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(
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and
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Length. Male
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Body, dorsal view: (17)
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, male (l. 9.4 mm). (20)
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on a leaf of
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at Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais State (1,279 m a.s.l.); photo: André Almeida Alves, October 10, 2019.
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Head (
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and
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), in dorsal view, well produced anteriorly, median length of crown approximately fourfifths of interocular width and two-fifths of transocular width; anterior margin, in dorsal view, subangulate, without carina at transition from crown to face; ocelli located behind imaginary line between anterior angles of compound eyes, each ocellus closer to adjacent anterior eye angle than to median line of crown; coronal surface without sculpturing or setae; frontogenal suture extending onto crown to near ocellus. Antennal ledge, in dorsal view, not protuberant, not carinate dorsally; in lateral view, with anterior margin almost rectilinear and vertical. Frons convex; muscle impressions distinct; epistomal suture incomplete; clypeus not protuberant, in profile continuing contour of frons superiorly and more nearly horizontal inferiorly.
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Thorax (
<figureCitation id="135AC5F00D46FF83FEFD159D273ECEE5" box="[296,381,439,465]" captionStart="FIGURES 1720" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1900,1924]" captionTargetBox="[391,1197,748,1877]" captionTargetId="figure-233@6.[391,1197,740,1877]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 1720. Body, dorsal view: (17) Balacha ancora sp. nov., male (length 4.8 mm); (18) Balacha nigroflava sp. nov., male (l. 5.8 mm); (19) Balacha rubripennis Cavichioli &amp; Sakakibara, 1988, male (l. 9.4 mm). (20) Balacha ancora sp. nov. on a leaf of Actinocephalus polyanthus (Bong.) Sano (Eriocaulaceae) at Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais State (1,279 m a.s.l.); photo: André Almeida Alves, October 10, 2019." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4425450" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4425450/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="549">Figs 18</figureCitation>
and
<figureCitation id="135AC5F00D46FF83FE60159D2791CEE5" box="[437,466,439,465]" captionStart="FIGURES 2126" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1832,1856]" captionTargetBox="[160,1422,678,1797]" captionTargetId="figure-227@7.[151,1436,669,1808]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 2126. Balacha nigroflava sp. nov., male. (21) Head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsal view. (2226) Terminalia: (22) pygofer, lateral view; (23) valve and subgenital plate (only the insertion points of most macrosetae were illustrated), ventral view; (24) style, connective, and paraphyses, dorsal view; (25) aedeagus, lateral view; (26) aedeagus, ejaculatory bulb, and anal tube, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4425452" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4425452/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="549">21</figureCitation>
) with pronotal width less than transocular width of head; lateral margins of pronotum parallel, posterior margin emarginated; dorsolateral carina incomplete; disc with transverse striae on posterior half. Mesonotum with scutellum slightly transversely striate. Forewing coriaceous, without distinct apical membranous area; veins not elevated, distinct only on area of apical cells. Hind leg with femoral setal formula 2:1:1; length of first tarsomere greater than combined length of two more distal tarsomeres; with two parallel rows of small setae on plantar surface.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BDED9750D46FF83FF4213022710C898" blockId="7.[151,1437,1832,1964]" pageId="7" pageNumber="549">
<emphasis id="B91505670D46FF83FF4213022717C874" bold="true" box="[151,340,1832,1856]" pageId="7" pageNumber="549">FIGURES 2126.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91505670D46FF83FE8F1302245DC874" box="[346,542,1832,1856]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="549">Balacha nigroflava</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B91505670D46FF83FDF113032436C875" bold="true" box="[548,629,1833,1857]" pageId="7" pageNumber="549">
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</emphasis>
, male. (21) Head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsal view. (2226) Terminalia: (22) pygofer, lateral view; (23) valve and subgenital plate (only the insertion points of most macrosetae were illustrated), ventral view; (24) style, connective, and paraphyses, dorsal view; (25) aedeagus, lateral view; (26) aedeagus, ejaculatory bulb, and anal tube, ventral view.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B91505670D49FF8CFF4212D62717C820" bold="true" box="[151,340,1788,1812]" pageId="8" pageNumber="550">FIGURES 2737.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91505670D49FF8CFE8C12D6245EC820" box="[345,541,1788,1812]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="550">Balacha nigroflava</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91505670D49FF8CFDF712D72430C821" bold="true" box="[546,627,1789,1813]" pageId="8" pageNumber="550">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A226B81C0D49FF8CFDF712D72430C821" box="[546,627,1789,1813]" pageId="8" pageNumber="550" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, female. (27) Sternite VII, ventral view. (28) Pygofer, lateral view (gonangulum also illustrated). (2930) First ovipositor valvula and valvifer: (29) general lateral view; (30) valvifer and basal portion of valvula at a higher magnification, lateral view. (3136) Second ovipositor valvula: (31) general lateral view; (32) teeth at basal portion (two blades shown); (33) tooth at median portion; (34) tooth at apical portion; (35) denticles at apical portion; (36) preapical prominence. (37) Second valvifer and gonoplac, lateral view. DEN: denticle; DSA: dorsal sculptured area; DUC: duct; GON: gonangulum; PPR: preapical prominence; RAM: ramus; TOO: tooth; VID: ventral interlocking device; VL1: first valvifer; VL2: second valvifer; VSA: ventral sculptured area.
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<paragraph id="8BDED9750D48FF8DFF1214BD22B6CE75" blockId="9.[151,1436,151,321]" pageId="9" pageNumber="551">
Color (
<figureCitation id="135AC5F00D48FF8DFEC314BD2729CF85" box="[278,362,151,177]" captionStart="FIGURES 1720" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1900,1924]" captionTargetBox="[391,1197,748,1877]" captionTargetId="figure-233@6.[391,1197,740,1877]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 1720. Body, dorsal view: (17) Balacha ancora sp. nov., male (length 4.8 mm); (18) Balacha nigroflava sp. nov., male (l. 5.8 mm); (19) Balacha rubripennis Cavichioli &amp; Sakakibara, 1988, male (l. 9.4 mm). (20) Balacha ancora sp. nov. on a leaf of Actinocephalus polyanthus (Bong.) Sano (Eriocaulaceae) at Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais State (1,279 m a.s.l.); photo: André Almeida Alves, October 10, 2019." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4425450" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4425450/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="551">Fig. 18</figureCitation>
). Dorsum dark brown to black. Antennal ledge with basal portion brown. Pronotum with broad, greenish-yellow transverse stripe. Forewing with three conspicuous greenish-yellow markings: (1) transverse transcommissural stripe on basal portion of clavus, originating at claval sulcus; (2) oblique stripe on basal half of corium, adjacent to claval sulcus and connected to claval stripe; and (3) transverse transcommissural stripe extending from costal margin to claval apex. Face, thorax including legs, and abdomen mostly dark brown to black.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BDED9750D48FF8DFF42123624F4C9F0" blockId="9.[151,1437,1564,1732]" pageId="9" pageNumber="551">
<emphasis id="B91505670D48FF8DFF4212362763C900" bold="true" box="[151,288,1564,1588]" pageId="9" pageNumber="551">FIGURE 38.</emphasis>
Preferred topology for the phylogenetic analysis of
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<emphasis id="B91505670D48FF8DFCFB123625C1C900" box="[814,898,1564,1588]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="551">Balacha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on morphological data and obtained under implied weights (
<emphasis id="B91505670D48FF8DFEF8126A277BC96C" box="[301,312,1600,1624]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="551">k</emphasis>
= 1.599 to 7.412). OG: outgroup. Ancestral area distributions, as recovered by S-DIVA (based on eight equally most parsimonious trees under equal weights), and known distribution of species are given by colored circles. Each color represents an area shown in the accompanying maps (Figs 39 and 40). Sharpshooter images from
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Wilson
<emphasis id="B91505670D48FF8DFB4112A3228BC994" box="[1172,1224,1672,1696]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="551">et al.</emphasis>
(2009)
</bibRefCitation>
, except those of
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<emphasis id="B91505670D48FF8DFF661287274DC9F0" box="[179,270,1708,1732]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="551">B. lepida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C61A2F60D48FF8DFECE128727EEC9F0" authorityName="Cavichioli &amp; Sakakibara" authorityYear="1988" box="[283,429,1708,1732]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Balacha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="551" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rubripennis">
<emphasis id="B91505670D48FF8DFECE128727EEC9F0" box="[283,429,1708,1732]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="551">B. rubripennis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and the two new species.
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<paragraph id="8BDED9750D48FF8EFF1212D8268ECFCD" blockId="9.[151,1437,1778,2021]" lastBlockId="10.[151,1437,150,1221]" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="552" pageId="9" pageNumber="551">
Male terminalia. Pygofer (
<figureCitation id="135AC5F00D48FF8DFE2112D8240AC838" box="[500,585,1778,1804]" captionStart="FIGURES 2126" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1832,1856]" captionTargetBox="[160,1422,678,1797]" captionTargetId="figure-227@7.[151,1436,669,1808]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 2126. Balacha nigroflava sp. nov., male. (21) Head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsal view. (2226) Terminalia: (22) pygofer, lateral view; (23) valve and subgenital plate (only the insertion points of most macrosetae were illustrated), ventral view; (24) style, connective, and paraphyses, dorsal view; (25) aedeagus, lateral view; (26) aedeagus, ejaculatory bulb, and anal tube, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4425452" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4425452/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="551">Fig. 22</figureCitation>
), in lateral view, well produced posteriorly; posterior margin truncate with subacute apex; disc with macrosetae distributed mostly on posterior half; without processes. Valve (
<figureCitation id="135AC5F00D48FF8DFACC133C232CC804" box="[1305,1391,1814,1840]" captionStart="FIGURES 2126" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1832,1856]" captionTargetBox="[160,1422,678,1797]" captionTargetId="figure-227@7.[151,1436,669,1808]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 2126. Balacha nigroflava sp. nov., male. (21) Head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsal view. (2226) Terminalia: (22) pygofer, lateral view; (23) valve and subgenital plate (only the insertion points of most macrosetae were illustrated), ventral view; (24) style, connective, and paraphyses, dorsal view; (25) aedeagus, lateral view; (26) aedeagus, ejaculatory bulb, and anal tube, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4425452" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4425452/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="551">Fig. 23</figureCitation>
), in ventral view, subrectangular. Subgenital plate (
<figureCitation id="135AC5F00D48FF8DFD74131024B7C860" box="[673,756,1850,1876]" captionStart="FIGURES 2126" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1832,1856]" captionTargetBox="[160,1422,678,1797]" captionTargetId="figure-227@7.[151,1436,669,1808]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 2126. Balacha nigroflava sp. nov., male. (21) Head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsal view. (2226) Terminalia: (22) pygofer, lateral view; (23) valve and subgenital plate (only the insertion points of most macrosetae were illustrated), ventral view; (24) style, connective, and paraphyses, dorsal view; (25) aedeagus, lateral view; (26) aedeagus, ejaculatory bulb, and anal tube, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4425452" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4425452/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="551">Fig. 23</figureCitation>
), in ventral view, elongate, distinctly narrowed at apical twothirds; apex rounded; with uniseriate macrosetae; plates separated from each other throughout their length; in lateral view, not extending posteriorly as far as pygofer apex. Style (
<figureCitation id="135AC5F00D48FF8DFCEE13A825CEC8A8" box="[827,909,1922,1948]" captionStart="FIGURES 2126" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1832,1856]" captionTargetBox="[160,1422,678,1797]" captionTargetId="figure-227@7.[151,1436,669,1808]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 2126. Balacha nigroflava sp. nov., male. (21) Head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsal view. (2226) Terminalia: (22) pygofer, lateral view; (23) valve and subgenital plate (only the insertion points of most macrosetae were illustrated), ventral view; (24) style, connective, and paraphyses, dorsal view; (25) aedeagus, lateral view; (26) aedeagus, ejaculatory bulb, and anal tube, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4425452" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4425452/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="551">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
), in dorsal view, short but extending posteriorly farther than apex of connective; with preapical lobe; apical portion digitiform and with few small setae on outer margin. Connective (
<figureCitation id="135AC5F00D48FF8DFE5713E02795C8D0" box="[386,470,1994,2020]" captionStart="FIGURES 2126" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1832,1856]" captionTargetBox="[160,1422,678,1797]" captionTargetId="figure-227@7.[151,1436,669,1808]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 2126. Balacha nigroflava sp. nov., male. (21) Head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsal view. (2226) Terminalia: (22) pygofer, lateral view; (23) valve and subgenital plate (only the insertion points of most macrosetae were illustrated), ventral view; (24) style, connective, and paraphyses, dorsal view; (25) aedeagus, lateral view; (26) aedeagus, ejaculatory bulb, and anal tube, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4425452" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4425452/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="551">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
), in dorsal view, T-shaped; stalk shorter than arms, with median keel. Paraphyses (
<figureCitation id="135AC5F00D48FF8EFABA13E026F7CF85" captionStart="FIGURES 2126" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1832,1856]" captionTargetBox="[160,1422,678,1797]" captionTargetId="figure-227@7.[151,1436,669,1808]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 2126. Balacha nigroflava sp. nov., male. (21) Head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsal view. (2226) Terminalia: (22) pygofer, lateral view; (23) valve and subgenital plate (only the insertion points of most macrosetae were illustrated), ventral view; (24) style, connective, and paraphyses, dorsal view; (25) aedeagus, lateral view; (26) aedeagus, ejaculatory bulb, and anal tube, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4425452" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4425452/files/figure.png" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="552" pageId="9" pageNumber="551">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
) strongly reduced, bilobed apically. Aedeagus (
<figureCitation id="135AC5F00D4BFF8EFD0514BD253FCF86" box="[720,892,150,178]" captionStart="FIGURES 2126" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1832,1856]" captionTargetBox="[160,1422,678,1797]" captionTargetId="figure-227@7.[151,1436,669,1808]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 2126. Balacha nigroflava sp. nov., male. (21) Head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsal view. (2226) Terminalia: (22) pygofer, lateral view; (23) valve and subgenital plate (only the insertion points of most macrosetae were illustrated), ventral view; (24) style, connective, and paraphyses, dorsal view; (25) aedeagus, lateral view; (26) aedeagus, ejaculatory bulb, and anal tube, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4425452" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4425452/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="552">Figs 25 and 26</figureCitation>
) symmetrical; shaft, in lateral view, cylindrical, slender, not curved at base through 180º; pair of slender apical processes articulated with shaft by membranous area.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDED9750D4BFF8EFF1215292592CDF9" blockId="10.[151,1437,150,1221]" pageId="10" pageNumber="552">
Female terminalia. Sternite VII (
<figureCitation id="135AC5F00D4BFF8EFDE9152924D2CE29" box="[572,657,259,285]" captionStart="FIGURES 2737" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1788,1812]" captionTargetBox="[217,1376,191,1757]" captionTargetId="figure-17@8.[206,1381,181,1764]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 2737. Balacha nigroflava sp. nov., female. (27) Sternite VII, ventral view. (28) Pygofer, lateral view (gonangulum also illustrated). (2930) First ovipositor valvula and valvifer: (29) general lateral view; (30) valvifer and basal portion of valvula at a higher magnification, lateral view. (3136) Second ovipositor valvula: (31) general lateral view; (32) teeth at basal portion (two blades shown); (33) tooth at median portion; (34) tooth at apical portion; (35) denticles at apical portion; (36) preapical prominence. (37) Second valvifer and gonoplac, lateral view. DEN: denticle; DSA: dorsal sculptured area; DUC: duct; GON: gonangulum; PPR: preapical prominence; RAM: ramus; TOO: tooth; VID: ventral interlocking device; VL1: first valvifer; VL2: second valvifer; VSA: ventral sculptured area." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4425454" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4425454/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="552">Fig. 27</figureCitation>
), in ventral view, not strongly produced posteriorly; anterior margin approximately straight; posterior margin concave on each side of slight median lobe. Sternite VIII without welldefined sclerites. Pygofer (
<figureCitation id="135AC5F00D4BFF8EFE131561245ACE51" box="[454,537,331,357]" captionStart="FIGURES 2737" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1788,1812]" captionTargetBox="[217,1376,191,1757]" captionTargetId="figure-17@8.[206,1381,181,1764]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 2737. Balacha nigroflava sp. nov., female. (27) Sternite VII, ventral view. (28) Pygofer, lateral view (gonangulum also illustrated). (2930) First ovipositor valvula and valvifer: (29) general lateral view; (30) valvifer and basal portion of valvula at a higher magnification, lateral view. (3136) Second ovipositor valvula: (31) general lateral view; (32) teeth at basal portion (two blades shown); (33) tooth at median portion; (34) tooth at apical portion; (35) denticles at apical portion; (36) preapical prominence. (37) Second valvifer and gonoplac, lateral view. DEN: denticle; DSA: dorsal sculptured area; DUC: duct; GON: gonangulum; PPR: preapical prominence; RAM: ramus; TOO: tooth; VID: ventral interlocking device; VL1: first valvifer; VL2: second valvifer; VSA: ventral sculptured area." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4425454" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4425454/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="552">Fig. 28</figureCitation>
), in lateral view, moderately produced posteriorly, subtriangular; apex narrowly rounded; macrosetae distributed mostly on posterior half of disc and extending anteriorly along ventral margin. First valvifer (
<figureCitation id="135AC5F00D4BFF8EFF2815B927EBCE99" box="[253,424,403,429]" captionStart="FIGURES 2737" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1788,1812]" captionTargetBox="[217,1376,191,1757]" captionTargetId="figure-17@8.[206,1381,181,1764]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 2737. Balacha nigroflava sp. nov., female. (27) Sternite VII, ventral view. (28) Pygofer, lateral view (gonangulum also illustrated). (2930) First ovipositor valvula and valvifer: (29) general lateral view; (30) valvifer and basal portion of valvula at a higher magnification, lateral view. (3136) Second ovipositor valvula: (31) general lateral view; (32) teeth at basal portion (two blades shown); (33) tooth at median portion; (34) tooth at apical portion; (35) denticles at apical portion; (36) preapical prominence. (37) Second valvifer and gonoplac, lateral view. DEN: denticle; DSA: dorsal sculptured area; DUC: duct; GON: gonangulum; PPR: preapical prominence; RAM: ramus; TOO: tooth; VID: ventral interlocking device; VL1: first valvifer; VL2: second valvifer; VSA: ventral sculptured area." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4425454" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4425454/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="552">Figs 29 and 30</figureCitation>
), in lateral view, subtriangular with dorsal margin concave. First valvula (
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), in lateral view, with apex acute; dorsal sculptured area extending from basal portion of blade to apex, formed by scale-like processes, mostly arranged in oblique lines; ventral sculptured area restricted to apical portion of blade, formed by scale-like processes; ventral interlocking device (
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) longer than half blade length. Second valvula (
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), in lateral view, slightly expanded on basal half and then tapering gradually towards obtuse apex; blade bearing approximately 16 teeth along dorsal margin, most teeth (
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) subtriangular, armed with irregular denticles; teeth at basal portion (
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) small and irregular; ducts extending towards teeth and apex; preapical prominence (
<figureCitation id="135AC5F00D4BFF8EFE4816A527B2CD9E" box="[413,497,655,682]" captionStart="FIGURES 2737" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1788,1812]" captionTargetBox="[217,1376,191,1757]" captionTargetId="figure-17@8.[206,1381,181,1764]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 2737. Balacha nigroflava sp. nov., female. (27) Sternite VII, ventral view. (28) Pygofer, lateral view (gonangulum also illustrated). (2930) First ovipositor valvula and valvifer: (29) general lateral view; (30) valvifer and basal portion of valvula at a higher magnification, lateral view. (3136) Second ovipositor valvula: (31) general lateral view; (32) teeth at basal portion (two blades shown); (33) tooth at median portion; (34) tooth at apical portion; (35) denticles at apical portion; (36) preapical prominence. (37) Second valvifer and gonoplac, lateral view. DEN: denticle; DSA: dorsal sculptured area; DUC: duct; GON: gonangulum; PPR: preapical prominence; RAM: ramus; TOO: tooth; VID: ventral interlocking device; VL1: first valvifer; VL2: second valvifer; VSA: ventral sculptured area." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4425454" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4425454/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="552">Fig. 36</figureCitation>
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), in lateral view, distinctly expanded on distal portion of basal half and then narrowing gradually towards rounded apex.
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<emphasis id="B91505670D4BFF8EFF1217A1270DCC91" bold="true" box="[199,334,907,933]" pageId="10" pageNumber="552">Etymology.</emphasis>
The new species name,
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).
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<emphasis id="B91505670D4BFF8EFF1217F92778CCD9" bold="true" box="[199,315,979,1005]" pageId="10" pageNumber="552">Remarks.</emphasis>
The color pattern of
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(
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) is similar to that of
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. The new taxon can be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B91505670D4BFF8EFE6E17DD247ECB25" box="[443,573,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="552">B. decorata</emphasis>
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, as well as from the remaining species of the genus, by the basal greenish-yellow markings on corium and clavus of forewings (the latter are distinctly larger in
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<emphasis id="B91505670D4BFF8EFBFF103122EECB01" box="[1066,1197,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="552">B. decorata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and by the aedeagus not curved at base through 180º (
<figureCitation id="135AC5F00D4BFF8EFDD910152423CB6D" box="[524,608,1086,1113]" captionStart="FIGURES 2126" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1832,1856]" captionTargetBox="[160,1422,678,1797]" captionTargetId="figure-227@7.[151,1436,669,1808]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 2126. Balacha nigroflava sp. nov., male. (21) Head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsal view. (2226) Terminalia: (22) pygofer, lateral view; (23) valve and subgenital plate (only the insertion points of most macrosetae were illustrated), ventral view; (24) style, connective, and paraphyses, dorsal view; (25) aedeagus, lateral view; (26) aedeagus, ejaculatory bulb, and anal tube, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4425452" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4425452/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="552">Fig. 25</figureCitation>
). In the phylogeny,
<taxonomicName id="4C61A2F60D4BFF8EFCEA10152590CB6D" authorityName="Quintas &amp; Takiya &amp; Cavichioli &amp; Mejdalani" authorityYear="2020" box="[831,979,1087,1113]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Balacha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="552" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigroflava">
<emphasis id="B91505670D4BFF8EFCEA10152590CB6D" box="[831,979,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="552">B. nigroflava</emphasis>
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was recovered as the sister species of
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<emphasis id="B91505670D4BFF8EFA51101526B8CB49" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="552">B. decorata</emphasis>
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based on the male pygofer with acute apex (character 28, state 1,
<figureCitation id="135AC5F00D4BFF8EFC3C1049227ECB49" box="[1001,1085,1123,1149]" captionStart="FIGURES 2126" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1832,1856]" captionTargetBox="[160,1422,678,1797]" captionTargetId="figure-227@7.[151,1436,669,1808]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 2126. Balacha nigroflava sp. nov., male. (21) Head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsal view. (2226) Terminalia: (22) pygofer, lateral view; (23) valve and subgenital plate (only the insertion points of most macrosetae were illustrated), ventral view; (24) style, connective, and paraphyses, dorsal view; (25) aedeagus, lateral view; (26) aedeagus, ejaculatory bulb, and anal tube, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4425452" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4425452/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="552">Fig. 22</figureCitation>
). The new species is supported by two character state changes (
<figureCitation id="135AC5F00D4BFF8EFE2B10AD2411CB95" box="[510,594,1159,1185]" captionStart="FIGURE 38" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1564,1588]" captionTargetBox="[160,1434,354,1536]" captionTargetId="figure-101@9.[151,1437,345,1540]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 38. Preferred topology for the phylogenetic analysis of Balacha based on morphological data and obtained under implied weights (k = 1.599 to 7.412). OG: outgroup.Ancestral area distributions, as recovered by S-DIVA (based on eight equally most parsimonious trees under equal weights), and known distribution of species are given by colored circles. Each color represents an area shown in the accompanying maps (Figs 39 and 40). Sharpshooter images from Wilson et al. (2009), except those of B. lepida, B. rubripennis, and the two new species." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4425456" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4425456/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="552">Fig. 38</figureCitation>
): (1) aedeagus not curved at base through 180º (c. 44, s. 0,
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) and (2) apical aedeagal pair of processes articulated with shaft by membranous area (c. 54, s. 2).
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