Two new species of Graphocephala Van Duzee from Costa Rica (Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae)
Author
Godoy, Carolina
Author
Villalobos, William
text
Zootaxa
2006
1298
61
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.173572
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173572
Graphocephala crusa
Godoy
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs 1–5
)
Type
material:
Holotype
, male,
COSTA RICA
: San José:
Desamparado,
1200 m
,
5I 2001
, Col. C. Rodríguez (
INBio
).
Paratypes
17 males
and
9 females
same data (
CAS
,
NHM
,
UCR
,
INBio
),
1 male
same data except
8II2000
(
UCR
),
1 male
and
2 females
same data except
21XII2000
(
INBio
,
UCR
),
1 male
and
2 females
same data except
XII 2000
(
UCR
),
1 male
same data except
29X2001
(
UCR
).
Description.
Length of male
5.5–6.6 mm
, female 5 5.–
6.5 mm
. General color green. Head produced, anterior margin subangulate, yellowishgreen, with an apical spot, a small spot on each antennal ledge, an oblique linear mark on ocellocular area near inner eye margin, a broader linear mark on upper margin of area of muscle impression, and vertex with four black longitudinal lines, these connected apically and basally (
Fig. 1
); face uniform yellow, clypeus convex medially, muscle impressions distinct. Thorax with pronotal width shorter than transocular width of head; pronotum with broad yellow band bordering anterior margin, large green area occupying most of remainder. Scutellum yellow with black markings (
Fig. 1
). Forewing with membrane distinct; with three closed anteapical cells and four apical cells green, commissure yellow, claval suture dark brown to black. Spinulation of apex of hind knees 2:1:1; legs yellow, anterior tibia with distal spot dark brown and third tarsomere on fore leg dark brown; hind leg with length of first tarsomere approximately equal to combined length of two remaining tarsomeres.
Male genitalia: Pygofer in lateral view with concave caudodorsal margin, moderately produced, apex convex, with macrosetae confined to apical half of disc, process absent (
Fig. 2
). Subgenital plate triangular, not extending nearly as far posteriorly as pygofer apex, with uniseriate macrosetae (
Fig. 2
). Style without preapical lobe (
Fig. 3
). Connective with very long stem, extending beyond apex of styles (
Fig. 3
). Aedeagus in lateral view nearly V shaped, with shaft short, without processses, dorsal apodeme conspicuous (
Figs. 4
). Paraphyses consisting of a basis and two dissimilar rami of which the posterior one is broader and longer than the anterior one (
Fig. 4
).
Female abdominal sternum VII with margin produced posteriorly, the apex rounded (
Fig. 5
).
Distribution.
Known only from
Costa Rica
.
FIGURES 1–5
.
Graphocephala crusa
, Godoy
sp nov. (holotype). 1. Anterior dorsum, dorsal view; 2. Pygofer, subgenital plate and valve, lateral view; 3. One style and connective, dorsal view; 4. Aedeagus, lateral view; 5. Female abdominal sternum VII, ventral view.
Diagnosis.
This species is most similar to
G. kukla
(Young)
in general habitus but
G. crusa
can be distinguished by the wider paraphyses and the configuration of the rami.
Natural History.
The specimens were collected with a suction pump and yellow sticky traps in coffee,
Coffea arabica
(Rubiaceae)
, plantations. Tests utilizing DASE LISA detected the presence of
Xylella fastidiosa
in the bodies of this species, although tests have not yet been carried out to determine whether it is a vector of this bacteria.
Etymology.
Named for the
CRUSA
fundation, which provided financial support for this project.
Biology
. Of a total of 27 individuals which were tested with DASELISA, 18 were positive for
Xylella fastidiosa
.