Osbornellus blantoni Linnavuori

Domínguez, Edwin & Godoy, Carolina, 2010, Taxonomic review of the genus Osbornellus Ball (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in Central America 2702, Zootaxa 2702, pp. 1-106 : 83-84

Osbornellus blantoni Linnavuori

( Figs. 54a–54e)

Osbornellus blantoni Linnavuori 1959: 216 .

Osbornellus lacunis DeLong and Martinson 1976b: 596 (Type locality: México). New synonymy.

Redescription. Length: 3.8–5.0 mm. Member of the O. rarus group ( Fig. 13). Vertex triangular, light color extending behind apical band and transversely elongate near ocelli, surrounded by dark brown. Dark brown mark surrounding each ocellus posteriorly, with clear spot above internal margin ( Fig. 13). Pronotum mottled brown, orange in the middle of anterior margin. Scutellum with broad light brown mark, margined laterally with brown on posterior half, with light brown spots in basal angles. Anterior wing transparent.

Male genitalia: Pygofer moderately projected posteriorly, apex widey rounded; macrosetae very long, distributed along apical third of pygofer ( Fig.54a). Valve ovate, with margins rounded, slightly curved. Plates long, apex pointed and setae plumose ( Fig. 54b). Style with apophysis short, with striae, apex truncate, lobulate ( Fig. 54c). In ventral view aedeagus with base narrow, straight, lateral margin rounded; shaft straight, narrow, apex rounded and wider toward apex, shaft shorter than ventral process ( Fig. 54d). Ventral processes arising a little beyond mid point of aedeagal length, divergent, narrow, with apices pointed; ventral processes with sclerotized spirals. In lateral view shaft with base narrow then widening toward apex, curved slightly caudad, apex truncate, shorter than ventral processes; dorsal projection tapered, curved caudad. Gonopore apical. Ventral process arising close to base of shaft, curved dorsad, apices pointed, with sclerotized spirals ( Fig. 54e).

Diagnosis. Very similar to O. fulvomaculatus and O. bartletti , but in lateral view the aedeagal shaft of O. blantoni is close to the ventral processes and curved caudad. In O. fulvomaculatus the shaft is curved dorsad, and in O. bartletti it is also curved dorsad and separate from the ventral processes.

Distribution. Belize, Costa Rica, and Panama; 10–1400 m.

Material examined: COSTA RICA: Alajuela: 1 female, San Pedro de La Tigra , 200m, III-IV-1990, Céspedes ( INBio) ; 1 male, Jabillos , 100m, II-1990, P. Hanson, C. Godoy ( MZCR) ; 1 female, Reserva Biológica Carara, Estación Bijagual , 500m, XII-1989, R. Zuñiga ( INBio) ; 1 female, Refugio Natural de Vida Silvestre Caño Negro , 20 m, 6-28-VI-1994, K. F. Flores ( INBio) . Guanacaste: 2 female, La Cruz, Parque Nacional Santa Rosa, Estación Murciélago , 8 km SO de Cuajiniquil, 100m, VIII-1993, F. A. Quesada ( INBio) ; 2 male, La Cruz, Parque Nacional Guanacaste, Estación Maritza , 600m, III-1996, M. Pereira ( INBio) ; 1 male, same locality, I-1997, C. Zúñiga ( INBio) ; 1 male, 1 female, Parque Nacional Guanacaste, Agua Buena , 220m, II-1992 ( INBio) ; 1 male, Santa Cruz, Vista del Mar, Torre Cocesna , 970m, 15-XII-2000 - 15-I-2001, Y. Cárdenas ( INBio) ; 1 female, Estación Santa Rosa, 300 m, 10° 50 15" N, 85° 37 06" W, I-1989, GNP Biodiversity Survey ( USNM) ; 1 male, Parque Nacional Santa Rosa, Estación Santa Rosa , 300m, II- 1992, ( INBio) ; 1 male, same locality 25-II-7-III-1995, S. Avila ( INBio) ; 5 male, 1 female, 12 km SE La Cruz, Cerro El Hacha, 300m, 1988, GNP Biodiversity Survey ( CAS) ; 1 male, Estación Cacao, 1000-1400m, 1988, GNP Biodiversity Survey ( BMNH) ; 1 male, 2 female, Estación Maritza, 600m, VIII-1990 ( INBio) ; 1 female, Estación Katalina, Parque Nacional Palo Verde , 13-IV-1992, A. Gutierrez ( INBio) ; 1 female, 3 Km SE Rio Naranjo, Rancho Montezuma , 490m, X-1994, R. G. Allen ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 3- XI-1994 ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality (950m) and collector, 3-XI-1994 ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality (490m) and collector, 14-XI-1994 ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality (950m) and collector, 14-XI-1994 ( INBio) ; 2 female, same locality and collector, 16-XI-1994 ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 28- XI-1994 ( INBio) ; 1 male, 1 female, same locality and collector, 15-XII-1994 ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 16-XII-1994 ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 26-XII-1994 ( INBio) ; 1 male, 1 female, same locality and collector, 27-XII-1994 ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 1-I-1995 ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 6-I-1995 ( INBio) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 11-I- 1995 ( INBio) ; 3 male, 1 female, same locality and collector, 14-I-1995 ( INBio) ; 2 male, 1 female, same locality and collector, 15-I-1995 ( INBio) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 20-I-1995 ( INBio) ; 3 male, same locality and collector, 21-I-1995 ( INBio) ; 1 male, 1 female, same locality and collector, 24-I-1995 ( INBio) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 25-I-1995 ( INBio) ; 2 male, same locality and collector, 30-I-1995 ( INBio) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 2-II-1995 ( INBio) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 3-II-1995 ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 4-II-1995 ( INBio) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 8-II- 1995 ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 9-II-1995 ( INBio) ; 1 female, 15 km Cañas, Estación Experimental E. Jimenez Nuñez, 24-VI-1993, R. G. Allen ( INBio) ; 1 male, same locality (1-100m) and collector, 17-VI-1993 ( INBio) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 18-VI-1993 ( INBio) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 28-VI-1993 ( INBio) ; 2 male, same locality and collector, 2-VII-1993 ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 7-VII-1993 ( INBio) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 8-VII-1993 ( INBio) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 11-VII-1993 ( INBio) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 12-VII-1993 ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 19-VII-1993 ( INBio) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 28-VII-1993 ( INBio) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 6-VIII-1993 ( INBio) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 15- VIII-1993 ( INBio) ; 2 female, Parque Nacional Guanacaste, Estación Murciélago , 80 m, 5-17-VII-1994, F.A. Quesada ( INBio) . Limón: 1 female, Parque Internacional La Amistad, Valle del Silencio , 2480m, 20-26-IX- 2003, Rubí González, Delgado, Alfaro ( INBio) ; 1 female, Reserva Gongora , 700m, II-1992 ( INBio) . Puntarenas: 1 male, Isla del Coco, Camino a Bahía Chatan , 100m, Long :-87:03:20_ Lat :5:32:40, 2-VII-1997, A. Rojas ( INBio) ; 1 male, Reserva Privada Karen Mogensen , 300-400m, 18-III-4-IV-2003, Y. Cardenas, D. Briceño, C. Guzmán ( INBio) ; 1 female, Guacimal, Finca Buen Amigo Monteverde , 4 Km S de la Reserva, 1100m, II-1993, Z. Fuentes ( INBio) ; 1 female, Monteverde, San Luis , 1040m, XI-1993, Z. Fuentes ( INBio) ; 2 male, Parque Nacional Corcovado, Golfito, Jiménez, Cerro Rincón , 745m, X-1991, P. Hanson, C. Godoy ( MZCR) ; 1 male, 5 Km NO Puerto Jimenez , 10m, II-1991, C. Godoy, P. Hanson ( MZCR) ; 1 female, Estación Carara , 200m, III-1990, R. Zuñiga ( INBio) ; 3 male, 6 female, Rey Curre, Rio Terraba, Vuelta Campana , 100– 500 m, 10-30-IX-1992, S. Rojas ( INBio) ; 5 female, R.N.A. Cabo Blanco. Estación San Miguel, 1m, 20-26-IV- 1997, F. Alvarado ( INBio) ; Vuelta Campana, Río Terraba , 100–500 m, 10-30-IX-1992, S. Rojas ( MZCR) . San José: 1 male, San Antonio de Escazú , 1300–1400m, 28-IV-1993, P. Hanson, C. Godoy ( MZCR) ; 3 male, same locality and collector, II-1999 ( MZCR) ; 1 female, Cerro de Escazú , 1300m, 24-VI-1994, M. Nielson, C. Godoy, F. Pizarro, Frost ( MZCR) ; 1 male, Escazú , 1300m, IX-1998, W. Eberhard ( MZCR) ; 3 male, 3 female, Mora, Ciudad Colón , 800m, II-1990, C. Godoy, P. Hanson, L. Fournier ( MZCR) ; 1 male, 5 female, same locality and collector, III-IV-1990 ( MZCR) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, X-1990 ( MZCR) ; 1 male, Salitral , 1-III-1993, Nielson & Mora ( MZCR) . BELIZE: Cayo District: 11 male, 19 female, nr Teakettle Bank, Pooks Hill , N 17 09.257 W 88 51.094, 279 ft, 6- VII-2003 ( HIC) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 8- VII- 2003 ( HIC) ; 1 male, nr Belize Zoo, Western Highwayl, grassland, 6-I-2003, C. R. Bartlett ( Bartlett ); 2male, 3 female , Cayo District, nr Teakettle Bank, Pooks Hill, N 17 09.257 W 88 51.094, 279 ft, 5-VII-2003, N. Nazdrowicz, Lights Traps ( Bartlett ); 2 female , Cayo District, nr Teakettle Bank, Pooks Hill , 6-I-2003, C. R. Bartlett (Bartlett); 1 female , Cayo District, nr Barton Creek ,“Pine Ridge” of Western Hwy, - 8 mi. S. of Georgeville, N 17 4’28.5” W 88 59’16.6” (Bartlett). NICARAGUA : Chinandega: 1 specimen, Villa Nueva, 30- X-89, trampa lumínica 6 voltios, S. Valle ( SEAN) . Granada: 1 specimen, Volcan Mombacho, Finca San Joaquín, 15-V-98, trampa malaise en cafetal orgánico, J.M. Maes ( SEAN) . León: 2 specimens, 28-I-95, J.M. Maes & F. Collantes, trampa lumínica ( SEAN) ; 2 specimens, Las Marias, 9-II-95, trampa lumínica, J.M. Maes & F. Collantes ( SEAN) . Managua: 1 specimen, xi-90, B. Garcete ( SEAN) . Masaya: 2 specimens, Las Flores, 1-VII-94, trampa malaise, col. J.M. Maes, Id. Freytag 1996 ( SEAN) ; 2 specimens, same locality and collector, 8-VII-94, trampa malaise ( SEAN) ; 6 specimens, same locality and collector, 8-VII-94, trampa malaise ( SEAN) ; 3 specimens, same locality and collector, 1-VIII-94, trampa malaise ( SEAN) ; 4 specimens, same locality and collector, 12-VIII-94, trampa malaise ( SEAN) ; 7 specimens, same locality and collector, 30-VIII- 94, trampa malaise ( SEAN) ; 1 specimen, same locality and collector, 7-IX-94, trampa malaise ( SEAN) ; 1 specimen, same locality and collector, 17-IX-94, trampa malaise ( SEAN) ; 6 specimens, same locality and collector, 30-IX-94, trampa malaise ( SEAN) ; 2 specimens, same locality and collector, 5-II-95, trampa malaise ( SEAN) . Zelaya : 3 specimens, Las Americas, 13°07 N – 84°31 W, 230 m, 10-VII-97, J.M. Maes & B. Hernández ( SEAN) . PANAMÁ: Panamá: 1 male, Las Cumbres , 445 m, 2-IX-1973, H. Wolda, lights ( STRI) ; 1female, same locality and collector, 5-XII-1972, H. Wolda, lights ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 9-IV-1974, lights ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 10-VI-1974, lights ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 6-VIII-1974, Lights ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 15- VIII-1974, lights ( STRI) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 10-IX-1974, lights ( STRI) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 14-IX-1974, lights ( STRI) ; 2 female, same locality and collector, 23-X-1974, lights ( STRI) ; 1 female, same locality and collector, 25-VI-1975, lights ( STRI) ; 1 male, same locality and collector, 21-27-IV-1982, lights ( STRI) ; 1 female, Barro Colorado, Canal Zone , 29-IV-1979, H. Wolda ( STRI) ; 1 male, Majé Bayano , 26-VIII-1975 ( STRI) ; 1 male, same locality, 26-VIII-1976, A. Adames, lights ( STRI) ; 1 female, Lago Alajuela , 28-XII-1978, V. Quintero ( MIUP) . Colón: 3 female, Canal Zone, Fort Gulick , IV- 1979, H.J.Harlan, Light Trap ( HIC) .