Allocyphotes flavus, Gonzalez-Mozo & Ware, 2023

Gonzalez-Mozo, Laura C. & Ware, Jessica L., 2023, Review of Cyphotes Burmeister, 1835 (Hemiptera: Membracidae) with the description of a related new genus, Zootaxa 5380 (6), pp. 501-525 : 517-520

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5380.6.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B6F08430-56FD-4F1A-9C2E-2BBB8D492C68
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10371493
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE772D-FFC0-FF94-FF36-1D08FD36FEE1
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Allocyphotes flavus
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Allocyphotes flavus sp. nov. Gonzalez-Mozo

( Figures. 2A View FIGURE 2 , 3D View FIGURE 3 , 14C View FIGURE 14 ; 15C View FIGURE 15 ; 16C View FIGURE 16 ; 17B View FIGURE 17 ; 18C View FIGURE 18 ; 19C View FIGURE 19 ; 20E–H View FIGURE 20 )

Diagnosis. Humeral angle triangular, pronotum densely pubescent, female first valvulae with VID bent second valvulae without teeth on dorsal margin; male style expanded posteriorly.

Description. Color. General color dark yellow and black; head dark brown, apex of frontoclypeus black; pronotum, two longitudinal yellow bands in metopidium, mesially with irregular dark brown bands that fade in posterior pronotal process, which is light brown; legs dark brown, tarsi light brown. Sculpture. Densely pubescent ( Fig. 3F View FIGURE 3 ), two elevated lines in the dorsal area of metopidium at each side of carina media. Head. Vertex grooved between ocelli and superior margin; frontoclypeus apex truncate ( Fig. 14C View FIGURE 14 ). Thorax. Pronotum. In lateral view, preapical part pronotum arched, gradually descending to pronotal apex, posterolateral pronotal area enlarged slightly compressed ( Fig. 15C View FIGURE 15 ). In dorsal view, humeral angles subtriangular, projected laterally, two middorsal conical peaks are raised at each side of carina media ( Fig. 16C View FIGURE 16 ). Forewing. s crossvein posterior to r-m, macula present in III apical cells ( Fig. 17B View FIGURE 17 ). Abdomen. Male. Subgenital and lateral plate with dorsal margin acuminate ( Figs. 20E, F View FIGURE 20 ), aedeagus in lateral view slightly flattened ( Fig. 20G View FIGURE 20 ), distinctly concave distally, corona denticulate, style expanded posteriorly ( Fig. 20H View FIGURE 20 ). Female. First valvula e, ventral interlocking device (VID) sinuate, prominence preapical present in ventral margin ( Fig. 18C View FIGURE 18 ). Second Valvulae, without tooth in dorsal margin ( Fig. 19C View FIGURE 19 ).

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.

Etymology. The name is based on the yellow ( flavus , golden-yellow) setae covering the head, pronotum, legs, and abdomen.

Distribution. Ecuador.

Material exanimated. Holotype male, pinned. (♂ QCAZ 273212 View Materials ). Original label “ ECUADOR, Orellana,

Reserva Etnica Waorani, 1k S. Onkone Gare Camp Transect Ent, 216.3m, 00° 39’ 25.7” S 076°27’10.8” W, 3-Jul-1995, T.L. Erwin et al: Fogging terre firme forest, Lot #1106.” || GoogleMaps Paratype female, pinned. (♀ QCAZ 273213 View Materials ). Original label “ ECUADOR, Orellana, Reserva Etnica Waorani, 1k S. Onkone Gare Camp Transect Ent, 216.3 m, 00° 39’ 25.7” S 076° 27’ 10.8” W, 2-JUL-1995, T.L. Erwin, Fogging terre firme forest, Lot #1068”. GoogleMaps Paratype male, pinned, abdomen and genitalia in vial. ( USNM: 1 male) Original label “ ECUADOR, Orellana, Reserva Etnica Waorani , 1k S. Onkone Gare Camp Transect Ent, 216.3 m, 00° 39’ 25.7” S 076° 27’ 10.8” W, 8-OCT-1995, T.L. Erwin, Fogging terre firme forest, Lot #11267 GoogleMaps .

Comments. A. flavus sp. nov. can be distinguished from other Allocyphotes species by the following characters: male with style expanded posteriorly, densely pubescent pronotal sculpture. Although the humeral angles are not trilobate, they are projected laterally. Other characters such as presence of the s crossvein, posterolateral pronotal area compressed and not extended beyond humeral angles, and frontoclypeus tubular, extended 1/3 beyond suprantennal ledges support its placement in Allocyphotes .