Allocyphotes waoraniorum Gonzalez-Mozo, 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 : 520-522

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5380.6.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259546
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treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Allocyphotes waoraniorum Gonzalez-Mozo
status	sp. nov.

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Allocyphotes waoraniorum Gonzalez-Mozo sp. nov.

( Figures. 14D View FIGURE 14 ; 15D View FIGURE 15 ; 16D View FIGURE 16 ; 17C View FIGURE 17 ; 18D View FIGURE 18 ; 19D View FIGURE 19 ; 20I–L View FIGURE 20 )

Diagnosis. In lateral view pronotum evenly convex; coloration homogeneous without black marks over the pronotum; humeral angle strongly trilobate.

Description. Color. Head, pronotum and legs light brown. Sculpture. Pubescent, pronotum tuberculate, covered with small knots more conspicuous in metopidium and carina media ( Fig. 16D View FIGURE 16 ), three longitudinal elevated rugae on each side of carina media extended and subdivide irregularly from humeral angles. Head. Vertex with a linear groove between ocelli and superior margin of the head, frontoclypeus apex acute ( Fig. 14D View FIGURE 14 ). Thorax. Pronotum. In lateral view, low, metopidium strongly convex, elevated, preapical part of posterior pronotal process evenly convex, posterior process gradually descending ( Fig. 15D View FIGURE 15 ); in dorsal view, humeral angle auriculate, markedly trilobate, with two small mesal conical swellings, posterolateral area of pronotum not extended laterally ( Fig. 16D View FIGURE 16 ). Forewings. s crossvein present anterior of r-m ( Fig. 17C View FIGURE 17 ). Abdomen. Male. Subgenital and lateral plate margin dorsal rounded ( Fig. 20I, J View FIGURE 20 ); aedeagus in lateral view scoop-shaped, concave, corona without conspicuous denticuli ( Fig. 20K View FIGURE 20 ), style superior margin pointed, in posterior view distal area of style curved anteriorly ( Fig. 20L View FIGURE 20 ). Female. First valvulae. Ventral interlocking device sinuate (VID) bent downwards ( Fig. 18D View FIGURE 18 ). Second valvulae. Dorso-apical margin finely serrate ( Fig 19D View FIGURE 19 ).

Measurements. male/female (mm): Total length 5.62/7.08; head width 1.70/1.92; head length 1.36/1.42; pronotum length 4.54/6.06; width between humeral angles 3.16/ 4.03.

Etymology. This species is named after the indigenous people, Waorani, who inhabit the protected area in the Amazonian region of Ecuador where this and other Darnini species were collected.

Distribution. Ecuador.

Material examined. Holotype male, pinned. (♂ QCAZ 273214 View Materials ). Original label “ ECUADOR, Orellana: Reserva Etnica Waorani, 1k S. Onkone Gare Camp Transect Ent, 216.3m, 1-Oct-1996, 00° 39’ 25.7” S 076° 27’ 10.8” W, T. L Erwin et al. Fogging terre firme forest, Lot #1700” GoogleMaps . Paratype female, pinned. (♀ QCAZI 273215). Original label “ ECUADOR, Orellana: Reserva Etnica Waorani, 1k S. Onkone Gare Camp Transect Ent, 216.3m, 21-Jun-1996, 00° 39’ 25.7” S 076° 27’ 10.8” W, T. L Erwin et al. Fogging terre firme forest, Lot #1560” 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, 216.3m, 1-OCT-1996, 00° 39’ 25.7” S 076° 27’ 10.8” W, T. L Erwin et al. Fogging terre firme forest, Lot #1700” GoogleMaps . Paratype female, pinned abdomen and genitalia in vial. (U SNM: 1 female). “ ECUADOR, Orellana: Reserva Etnica Waorani , 1k S. Onkone Gare Camp Transect Ent, 216.3m, 3-JUL-1995, 00° 39’ 25.7” S 076° 27’ 10.8” W, T. L Erwin et al. Fogging terre firme forest, Lot #1099” GoogleMaps .

Comments. Closely resembling A. insolita (see A. insolita comments). In contrast to other Allocyphotes species, preapical part of pronotum of A. waoraniorum sp. nov. is evenly convex, and the coloration is homogeneous without black marks over the pronotum. As A. pompanoni , knots are present over the metopidium in A. waoraniorumi , but the posterolateral area of pronotum is not projected laterally.