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 1175­5326 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 )