Molomea confluens ( Melichar 1925 )

Dellapé, Gimena, 2015, Description of the female terminalia of twenty species of Proconiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Argentina, Zootaxa 3915 (4), pp. 521-539 : 526

Molomea confluens ( Melichar 1925)

Diagnosis. Crown black with ivory or yellowish spots; inferior part of clypeus and clypellus black. Male: subgenital plates reach one-third of the length of pygofer; shaft of aedeagus short, with pair of elongated basal processes, curved upwards in the middle of its length.

Female terminalia. Abdominal sternite VII, in ventral view ( Fig. 9 ), with lateral margins almost parallel, lateroposterior margins narrowly rounded, and posterior margin slightly emarginate, bearing small median projection; surface with scattered microsetae. Pygofer, in lateral view, moderately produced; surface with scattered microsetae and a few macrosetae on posteroventral region of disc. First valvifers, in lateral view, longer than tall; with small spiniform processes on posterior and ventral margins. First ovipositor valvulae, in lateral view, rectilinear beyond basal curvature; dorsal and ventral sculptured areas formed mostly by scale-like processes arranged in oblique lines; apex acute ( Fig. 29 ), with denticles on dorsal and ventral margins. Second valvulae, in lateral view, rectilinear or slightly broadened beyond basal curvature and then narrowing gradually toward apex; dorsal margin of blade bearing 35 to 38 continuous teeth, each tooth subrectangular, with denticles on dorsal margin ( Fig. 49 ); ducts extending toward teeth and toward apical blade portion; apex rounded ( Fig. 69 ), with denticles on dorsal and ventral margins; preapical ventral prominence conspicuous. Gonoplacs, in lateral view, with basal half narrow and arcuate, and apical half distinctly expanded; small spiniform processes along ventral margin; apex rounded.

Material examined. ARGENTINA. Misiones: Dep. Concepción, Santa María, 5♂ 2♀, X/1946, M.J. Vianna ( MACN).

Distribution. Brazil ( Young 1968) and Argentina: Misiones ( Dellapé & Paradell 2013).

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.