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Acuera adspersa (
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Acuera adspersa, male. A head and thorax, dorsal view. B head, ventral view. C head and thorax, lateral view. D forewing. E sternite VIII, ventral view. F valve, ventral view. G pygofer, valve and subgenital plate, lateral view; g apical portion of pygofer, dorsal view. H subgenital plate, ventral view. I connective, dorsal view. J style, dorsal view. K style, lateral view. L aedeagus, lateral view. M aedeagus, posterior view. Scale bars in mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e81961.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/798161" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">Figs 8</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Acuera adspersa, female. A distal portion of abdomen, ventral view. B distal portion of abdomen, lateral view. C first valvifer and first valvula, lateral view. D apical portion of first valvula. E second valvula, lateral view. F apical portion of second valvula. G second valvifer and gonoplac, lateral view. H apical portion of gonoplac. Scale bars in mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e81961.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/798162" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">, 9</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Species of Acuera, dorsal (left) and lateral (right) views. A, B A. (Acuera) adspersa, male, DZUP. C, D A. (Acuera) culmena syn. nov., holotype male, USNM. E, F A. (Acuera) extenuata sp. nov., holotype male, DZUP. G, H A. (Acuera) incepta, male, DZUP. I, J A. (Acuera) laudara, holotype male, OSU. K, L A. (Acuera) levara, male, DZUP. M A. (Acuera) menaca, holotype male, AMNH." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e81961.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/798168" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">, 15A, B</figureCitation>
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, 1854: 252
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Coloration (Fig. 
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) predominant brown. Frons (Fig. 
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) black except near lateral margins yellowish-brown. Pygofer, in dorsal view (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Acuera adspersa, male. A head and thorax, dorsal view. B head, ventral view. C head and thorax, lateral view. D forewing. E sternite VIII, ventral view. F valve, ventral view. G pygofer, valve and subgenital plate, lateral view; g apical portion of pygofer, dorsal view. H subgenital plate, ventral view. I connective, dorsal view. J style, dorsal view. K style, lateral view. L aedeagus, lateral view. M aedeagus, posterior view. Scale bars in mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e81961.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/798161" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">8g</figureCitation>
), apex with two short processes separated by shallow excavation. Subgenital plate (Fig. 
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) narrow, without filiform setae. Aedeagus (Fig. 
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) apodemal process almost as long as shaft length, wide at base and tapered toward acute apex; shaft in lateral view, curved posterad, ventral margin strongly excavated; subapical processes long, about half length of shaft, directed ventrally.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">Measurements.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">Total length: males 10.6-11.6 mm, females 12.4-12.5 mm.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">Description.</paragraph>
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Metatibia AD row with 1-2 intercalary setae between each macrosetae; PD, AD and AV rows with 24-26, 12-13 and 17-18 macrosetae respectively. Metatarsomere I 3.5 
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longer than apical width; pecten with 5 platellae. Metatarsomere II pecten with 2-3 platellae. Other characteristics as in generic description.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">Coloration.</paragraph>
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Head and thorax (Fig. 
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) yellowish-brown. Crown, pronotum and mesonotum (Fig. 
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) with many black punctures. Crown with pair of rounded black spots near posterior margin behind ocelli. Face (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Acuera adspersa, male. A head and thorax, dorsal view. B head, ventral view. C head and thorax, lateral view. D forewing. E sternite VIII, ventral view. F valve, ventral view. G pygofer, valve and subgenital plate, lateral view; g apical portion of pygofer, dorsal view. H subgenital plate, ventral view. I connective, dorsal view. J style, dorsal view. K style, lateral view. L aedeagus, lateral view. M aedeagus, posterior view. Scale bars in mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e81961.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/798161" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">8B</figureCitation>
) with frons black on middle portion, faint transverse brown bands over muscular impressions; lorum with black punctures; gena with pair of black maculae, one near mid-length of ventral margin and one near ventral corner of eye; portion around antennal bases black; clypeus black. Proepimeron (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Acuera adspersa, male. A head and thorax, dorsal view. B head, ventral view. C head and thorax, lateral view. D forewing. E sternite VIII, ventral view. F valve, ventral view. G pygofer, valve and subgenital plate, lateral view; g apical portion of pygofer, dorsal view. H subgenital plate, ventral view. I connective, dorsal view. J style, dorsal view. K style, lateral view. L aedeagus, lateral view. M aedeagus, posterior view. Scale bars in mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e81961.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/798161" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">8C</figureCitation>
) with black band below pronotal carina and small black macula on anteroventral margin. Forewing (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Acuera adspersa, male. A head and thorax, dorsal view. B head, ventral view. C head and thorax, lateral view. D forewing. E sternite VIII, ventral view. F valve, ventral view. G pygofer, valve and subgenital plate, lateral view; g apical portion of pygofer, dorsal view. H subgenital plate, ventral view. I connective, dorsal view. J style, dorsal view. K style, lateral view. L aedeagus, lateral view. M aedeagus, posterior view. Scale bars in mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e81961.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/798161" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">8D</figureCitation>
) densely covered by anastomosed black maculae. Profemur, with black punctures and pair of black maculae, one at base and one on apical third. Metatibia (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Acuera adspersa, male. A head and thorax, dorsal view. B head, ventral view. C head and thorax, lateral view. D forewing. E sternite VIII, ventral view. F valve, ventral view. G pygofer, valve and subgenital plate, lateral view; g apical portion of pygofer, dorsal view. H subgenital plate, ventral view. I connective, dorsal view. J style, dorsal view. K style, lateral view. L aedeagus, lateral view. M aedeagus, posterior view. Scale bars in mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e81961.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/798161" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">8C</figureCitation>
) with cucullate bases of setae blacks.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">Male terminalia.</paragraph>
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Sternite VIII (Fig. 
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) 1.7 
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wider than long; lateral margins parallel; posterior margin rounded. Valve (Fig. 
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) 2.5 
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wider than long; posterior margin straight. Pygofer, in lateral view (Fig. 
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), 1.9 
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longer than maximum height; anteroventral margin rounded; posterodorsal and posteroventral margins straight, slightly convergent apically; apex truncate; in dorsal view (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Acuera adspersa, male. A head and thorax, dorsal view. B head, ventral view. C head and thorax, lateral view. D forewing. E sternite VIII, ventral view. F valve, ventral view. G pygofer, valve and subgenital plate, lateral view; g apical portion of pygofer, dorsal view. H subgenital plate, ventral view. I connective, dorsal view. J style, dorsal view. K style, lateral view. L aedeagus, lateral view. M aedeagus, posterior view. Scale bars in mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e81961.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/798161" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">8g</figureCitation>
), apex with two short processes separated by a shallow excavation. Subgenital plate, in lateral view (Fig. 
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), not surpassing pygofer apex; in ventral view (Fig. 
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), elongated and narrow, 7.5 
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longer than wide; outer margin with few sort setae; lateral margins approximately parallel; apex rounded. Connective (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Acuera adspersa, male. A head and thorax, dorsal view. B head, ventral view. C head and thorax, lateral view. D forewing. E sternite VIII, ventral view. F valve, ventral view. G pygofer, valve and subgenital plate, lateral view; g apical portion of pygofer, dorsal view. H subgenital plate, ventral view. I connective, dorsal view. J style, dorsal view. K style, lateral view. L aedeagus, lateral view. M aedeagus, posterior view. Scale bars in mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e81961.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/798161" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">8I</figureCitation>
) about as long as wide; anterior margin excavated; dorsal keel moderately developed; stem short, as long as wide. Style, in dorsal view (Fig. 
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), with outer lobe developed and rounded; in lateral view (Fig. 
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), blade long and straight, width approximately constant from base to almost apex; ventral margin with subapical serration on apical third; apex tapered and acute, slightly curved dorsally. Aedeagus (Fig. 
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) preatrium reduced; dorsal apodeme not developed, dorsal margin rounded, lateral margins not produced laterally; apodemal process almost as long as shaft length, wide at base and tapered toward acute apex; shaft approximately cylindrical, in lateral view, curved posterad, ventral margin strongly excavated; subapical processes long, about half length of shaft, directed ventrally; apex slightly expanded and strongly flattened laterally. Other characteristics as in generic description.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="79" type="female terminalia">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">Female terminalia.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">
Sternite VII (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Acuera adspersa, female. A distal portion of abdomen, ventral view. B distal portion of abdomen, lateral view. C first valvifer and first valvula, lateral view. D apical portion of first valvula. E second valvula, lateral view. F apical portion of second valvula. G second valvifer and gonoplac, lateral view. H apical portion of gonoplac. Scale bars in mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e81961.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/798162" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">9A, B</figureCitation>
) with posterolateral angles weakly produced posterad; posterior margin with median third excavated, bearing a V-shaped notch at middle. Pygofer (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Acuera adspersa, female. A distal portion of abdomen, ventral view. B distal portion of abdomen, lateral view. C first valvifer and first valvula, lateral view. D apical portion of first valvula. E second valvula, lateral view. F apical portion of second valvula. G second valvifer and gonoplac, lateral view. H apical portion of gonoplac. Scale bars in mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e81961.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/798162" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">9A, B</figureCitation>
) long, 2.3 
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longer than the sternite VII length; ventral margin weakly rounded; apex obliquely truncated. First valvifer (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Acuera adspersa, female. A distal portion of abdomen, ventral view. B distal portion of abdomen, lateral view. C first valvifer and first valvula, lateral view. D apical portion of first valvula. E second valvula, lateral view. F apical portion of second valvula. G second valvifer and gonoplac, lateral view. H apical portion of gonoplac. Scale bars in mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e81961.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/798162" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">9C</figureCitation>
) 2 
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longer than wide; lateral margins rounded. First valvula (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Acuera adspersa, female. A distal portion of abdomen, ventral view. B distal portion of abdomen, lateral view. C first valvifer and first valvula, lateral view. D apical portion of first valvula. E second valvula, lateral view. F apical portion of second valvula. G second valvifer and gonoplac, lateral view. H apical portion of gonoplac. Scale bars in mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e81961.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/798162" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">9C, D</figureCitation>
) narrow, 10 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
longer than wide, not broadened on median third. Second valvula (Fig. 
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) 11 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
longer than wide; dorsal protuberance absent; dorsal margin with teeth present from apical third to apex.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="79" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">Material examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">
<collectingCountry name="Brazil">Brazil</collectingCountry>
: 
<collectingRegion country="Brazil" name="Mato Grosso">Mato Grosso</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
: 
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
, &quot;Brasil, MT, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Cotriguaçu">Cotriguacu</normalizedToken>
, Faz.[Fazenda]\ 
<normalizedToken originalValue="São">Sao</normalizedToken>
Nicolau, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="09.8559" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-9.8559">09.8559°S</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="58.2486" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-58.2486">58.2486°W</geoCoordinate>
, 
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.3" unit="m" value="230.0">230m</quantity>
, light trap,\ 
<date value="2017-06-26" valueMax="2017-06-29" valueMin="2017-06-26">26-29.vi.2017</date>
, RR Cavichioli\ &amp; AC Domahovski&quot; (DZUP); 
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
, &quot;Brasil, MT, Novo Mundo, Pq.\ Est. do Cristalino, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="09.4517" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-9.4517">09.4517°S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate degrees="55.8396" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-55.8396">55.8396°W</geoCoordinate>
, 
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.4" unit="m" value="240.0">240m</quantity>
, malaise,\ 
<date value="2017-06-21" valueMax="2017-06-25" valueMin="2017-06-21">21-25.vi.2017</date>
, Cavichioli,\ Melo, Domahovski &amp; Muniz&quot; (DZUP). - 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Pará">
<collectingRegion country="Brazil" name="Para">Para</collectingRegion>
</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
: 
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
, &quot;Alter do 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Chão">Chao</normalizedToken>
\ 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Pará">
<collectingRegion country="Brazil" name="Para">Para</collectingRegion>
</normalizedToken>
- Brasil\ 
<date value="1989-09-19">19.IX.1989</date>
\ Exp.[
<normalizedToken originalValue="Expedição">Expedicao</normalizedToken>
] Perm.[Permanente] Amaz.[
<normalizedToken originalValue="Amazônia]”">Amazonia]&quot;</normalizedToken>
(MZSP); 
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
, &quot;Brasil: 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Pará">
<collectingRegion country="Brazil" name="Para">Para</collectingRegion>
</normalizedToken>
\ Gorotire 51W 8S\ D A Posey col\ 
<date value="1978-08-18">18.VIII.1978</date>
&quot;, &quot; MPEG 05028158&quot; (MPEG). - 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Rondônia">
<collectingRegion country="Brazil" name="Rondonia">Rondonia</collectingRegion>
</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
: 
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
, &quot;Brasil, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Rondônia">
<collectingRegion country="Brazil" name="Rondonia">Rondonia</collectingRegion>
</normalizedToken>
, Flona\ Jamari, 03/ 
<date value="2012-09-05">05.IX.2012</date>
\ (malaise) 
<geoCoordinate degrees="9" direction="south" minutes="15" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="35" value="-9.259722">9°15′35″S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate degrees="62" direction="west" minutes="54" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="47" value="-62.913055">62°54′47″W</geoCoordinate>
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.1" unit="m" value="110.0">110m</quantity>
\ R.R. Cavichioli leg.&quot; (DZUP); 
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
, &quot;Brasil, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Rondônia">
<collectingRegion country="Brazil" name="Rondonia">Rondonia</collectingRegion>
</normalizedToken>
, Porto\ Velho, Rio Madeira\ 
<geoCoordinate degrees="09" direction="south" minutes="35" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="29" value="-9.591389">09°35′29″S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate degrees="65" direction="west" minutes="02" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="57" value="-65.049164">65°02′57″W</geoCoordinate>
\ Malaise 
<date value="2011-06-18" valueMax="2011-06-29" valueMin="2011-06-18">18-29.VI.2011</date>
\ Albuquerque &amp; Ferreira&quot; (DZUP); 
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
, 
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
, &quot;Brasil, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Rondônia">
<collectingRegion country="Brazil" name="Rondonia">Rondonia</collectingRegion>
</normalizedToken>
, Porto\ Velho, Rio Madeira\ 
<geoCoordinate degrees="09" direction="south" minutes="35" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="29" value="-9.591389">09°35′29″S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate degrees="65" direction="west" minutes="02" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="57" value="-65.049164">65°02′57″W</geoCoordinate>
\ Malaise 
<date value="2012-09-04" valueMax="2012-09-18" valueMin="2012-09-04">04-18.IX.2012</date>
\ MA 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Ullysséa">Ullyssea</normalizedToken>
&amp; LP Prado&quot; (MZSP); 
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
, &quot;Brasil, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Rondônia">
<collectingRegion country="Brazil" name="Rondonia">Rondonia</collectingRegion>
</normalizedToken>
, Porto\ Velho, Rio Madeira\ 
<geoCoordinate degrees="09" direction="south" minutes="38" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="05" value="-9.634722">09°38′05″S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate degrees="65" direction="west" minutes="27" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="11" value="-65.45305">65°27′11″W</geoCoordinate>
\ Malaise 
<date value="2011-03-28" valueMax="2011-04-08" valueMin="2011-03-28">28.III-8.IV.2011</date>
\ Silva &amp; Albuquerque&quot; (MZSP); 
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
, &quot;Brasil, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Rondônia">
<collectingRegion country="Brazil" name="Rondonia">Rondonia</collectingRegion>
</normalizedToken>
, Porto\ Velho, Rio Madeira\ 
<geoCoordinate degrees="09" direction="south" minutes="38" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="06" value="-9.635">09°38′06″S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate degrees="65" direction="west" minutes="27" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="11" value="-65.45305">65°27′11″W</geoCoordinate>
\ Malaise 
<date value="2011-01-05" valueMax="2011-01-17" valueMin="2011-01-05">05-17.I.2011</date>
\ RRSilva &amp; RSProbst leg&quot; (MZSP); 
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
, &quot;Brasil, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Rondônia">
<collectingRegion country="Brazil" name="Rondonia">Rondonia</collectingRegion>
</normalizedToken>
, Porto\ Velho, Rio Madeira\ 
<geoCoordinate degrees="09" direction="south" minutes="26" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="14" value="-9.4372225">09°26′14″S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate degrees="64" direction="west" minutes="49" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="58" value="-64.83278">64°49′58″W</geoCoordinate>
\ Malaise 
<date value="2012-09-04" valueMax="2012-09-18" valueMin="2012-09-04">04-18.IX.2012</date>
\ MA 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Ullysséa">Ullyssea</normalizedToken>
&amp; LP Prado&quot; (MZSP); 
<specimenCount type="male">2♂</specimenCount>
, &quot;Brasil, RO, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Itapuâ">Itapua</normalizedToken>
do\ Oeste, Flona Jamari\ 
<geoCoordinate degrees="09" direction="south" minutes="11" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="42" value="-9.195">09°11′42″S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate degrees="63" direction="west" minutes="03" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="35" value="-63.059723">63°03′35″W</geoCoordinate>
\ 
<date value="2014-10-09">09.X.2014</date>
Luz J.A.\ Rafael, F.F. Xavier, R.\ M. Vieira &amp; R. H. Aquino&quot; (DZRJ); 
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
, &quot;Brasil 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Rondônia">
<collectingRegion country="Brazil" name="Rondonia">Rondonia</collectingRegion>
</normalizedToken>
\ Ouro Preto do Oeste\ 
<date value="1986-09-01" valueMax="1986-09-03" valueMin="1986-09-01">1a3.IX.1986</date>
&quot;, &quot;Brasil 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Rondônia">
<collectingRegion country="Brazil" name="Rondonia">Rondonia</collectingRegion>
</normalizedToken>
\ F.F. Ramos&quot;, &quot;Armadilha Malaise&quot;, &quot; MPEG 05028051&quot; (MPEG). - 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">
<collectingCountry name="Peru">Peru</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
: 
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
, &quot;Peru\ 
<collectingRegion country="Peru" name="Madre de Dios">Madre de Dios</collectingRegion>
\ sw Pto [Puerto] Maldonato\ 
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.9" unit="m" value="290.0">290m</quantity>
\ BM 1989-70&quot; (DZUP).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="79" type="remarks">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Acuera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acuera adspersa" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="adspersa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">Acuera adspersa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was recovered as sister group of 
<taxonomicName family="Cicadellidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. laudara" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="79" rank="species" species="laudara">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">A. laudara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
+ (
<taxonomicName family="Cicadellidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. umbra" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="79" rank="species" species="umbra">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">A. umbra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">sp. nov.</emphasis>
+ (
<taxonomicName family="Cicadellidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. incepta" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="79" rank="species" species="incepta">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">A. incepta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
+ 
<taxonomicName family="Cicadellidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. levara" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="79" rank="species" species="levara">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">A. levara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
)) with low support (SR &lt;50), supported by one synapomorphy, 100:1, pygofer with pair of small, rounded processes at apex, and one homoplasy, 113:0, subgenital plate, ventral surface with microsetae absent (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Phylogenetic relationships of Acuera found in the implied weighting analysis for the two equally most parsimonious trees, K = 3.700 and 4.284, length = 514, consistency index = 0.362, retention index = 0.771. Symmetric resampling values (&lt;50) are marked next to branches; red stars represent the type species of the three subgenera of Acuera. Synapomorphies are marked with black circles, while homoplasies are marked with empty circles." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e81961.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/798160" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">7</figureCitation>
). 
<bibRefCitation author="DeLong, DM" journalOrPublisher="Ohio Journal of Science" pageId="0" pageNumber="79" publicationUrl="https://www.jstor.org/stable/25082487" refId="B7" refString="DeLong, DM, Freytag, PH, 1972. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25082487" url="https://www.jstor.org/stable/25082487" year="1972">DeLong and Freytag (1972</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation author="DeLong, DM" journalOrPublisher="Ohio Journal of Science" pageId="0" pageNumber="79" pagination="185 - 200" publicationUrl="http://hdl.handle.net/1811/22218" refId="B8" refString="DeLong, DM, Freytag, PH, 1974. Studies of the Gyponinae: the genus Acuera (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Ohio Journal of Science 74 (3): 185 - 200, http://hdl.handle.net/1811/22218" title="Studies of the Gyponinae: the genus Acuera (Homoptera: Cicadellidae)." url="http://hdl.handle.net/1811/22218" volume="74" year="1974">1974</bibRefCitation>
) recorded 
<taxonomicName family="Cicadellidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. adspersa" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="79" rank="species" species="adspersa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">A. adspersa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for Argentina. Based on the large amount of material studied here, this record appears to be incorrect as this species was only collected in the Amazon biome. The species found in Argentina and southern Brazil are 
<taxonomicName family="Cicadellidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. incepta" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="79" rank="species" species="incepta">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">A. incepta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName family="Cicadellidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. levara" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="79" rank="species" species="levara">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">A. levara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
which externally are similar to 
<taxonomicName family="Cicadellidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. adspersa" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="79" rank="species" species="adspersa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">A. adspersa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and can easily be miss-identified as the former.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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