Agalliota maculata sp. nov. from Brazil and a key to the species of the genus (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Agalliinae)
Author
Gonçalves, Ana Clara
Author
Mejdalani, Gabriel
Author
Coelho, Luci B. N.
text
Zootaxa
2006
1225
31
38
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.172655
3ecaff0b-d15e-451b-a57a-849c993ded41
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172655
Key to the species of
Agalliota
(males)
1. Pronotum with brown, somewhat Vshaped macula on median portion (
Fig. 10
), arms of “V” fused on anterior pronotal portion
....................
A. dentata
Oman
, 1938
(
Brazil
)
Pronotum with Vshaped macula different from above (arms not fused) or without such macula................................................................................................................... 2
2. Aedeagus with apex bifurcate or bearing processes or with its posterior portion bent caudad, flattened dorsoventrally and spatulate in dorsal view...................................... 3
Aedeagus with apex simple, not bifurcate nor spatulate and without processes........... 7
3. Anal tube with processes............................................................................................... 4
Anal tube without processes.......................................................................................... 6
4. Pygofer with two projections on posteroventral margin, with deep emargination between these projections (
Fig. 12
)............................................................................... 5
Pygofer with posteroventral margin simple, without projections ...................................
...........................................................................................
A. maculata
sp. nov.
(
Brazil
)
5. Pygofer with a small hook on posterior margin, which extends upward and slightly inward, located above the projections of ventral portion (
Fig. 12
).................................
........................................................................................
A. parma
Oman
, 1938
(
Brazil
)
Pygofer without such hook above the projections of ventral portion .............................
.......................................................................................
A. clavata
Oman
, 1938
(
Brazil
)
6. Aedeagus apex, in dorsal view, bearing pair of long lateral processes extending basally and curved outwards (
Fig. 13
)
..........................
A. vetusta
Dutra & Egler, 1982
(
Brazil
)
Aedeagus apex, in dorsal view, with pair of short lateral processes extending basally but curved inwards and with additional pair of small spinelike processes forming right angle with aedeagal shaft (
Fig. 14
)
....................
A. parallela
Oman
, 1938
(
Brazil
)
7. Subgenital plates each with pair of spinelike processes apically (
Fig. 11
)....................
...............................................................................
A. scutaria
Oman
, 1938
(
Argentina
)
Subgenital plates simple, without such processes...........................................................
A. punctata
(
Oman
, 1934
)
(
Mexico
,
Guatemala
,
El Salvador
,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
,
Costa Rica
,
Panama
,
Colombia
,
Venezuela
,
Trinidad & Tobago
,
Peru
,
Brazil
)