Osbornellus affinis (Osborn)

Domínguez, Edwin & Godoy, Carolina, 2010, Taxonomic review of the genus Osbornellus Ball (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in Central America 2702, Zootaxa 2702, pp. 1-106 : 79

Osbornellus affinis (Osborn)

( Figs. 53a–53e)

Scaphoideus affinis Osborn 1923: 39 .

Osbornellus affinis (Osborn) . Linnavuori 1959: 216, Metcalf 1967: 2178.

Redescription. Length: 3.6–4.9 mm. Member of the species O. affinis group ( Fig. 1d). Vertex rounded; median length slightly less than width between eyes at posterior margin. Bright pale yellow, generally unmarked. Sometimes with two weak gray lines on anterior part of vertex and between ocelli, two red or gray dots on either side of anterior median vertex, or similar markings on posterior part of coronal suture. Pronotum slightly darkened, with faint band along anterior margin. Scutellum light yellow with brown spots in basal angles. Anterior wing transparent yellow, with faint brown spot at apices of claval suture and claval veins, rarely also at ends of costal veinlets.

Male genitalia: Pygofer less than twice as long as wide, moderately projected posteriorly, apex oblong, sides rounded to broad point; macrosetae long, distributed along apical third of pygofer ( Fig. 53a). Valve margins rounded, slightly curved anterior medially. Plate long, apex pointed, setae short ( Fig. 53b). Style with short apophysis, rugose, straight, apex truncate ( Fig. 53c). Aedeagus in ventral view, with narrow base, curved, with lateral margins curved and wide; shaft straight, slender, apex truncate, shorter than ventral processes ( Fig. 53d). Ventral processes arising at one-third length of aedeagus, divergent, rugose for most of length, apices pointed. In lateral view shaft slender, apex truncate, curved dorsad then caudad near apex, shorter than ventral processes; dorsal projection wide and truncate. Gonopore apical. Ventral processes very separate from shaft, tapered, slender, with sclerotized spirals, apices pointed ( Fig. 53e).

Diagnosis. Very similar in appearance to O. reversus , but in lateral view the aedeagal shaft of O. affinis is curved dorsad, then caudad near apex, whereas in O. reversus it is curved caudad, then ventrad.

Distribution. Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Bolivia; 0– 1300 m.

Material examined: COSTA RICA: Guanacaste: 2 female, 12 km SE La Cruz, Cerro El Hacha, 300m, 1988, GNP Biod. Surv., Malaise Trap ( INBio) ; 2 female, 15 Km SW Cañas Estación Experimental E. Jimenez Nuñez , 1–100m, 13-VI-1993, R. G. Allen ( INBio) ; 2 female, same locality and collector, 14-VI-1993 ( INBio) ; 2 male, same locality and collector, 15-VI-1993 ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 16-VI-1993 ( INBio) ; 2 male, same locality and collector, 17-VI-1993 ( BMNH, CAS) ; 4 male, same locality and collector, 18-VI-1993 ( MZCR) ; 2 male, 2 female, same locality and collector, 19-VI-1993 ( INBio) ; 1 male, 2 female, same locality and collector, 20-VI-1993 ( INBio) ; 4 male, 4 female, same locality and collector, 21-VI-1993 ( INBio) ; 2 female, same locality and collector, 23-VI-1993 ( INBio) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 29- VI-1993 ( INBio) ; 2 female, same locality and collector, 1-VII-1993 ( INBio) ; 2 female, same locality and collector, 3-VII-1993 ( INBio) ; 2 male, same locality and collector, 8-VII-1993 ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 9-VII-1993 ( INBio) ; 2 female, same locality and collector, 11-VII-1993 ( INBio) ; 2 female, same locality and collector, 19-VII-1993 ( INBio) ; 2 female, same locality and collector, 22-VII-1993 ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 27-VII-1993 ( INBio) ; 5 female, same locality and collector, 2- VIII-1993 ( INBio) ; 1 male, 2 female, same locality and collector, 3-VIII-1993 ( INBio) ; 4 female, same locality and collector, 4-VIII-1993 ( INBio) ; 2 male, same locality and collector, 12-VIII-1993 ( INBio) ; 2 male, same locality and collector, 13-VIII-1993 ( INBio) ; 2 female, same locality and collector, 14-VIII- 1993 ( INBio) ; 6 female, 3 Km SE Rio Naranjo, Rancho Montezuma , 14-I-1995, R.G. Allen ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 15-I-1993 ( INBio) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 16-I-1993 ( INBio) ; 1 male, 1 female, same locality and collector, 16-I-1994 ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 15-I- 1995 ( INBio) ; 2 male, Río Naranjo 3.11.1993. Nielson & Mora; 1 male, Santa Cruz, Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas, 0m, 14-XII-2000, Y. Cárdenas ( INBio) ; 8 male, 5 female, Santa Cruz, Vista del Mar, Torre Cocesana , 970m, 15-XII-2000 - 15-I-2001, Y. Cárdenas ( INBio) ; 1 female, Estación Pitilla , 9 km S Santa Cecilia, 700 m, V-1990 ( INBio) ; 1 female, Palo Verde, Refugio Nacional Fauna Silvestre Rafael Lucas Rodriguez, 10 m, X-1990, U. Chavarria ( INBio) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 25-III-21-IV-1992 ( INBio) ; 1 male, Refugio Nacional Fauna Silvestre, Estación Palo Verde , 10m, 14-III-1991, R. L. Rodriguez, U. Chavarria ( INBio) ; 1 male, Parque Nacional Santa Rosa , 19-31-I-1982, DH Janzen & W. Hallwachs ( INBio) ; 1 male, 1 female, same locality, 25-II-7-III-1995, S. Avila ( INBio) ; 3 male, 1 female, Estación Murciélago , 80m, 3-19- IX-1994, F. A. Quesada ( INBio) ; 2 female, Parque Nacional Guanacaste, Estación Murciélago , 8 km SO de Cuajiniquil, 80 m, 5-17-VII-1994, F.A. Quesada ( INBio) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 31-X-18-XI- 1994 ( INBio) . Heredia: 7 male, 1 female, Estación Biológica La Selva, 3 Km S Sarapiquí , 50-150m, 14-VI- 1993 ( INBio) ; 1 male, Estación Biológica La Selva , 100m, IX-1992, P. Hanson ( MZCR) ; 1 female, Parque Nacional Braulio Carrillo , Estación El Ceibo, 400-600m, II-1990, C. Chaves ( INBio) ; 1 male, Vara Blanca, Finca Georgina, 2100m, V-VI-1990, Hanson ( MZCR) . Limón: 1 female, Sector Cerro Cocori, 30 Km N de Cariari, 100 m, 11-12-XI-1994, E. Rojas ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 14-15-XII-1994 ( INBio) ; 2 female, same locality and collector, 17-18-XI-1994, E. Rojas, ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 20-21-III-1995, E. Rojas ( INBio) ; 2 female, Reserva Biológica Hitoy Cerere , 300m, LS 398100- 572800, 7-VI-8-VIII-1994, G. Carballo ( INBio) ; 1 female, Estación Hitoy Cerere , 100m, 11-25-V-1998, E. Rojas ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 24-IV-5-V-1998 ( INBio) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 15-II-1993 ( INBio) ; 4 male, Hitoy Cerere , 15-II-1993, M.W. Nielson, Andres Mora, G. Carballo ( INBio) , Black Light; 1 male, Estación Reserva Biológica Hitoy Cerere , 160m, 18-30-VI-1998, E. Rojas ( INBio) ; 2 female, same locality and collector, VIII-1998 ( INBio) ; 2 female, same locality and collector, IX- 1998 ( INBio) ; 2 female, same locality and collector, VII-1998 ( INBio) ; 1 female, Sector Cedrales de la Rita, 3 Km N del Puente Rio Suerte , 10m, III-1997, E. Rojas ( INBio) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, XII-1996, ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, IV-1997 ( INBio) ; 2 female, Reserva Biológica Hitoy Cerere , Valle de la Estrella, 100m, 4-III-1994, G. Carballo ( INBio) ; 1 male, Sector Cerro Cocori, 30 Km N de Cariari, 100m, 13-14-XII-1994, E. Rojas ( INBio) ; 1 female, Amubri , 70 m, 1-22-X-1994, G. Gallardo ( INBio) ; 1 female, Parque Nacional Tortuguero, Cerro Tortuguero , 100m, XII-1989, J. Solano ( INBio) ; 1 female, Parque Nacional Tortuguero, Cuatro Esquinas , 0m, IX-1989, J. Solano ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, X-1989 ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, XI-1989, J. Solano ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, IV-1997 ( INBio) ; 1 female, Sendero Espavel , 300m, 30-III-2-IV-1998, E. Rojas ( INBio) . Puntarenas: 1 male, Finca Cafrosa, Embalce , 800m noroeste de Tigra, 1280m, 9-10-II-1997, E. Navarro ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 7-17-XII-1996, ( INBio) ; 4 male, 3 female, Isla del Coco, Camino a Bahía Chatan, 100m, Long :-87:03:20_ Lat :5:32:40, 2-VII-1997, Light trap, A. Rojas ( INBio) ; 1 female, Reserva Biológica Carara, Estación Carara , 200 m, II-1990, R. Zuñiga; 2 female, same locality and collector, III-1990 ( INBio) ; Rey Curre, Río Terraba, Vuelta Campana , 100–500 m, 10-30-IX-1992, S. Rojas ( INBio) ; 8 male, 1 female, 5 KM NO Puerto Jimenez , 10m, II-1991, C. Godoy, P. Hanson ( MZCR) ; 4 female, Quepos, Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio , 80m, I-1991, Aguirre ( INBio) ; 1 male, 4 female, Quepos, Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio , 80 m, V-1991, G. Varela ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, IV-1991 ( INBio) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, X-1992 ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, VIII-1993 ( INBio) ; 1 female, Reserva Forestal Golfo Dulce, Estación Agujas , 300m, 25-VIII-25-IX-2002, J. Azofeifa, Trap Malaise ( INBio) ; 1 male, Estación Cabuya, Rio Cabo Blanco , 50m, 22-III-1997, F. Alvarado ( INBio) ; 1 female, Estacion Cabuya , 1m, 21-V-1997, F. Alvarado ( INBio) ; 1 male, Estación San Miguel, Sendero Pangas , 1m, 17-II-1997, F. Alvarado ( INBio) ; 1 female, Parque Nacional Amistad, Estación Las Mellizas, Finca Cafrosa , 1300 m, 20-VIII-4-IX-1989, M. Ramirez & G. Mora ( INBio) ; 1 female, Península Osa, Rancho Quemado , XI- 1990, F. Quesada ( INBio) ; 1 female, San Luis, Monteverde, Buen Amigo , 1300m, V-1995, Z. Fuentes, Malaise ( INBio) ; 1 male, San Vito, Estación Biológica Las Alturas , 1500m, III-1992, P. Hanson, Godoy ( MZCR) . San José: 3 male, 4 female, Estación Santa Elena , 1210m, 30-IX-2-X-1997, Light trap, M. Segura ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 3-6-VII-1997 ( INBio) ; 1 male, 1 female, same locality and collector, 4-5- I-1996 ( INBio) ; 1 male, 3 female, Mora, Ciudad Colón , 800m, II-1990, C. Godoy, P. Hanson, L. Fournier ( MZCR) ; 1 male, 1 female, same locality and collector, III-IV-1990 ( INBio) ; 1 female, San Antonio de Escazú , 1300–1400m, 28-IV-1993, P. Hanson, C. Godoy ( MZCR) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, II-1999 ( INBio) ; 1 female, Salitral, Cerro de Escazú , 25-VI-1994, Nielson, Godoy, Pizarro & Frost ( MZCR) . BELIZE: 2 male, 3 female , Cayo District, nr Teakettle Bank , Pooks Hill, N 17 09.257 W 88 51.094, 279 ft, 3- VII-2003, C. R. Bartlett ( HIC) ; 2 male, 3 female, same locality and collector, 5- VII-2003 ( HIC) ; 4 female, same locality and collector, 7-VII-2003 ( HIC) ; 3 male, 3 female, same locality and collector, 8-VII-2003 ( HIC) . NICARAGUA: Carazo: 1 specimen, Bioreserva Chacocente, 11°30'N / 86°10'W, 11/13-IX-92, trampa lumínicaen bosque tropical seco denso, col. J.M. Maes, A. Martinez & R. Lopez ( SEAN) . Granada: 1 specimen, Volcan Mombacho, Finca San Joaquín, 16-III-98, trampa malaise en cafetal orgánico, J.M. Maes ( SEAN) ; 1 specimen, same locality and collector, 31-III-98, trampa malaise en cafetal orgánico ( SEAN) ; 1 specimen, same locality and collector,15-IV-98, trampa malaise en cafetal orgánico ( SEAN) ; 5 specimens, same locality and collector, 30-IV-98, trampa malaise en cafetal orgánico ( SEAN) ; 5 specimens, same locality and collector,15-V-98, trampa malaise en cafetal orgánico ( SEAN) ; Volcan Mombacho, 13 specimens, Finca Santa Ana, 15-II-98, trampa malaise en cafetal orgánico, J.M. Maes ( SEAN) ; 11 specimens, same locality and collector, 2-III-98, trampa malaise en cafetal orgánico ( SEAN) ; 9 specimens, same locality and collector, 16- III-98, trampa malaise en cafetal orgánico ( SEAN) ; 9 specimens, same locality and collector, 31-III-98, trampa malaise en cafetal orgánico ( SEAN) ; 2 specimens, same locality and collector, 15-IV-98, trampa malaise en cafetal orgánico ( SEAN) ; 10 specimens, same locality and collector, 15-V-98, trampa malaise en cafetal orgánico ( SEAN) ; Volcan Mombacho : 2 specimens, Finca El Progreso, 15-II-98, trampa malaise en cafetal químico, J.M. Maes ( SEAN) ; 1 specimen, same locality and collector, 2-III-98, trampa malaise en cafetal químico ( SEAN) ; 1 specimen, same locality and collector, 16-III-98, trampa malaise en cafetal químico ( SEAN) ; 1 specimen, same locality and collector, 31-III-98, trampa malaise en cafetal químico ( SEAN) ; 4 specimens, same locality and collector, 15-IV-98, trampa malaise en cafetal químico ( SEAN) ; 3 specimens, same locality and collector, 15-V-98, trampa malaise en cafetal químico ( SEAN) ; Volcan Mombacho , 6 specimens, 16-II-89, J.C. Gantier ( SEAN) ; Volcan Mombacho , 2 specimens, VIII-89, F. Reinboldt ( SEAN) . León: 1 specimen, Finca Manuel Ignacio Lacayo, 10-XI-89, s/frijol, J. Téllez ( SEAN) . León: 1 specimen, 17-II-93, M. Pogatshnik, trampa lumínica ( SEAN) ; Matagalpa: 58 specimens, 50 km E . Matagalpa: El Coyolar, 800 m, 15-V-91, light trap CDC 6 voltios, S. Hue ( SEAN) ; 5 specimens, same locality and collector, 20-XI-91, en potrero espontáneo, J.M. Maes, S. Hue & X. Palacios ( SEAN) ; 5 specimens, same locality and collector, 20- XI-91, UV light ( SEAN) . Zelaya : 1 specimen, Las Americas, 13°07 N - 84°31 W, 230 m, 10-VII-97, col. J.M. Maes & B. Hernández ( SEAN) ; 1 specimen, Waslala, 5-XI-91, col. S. Valle ( SEAN) ; 1 specimen, Nueva Guinea, 12-III-86, J.M. Maes ( SEAN) . PANAMA, Panamá: 1 male, Las Cumbres , 445 m, 20-XI-1972, H. Wolda, Malaise Trap ( STRI) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 24-X-1973, lights ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 27-XII-1973, lights ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 13-III-1974, Lights ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 20-II-1974, lights ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 26-III-1974, lights ( STRI) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 2-V-1974, Lights ( USNM) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 8-V-1974, lights ( STRI) ; 2 male, same locality and collector, 10-V-1974, lights ( STRI) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 14-V-1974, Lights ( USNM,) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 26-V- 1974, Lights ( STRI) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 9-VI-1974, lights ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 11-VI-1974, lights ( STRI) ; 2 female, same locality and collector, 3-VIII-1974, Lights ( STRI) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 27-VIII-1974, lights ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 24-I- 1975, lights ( STRI) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 26-I-1975, lights ( STRI) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 28-I-1975, lights ( STRI) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 5-V-1975, lights ( STRI) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 20-V-1975, lights ( STRI) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 12-XII-1975, lights ( STRI) ; 3 male, 7 female, same locality and collector, 9-15-XII-1981, Malaise Trap ( USNM) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 7-15-XII-1981, Malaise Trap ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 25-31-VIII- 1982, Malaise Trap ( STRI) ; 1 female, Lago Alajuela , 28-XII-1978, V. Quintero ( MIUP) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 24-IV-1979 ( MIUP) ; 2 male, 1 female, Arraijan , 1-VI-1975, M. Estribí ( STRI) ; 1 male, Cerro Campana , 11-I-1975, H. Wolda ( STRI) ; 1 female, Barro Colorado, Canal Zone , 26-III-1973, H. Wolda ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 10-IV-1974, lights ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 17-IV-1974, lights ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 21-VIII-1974 ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 14-V-1975 ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 15-VI-1975 ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 26-VIII-1976 ( STRI) ; 2 female, Parque Nacional Chagres, Campo Chagres, carretera Azote Caballo , 80m, 15-I-2007, E. Domínguez, Red ( STRI) . Bocas del Toro: 1 male, 1 female, 25 Km NNE San Felix , 1500m, 9-VI-1980, J. Wagner ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 6-II-1980, Malaise Trap ( STRI) ; 1 male, Miramar , 9°N; 82°15´W, 25-III-1979, H. Wolda ( STRI) ; 1 male, Corriente Grande, 100m, 9°17´30”N; 82°32´41”, 25-III, 1980, H. Wolda ( STRI) . Chiriquí: 2 male, NNE San Felix, Cerro Colorado , 24-VI-1980, J. Wagner ( STRI) ; 1 female, 24 Km Cerro Colorado, San Felix , 1300m, 18-19-VI-1980, R. Pine ( STRI) ; 1 male, Volcan , 1200m, 28-V-1975, H. Wolda & M. Estribí, Lights ( STRI) ; 3 female, same locality and collector, 1-X-1975, Lights ( STRI) ; 1 male, 1 female, same locality and collector, 9-I-1976, Lights ( STRI) ; 1 male, Potrerillos , 1200m, 12-VIII-1976, H. Wolda & M. Estribí ( STRI) ; 1 female, Boquete , 1250m, 8°48´N; 82°26´W, 4-V-1975, H. Wolda ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 17-V-1975 ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 27-V-1975 ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 5-IX-1975 ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 18-VIII-1976 ( STRI) ; 1 male, 1 female, Río Colorado , 1200m, 8°50´N; 82°43´W, 28-V-1975, H. Wolda ( STRI) ; 1 female, Fortuna , 1050m, 8°44´N; 32°15´W, 21-IX-1976, H. Wolda ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 28-IX-1976, ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 20-X-1976, ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 13-III-1977 ( STRI) . Los Santos: 1 female, Reserva Forestal La Tronosa, Los Planes , 30-IV-2-V-2006, R. Cambra & S. Miranda, Platos Amarillos (U.P.) ; Coclé: 1 female, El Copé, 3-VI-2002, D. Quirós, dish yellow ( MIUP) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 7-IX-1977, dish yellow ( STRI) .