) similar to that of A. imitatrix ; posterior margin with median concavity bearing short central spine. Sternite VIII ( Fig. 54 ), in dorsal view, with inconspicuous, weakly sclerotized arch-shaped plate; median portion of plate expanded. Pygofer ( Fig. 55 ) moderately produced posteriorly; posterior margin narrowly convex in lateral view; disc with oblique dorsal row of long macrosetae extending from central portion to posterodorsal margin, posteroventral portion with long macrosetae on apical 2/3. Valvula I, in ventral view ( Fig. 56 ), with basal portion slightly broad; basal margin narrowly convex; blade similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta ; teeth, on median portion, very prominent, 1.5 to 2 times longer than high, spaced from one another about twice tooth length; preapical prominence approximately aligned to anteapical tooth. FIGURES 40–50. (40–47) Apogonalia histrio (Fabricius, 1794) , female: 40, dorsal habitus (C); 41, dorsal habitus (I); 42, face; 43, sternite VII, ventral view; 44, sternite VIII, dorsal view; 45, pygofer, lateral view; 46, valvula I, lateral view; 47, valvulae I, basal portion, ventral view. Abbreviations: C = specimen from Guantánamo (Cuba), I = from Grand Cayman (Cayman Islands). (48–50) A. imitatrix Young, 1977 , female: 48, left forewing, lateral view; 49, sternite VIII, dorsal view; 50, valvulae I, basal portion, ventral view. Scale bars in mm. Material examined. Dominican Republic : Distrito Nacional , one male ( USNM ); La Vega , one male and one female (UKL); Puerto Plata , one male ( USNM ); uncertain locality, one male and one female ( CMNH ). Haiti : Ouest , one male ( BMNH ), one male and one female ( USNM ); uncertain locality, one female ( USNM ).