Review of Cyphotes Burmeister, 1835 (Hemiptera: Membracidae) with the description of a related new genus Author Gonzalez-Mozo, Laura C. Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79 th Street, New York, NY 10024 - 5192, USA & Grupo Sistemática de Insectos Agronomía SIA, Museo Entomológico UNAB, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Carrera 30, 45 - 03 Bogotá, Colombia Author Ware, Jessica L. Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79 th Street, New York, NY 10024 - 5192, USA text Zootaxa 2023 2023-12-05 5380 6 501 525 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5380.6.1/52405 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5380.6.1 1175-5326 10259472 B6F08430-56FD-4F1A-9C2E-2BBB8D492C68 Cyphotes nodosa Burmeister, 1835 ( Figures 8A–C ; 9A–C ; 10A–C ; 11A–C ; 12A, 12C ; 13 ) Cyphotes nodosa Burmeister, 1835: 143 [New genus; type loc: Brazil ]; Metcalf & Wade, 1965 a: 616 [Catalogued], McKamey, 1998: 150 [Catalogued]; Aspona bullata Stål, 1862: 29 ( type loc: Brazil , Rio de Janeiro ); Metcalf & Wade, 1965: 618 ; Deitz, 1975: 70 ; McKamey, 1998: 150 [Catalogued]. Sakakibara, 2005a: 463 [taxonomic notes, photograph ]. Aspona gibosa Fonseca & Diringshofen, 1969: 154 , fig. 8 ( type loc: Brazil , Santa Catarina : Rio Vermelho); McKamey, 1998: 150 . Sakakibara, 2005a:463 [ Synonym of A. bullata ] . Taunaya gibbosa Remes-Lenicov, 1973: 137 ( type loc: Argentina , Misiones); McKamey, 1998: 155 . Sakakibara, 2005a:463 [ Synonym of A. bullata ]. FIGURE 8. Anterior view Cyphotes Burmeister. A. Holotype Cyphotes nodosa Burmeister. ; B . Aspona gibosa Fonseca & Diringshofen, 1969 (DZPU); C. Aspona bullata Stål new. syn. of Cyphotes nodosa Burmeister (DZPU) ; D. Cyphotes quadrinodosa Fonseca & Diringshofen 1959 reinstated. comb. ( MZSP). Diagnosis. (1) Pronotum in lateral view with preapical part of posterior pronotal process trapezoidal ( Fig. 9D ); (2) first valvulae, VID bent in midsection ( Fig. 12A ); (3) pronotum coloration uniform without marked black spots. Description. Color. General color dark red or yellow, vertex, frontoclypeus, basal margin, metopidium, humeral angles, and middorsal portion dark red; posterior process behind the posterolateral pronotal area with a transversal yellow band. Sculpture. Densely pubescent, pronotum reticulate, punctuate. Head . Frontoclypeus with a longitudinal rugae ( Fig. 8A ). Thorax. Pronotum. In lateral view, preapical part of posterior pronotal process raised abruptly in a narrow ridge ( Figs. 9A–C ); in dorsal view, lyriform, humeral angles triangular, posterolateral area of pronotum rounded, gradually narrowing with posterior process ( Figs. 10A–C ). Forewings. without macula in apical cells ( Figs. 11A–C ). Abdomen . Male . Subgenital plate fused basally, dorsal margin rounded; lateral plate not fused to pygofer, margin dorsal truncate ( Fig. 13B ); aedeagus scoop-shaped ( Fig. 13D ), in posterior view parallel sided ( Fig. 13F ), corona denticulate ( Fig. 13E ), style in posterior view distal area curved anteriorly ( Fig. 13F ). Female . First Valvulae . Ventral interlocking device (VID) bent downward at midlength ( Fig. 12A ). Second valvulae . Without teeth on dorsal margin ( Fig. 12C ). FIGURE 9. Lateral view Cyphotes Burmeister. A. C. nodosa ; B . A. gibosa ; C. A. bullata ; D. C. quadrinodosa . FIGURE 10. Dorsal view Cyphotes Burmeister. A. C. nodosa ; B . A. gibosa ; C. A. bullata ; D. C. quadrinodosa . FIGURE 11. Forewing Cyphotes Burmeister. A. C. nodosa ; B . A. gibosa ; C. A. bullata ; D. C. quadrinodosa . Abbreviations: R : Radial. Measurements. male/female (mm): Total length 6.71/7.98; head width 2.20/2.59; head length 1.29/1.59; pronotum length 6.22/7.52; width between humeral angles 3.10/ 3.89. Distribution. Argentina (Remes-Lenicov, 1973), Brazil . Material examined. Photograph of holotype . “ nodosa Label information: Bras. [Bmr?]”, “Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, Zentralmagazin Naturw.Sammlungen, 2/3/2009.05.2016” ( MLUH : 1 female ). || BRAZIL , Santa Catarina , Benedito Nova. S. C. 16-XI-1874 ( DZUP : 1 male ) || BRAZIL , Guanabara, Corcovado, 30- IX-1972 . Alveranga & Seabra. ( DZUP : 1 female ) . || Photograph in Remes-Lenicov (1973). Label : “ ARGENTINA , Misiones, Dto. Concepcion, Santa Maria, XI-1956 . Viana Leg. Division Entomología Museo de Ciencias Naturales ‘Bernardino Rivadavia: 3 females ”. Comments . This is the type species of the genus. Cyphotes nodosa has the following synonyms: Aspona bullata Stål, 1862 Aspona gibosa Fonseca & Diringshofen ; Taunaya gibbosa Remes-Lenicov (1973) . We follow Sakakibara (2005) in treating Aspona gibosa Fonseca & Diringshofen, 1969 ( Figs. 8B ; 9B ; 10B ) and Taunaya gibbosa Remes-Lenicov (1973) as junior synonyms of A. bullata (now C. nodosa ). After morphological examination and in correlation with the geographic distribution of the specimens ( Fig. 21 ), A. bullata ( Figs. 8C ; 9C ; 10C ) is considered here a synonym of C. nodosa . Specimens of C. nodosa have only been reported from southeastern South America and lower elevations from 130–740 meters.