Phera carbonaria (Melichar 1924)

Dellapé, Gimena, 2015, Description of the female terminalia of twenty species of Proconiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Argentina, Zootaxa 3915 (4), pp. 521-539 : 529-530

Phera carbonaria (Melichar 1924)

Diagnosis. Crown and pronotum brownish, with longitudinal yellow line; proepimeron with lower marginal area depressed; anal veins fused along considerable distance. Male: aedeagus symmetrical, with pair of widely divergent and curved ventral processes.

Female terminalia. Abdominal sternite VII, in ventral view ( Fig. 16 ), with lateral margins slightly convergent posteriorly, lateroposterior margins obtuse, and posterior margin with shallow elongated median emargination; surface with numerous scattered microsetae. Pygofer, in lateral view, moderately produced posteriorly; surface with scattered microsetae and a few macrosetae on posterior third of disc. First valvifers, in lateral view, longer than tall; with small spiniform processes on ventral region and fine setae on posterior margin. First ovipositor valvulae, in lateral view, rectilinear beyond basal curvature; dorsal and ventral sculptured areas formed by scalelike processes arranged in oblique lines; apex acute ( Fig. 36 ), with denticles on dorsal and ventral margins. Second valvulae, in lateral view, rectilinear beyond basal curvature; dorsal margin of blade bearing 56 to 60 noncontiguous teeth, each tooth square-shaped, with denticles on posterior and dorsal margins ( Fig. 56 ); ducts extending toward teeth and toward apical blade portion; apex rounded ( Fig. 76 ), with denticles on dorsal and ventral margins; slight preapical ventral prominence. Gonoplacs, in lateral view, with small spiniform processes on ventral margin; apex rounded.

Material examined. ARGENTINA. Misiones: 3♂, without other data; Dep. Concepción, Santa María, 1♂, X/1946, M.J. Viana ( MACN); Aristóbulo del Valle, 1♀, 2/XII/1960, A. Ogloblin; Iguazú, 3♂ 1♀, 10/XI/1973, Tonsic & Willink; 1♂, 4/IV/1910, Jörgensen; 1♂, 31/VIII/1910, Jörgensen; Parque Provincial Urugua-i, 1♂, 13/ XII/1957; San Javier, 1♂, 16/XII/1957, Biraben; Iguazú, 1♂, XI/1944, Biraben; Route 211 km 36, 26 °55´55´´S 54°43´4´´W, 1♀, 5/I/2008, light trap, C.H. Dietrich ( MLP); Iguazú, 2♂, 10/XI/1973, Tonsic & Willink; Parque Nacional Iguazú, 1♂ 1♀, 10/XI/1973, Tonsic & Willink; Dos de Mayo, 1♂, 18/XI/1973, Escobar & Claps ( IMLA).

Distribution. Brazil, Paraguay ( Young 1968) and Argentina: Misiones ( Paradell et al. 2012).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 20. Abdominal sternite VII (ventral view): 1 — Acrogonia citrina, 2 — Acrogonia virescens, 3 — Anacuerna centrolinea, 4 — Dechacona missionum, 5 — Diestostemma ptolyca, 6 — Egidemia speculifera, 7 — Homalodisca ignorata, 8 — Molomea cincta, 9 — Molomea confluens, 10 — Molomea consolida, 11 — Molomea lineiceps, 12 — Oncometopia expansa, 13 — Oncometopia facialis, 14 — Oncometopia tucumana, 15 — Oncometopia venata, 16 — Phera carbonaria, 17 — Tapajosa doeringi, 18 — Tapajosa rubromarginata, 19 — Tapajosa similis, 20 — Teletusa limpida. Scale: 1 mm.

FIGURES 21 – 40. First valvulae of ovipositor, apex (lateral view): 21 — Acrogonia citrina, 22 — Acrogonia virescens, 23 — Anacuerna centrolinea, 24 — Dechacona missionum, 25 — Diestostemma ptolyca, 26 — Egidemia speculifera, 27 — Homalodisca ignorata, 28 — Molomea cincta, 29 — Molomea confluens, 30 — Molomea consolida, 31 — Molomea lineiceps, 32 — Oncometopia expansa, 33 — Oncometopia facialis, 34 — Oncometopia tucumana, 35 — Oncometopia venata, 36 — Phera carbonaria, 37 — Tapajosa doeringi, 38 — Tapajosa rubromarginata, 39 — Tapajosa similis, 40 — Teletusa limpida. Scale: 0,1 mm.

FIGURES 41 – 60. Second valvulae of ovipositor, teeth of dorsal margin (lateral view): 41 — Acrogonia citrina, 42 — Acrogonia virescens, 43 — Anacuerna centrolinea, 44 — Dechacona missionum, 45 — Diestostemma ptolyca, 46 — Egidemia speculifera, 47 — Homalodisca ignorata, 48 — Molomea cincta, 49 — Molomea confluens, 50 — Molomea consolida, 51 — Molomea lineiceps, 52 — Oncometopia expansa, 53 — Oncometopia facialis, 54 — Oncometopia tucumana, 55 — Oncometopia venata, 56 — Phera carbonaria, 57 — Tapajosa doeringi, 58 — Tapajosa rubromarginata, 59 — Tapajosa similis, 60 — Teletusa limpida. Scale: 0,1 mm.

FIGURES 61 – 80. Second valvulae of ovipositor, apex (lateral view): 61 — Acrogonia citrina, 62 — Acrogonia virescens, 63 — Anacuerna centrolinea, 64 — Dechacona missionum, 65 — Diestostemma ptolyca, 66 — Egidemia speculifera, 67 — Homalodisca ignorata, 68 — Molomea cincta, 69 — Molomea confluens, 70 — Molomea consolida, 71 — Molomea lineiceps, 72 — Oncometopia expansa, 73 — Oncometopia facialis, 74 — Oncometopia tucumana, 75 — Oncometopia venata, 76 — Phera carbonaria, 77 — Tapajosa doeringi, 78 — Tapajosa rubromarginata, 79 — Tapajosa similis, 80 — Teletusa limpida. Scale: 0,1 mm.