Guyalna capnopteryx, Sanborn, 2020

Sanborn, Allen F., 2020, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Peru including the description of twenty-four new species, three new synonymies, and thirty-seven new records, Zootaxa 4785 (1), pp. 1-129 : 27-31

Guyalna capnopteryx n. sp.

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TYPE MATERIAL. Holotype. “ PERU Madre de Dios / nr Puerto Maldonado / Posadas Amazonas // S12 48.115 W69 18.019 / 609ft; (30-IX)–(3-X)-2004 / C R Bartlett” male ( USNM) . Paratypes. Same data as holotype, one male and three females ( UDCC), two males and four females ( AFSC); “ PERU Madre de Dios / nr Puerto Maldonado / Posadas Amazonas / lodge@ Rio Tambopata // S12 48.115 W69 18.019 / 609ft;(7–10)- X-2004 / C R Bartlett” one male and one female ( UDCC), one male ( AFSC); “ PERU Madre de Dios / Rio Tambopata Res. / 30 km (air) SW Puerto / Maldonado 290m 20–31 / - X-1982 R. Wilkerson” one female ( FSCA) ; “ PERU: Pos.Amazonas / Dept. Madre de Dios / 12. 48, 17–69. 17. 35 / 1–10 Oct 2004 / H. Romack 100 m ” one male ( AFSC) .

ETYMOLOGY. The name is a combination of capno - (Gr., kapnodes, like smoke, sooty, dusky) and - pteryx (Gr., pteryx, wing) in reference to the smokey nature of the apical areas of the wings.

DESCRIPTION. Ground color castaneous marked with piceous and green.

Head. Head wider than mesonotum almost as wide as lateral angles of pronotal collar, castaneous with transverse piceous fascia extending through ocelli between eyes and surrounding eye margin, frons and posteromedial corner of supra-antennal plate piceous, piceous posterior to eye. Head covered with short golden pile dorsally, longer posterior to eye. Ocelli ochraceous, greenish in some paratypes, eyes ochraceous, castaneous in some paratypes. Ventral head castaneous with piceous fascia on gena between eye and postclypeus, lorum piceous with tawny margin. Postclypeus centrally sulcate not reaching apex, small sulcus on dorsal surface not reaching apex, castaneous on dorsal surface, greenish tawny on ventral surface, anterior half of ventral sulcus, lateral margin and eleven transverse grooves piceous. Anteclypeus piceous with greenish tawny anterior margin and posterior two-thirds of carina. Long white pile on lorum, gena, lateral postclypeus and lateral anteclypeus, white pubescence on lorum, gena, lateral postclypeus, within transverse grooves and anteclypeus. Mentum green with lateral castaneous spot distally, labium with green base, castaneous becoming piceous distally. Rostrum reaching to posterior coxae. Scape piceous with castaneous distal margin, remaining antennal segments piceous.

Thorax. Dorsal thorax castaneous marked with piceous and green. Prothorax with piceous fascia on either side of midline, connected posteriorly by transverse fascia in ambient fissure, expanding medially to form triangular mark on anterior, extending laterally in anterior fissure to anterolateral ambient fissure, through paramedian fissure, short golden pile on disc and within fissures, only within fissures in some paratypes. Pronotal collar tawny, green or greenish tawny in some paratypes, piceous spot on anteromedial lateral part of pronotal collar, covered with short golden pile laterally. Mesothorax castaneous, green on disc posterior to sigillae in some paratypes, submedian sigillae piceous except for medial margin, anterior lateral sigillae piceous, anchor-shaped mark extending from between submedian sigillae to anterior arms of cruciform elevation curving to and terminating in scutal depressions, posterior lateral mesonotum and posterior mesonotum with piceous fascia, wing groove piceous with ochraceous medial and lateral margins. Short golden pile on anterior disc, longer and denser golden pile on anterolateral, lateral and posterior mesonotum, in wing groove, on lateral cruciform elevation, and between anterior arms of cruciform elevation, dense, long piceous pile between golden pile on lateral mesonotum, piceous pile on anterodorsal corner in some paratypes. Metanotum castaneous with long, dense golden pile medially, short piceous pile laterally. Ventral thoracic segments castaneous except anepisternum 2, lateral basisternum 2, and katepimeron 2, piceous basisternum 2, meron 2, transverse fascia on basisternum 3, and lateral episternum 3. Thoracic sternites covered with white pubescence and long white pile.

Wings. Fore wing and wings hyaline, smokey apical cells and basal infuscation. Venation tawny at base becoming castaneous and finally piceous distally, costal margin castaneous, piceous spot at node, subcostal vein piceous beyond node, posterior of proximal half of anal vein 2 + 3 piceous. Basal cell piceous, pterostigma extending to radial crossvein, infuscation in cubital cell along basal cubitus posterior + anal vein 1 and proximal clavus, basal membrane of fore wing grayish, posterior darker. Hind wing venation proximally tawny becoming piceous distally except ochraceous cubitus anterior, anal vein 2 and proximal half of anal vein 1, anal vein 3 piceous. Anal cell 3 and anal cell 2 along anal veins 2 and 3, anal cell 1 along anal vein 2 grayish, infuscation at base of proximal hind wing cells and along grayish in anal cells 1 and 2.

Legs. Legs greenish tawny marked with castaneous and piceous, coxae with medial and anterolateral piceous spots, connecting across midline, expanding in hind coxae to include entire proximal coxa, anteromedial proximal castaneous mark, trochanters with piceous fascia on anterior and posterior surfaces, femora striped with piceous and castaneous longitudinal fascia, extending over proximal half of middle and hind femora, tibiae becoming castaneous distally with piceous distal terminus, tarsi and pretarsal claws piceous except castaneous proximal pretarsus. Fore femora with proximal spine angled, secondary spine elevated more than and about the same length as primary spine, tertiary spine very small, parallel to primary spine, all spines piceous. Tibial spurs castaneous, tibial combs piceous. Legs with long golden pile, additional castaneous pile in hind leg, and white pubescence, pubescence much denser in some paratypes. Meracanthus pointed, piceous with ochraceous margin, not reaching posterior opercular margin extending to anterior of sternite II. Female meracanthus as in male except reaching anterior of sternite III.

Opercula. Male operculum greenish tawny with piceous anterior and lateral margins, piceous on base incomplete in some paratypes, small castaneous mark posterior to piceous posterior to meracanthus, area lateral to meracanthus domed, covered with white pubescence laterally and medially, denser and covering majority of operculum in some paratypes, slightly expanded to point at lateral base, lateral margin straight with posterior curving mediad, rounded posterolateral margin forming an approximate right angle between lateral and posterior margin, posterior margin sinuate with central region bent ventrally, medial portion curved anteriorly at base of trochanter to rounded medial margin, not meeting medially, reaching to anterior of sternite II, barely covering tympanal cavity medially not covering tympanal cavity posterolaterally. Female operculum similarly shaped and colored except for curved posterior margin, reaching to lateral meracanthus medially and middle of sternite II posteriorly.

Abdomen. Abdominal tergites piceous, tergite 1 edged posteriorly with castaneous, tergites 2–8 edged posteriorly with castaneous and tawny posterior margin not reaching lateral margin, tawny replaced with green in some paratypes, tergites covered with golden pile along midline and radiating from posterior tergite margins, silvery pile on posterolateral timbal cover, on posterolateral tergites 3, 7 and 8 and dorsolateral tergites 4–7, piceous pile medial to timbal cavity on tergite 2 continuing dorsolaterally across tergites 3–7 terminating on anterior of lateral tergite 7 forming a golden spot on lateral tergite 3 and a pair of golden lines across dorsolateral tergites 3–8, long white pile radiating from tergite 8, pile reduced or denser in some paratypes. Timbal cover castaneous except piceous posterolateral corner, with dorsolateral margin smoothly curving around posterior timbal cavity, incomplete exposing timbal dorsally, anterolateral margin rounded, ventral margin straight, parallel to long body axis. Timbal white with dark castaneous markings visible through opening in timbal cover. Male sternite I piceous, sternite II piceous anteriorly with castaneous midline and posterolateral regions, posterior margin greenish, sternites III–VI with castaneous midline and posterolateral regions and greenish posterior margin, castaneous reduced in some paratypes replaced with piceous in some female paratypes, green expanding on posterolateral female sternites, male sternite VII castaneous with piceous posterior margin, sternite VIII dark castaneous with U-shaped notch posteriorly, male sternite III–VI translucent, long castaneous pile radiating from sternites, shorter piceous pile on midline of sternites III–VI, epipleurites piceous anteriorly, castaneous posteriorly, sternites and epipleurites covered with white pubescence, denser laterally. Female sternite VII castaneous with piceous posterior margin and a green spot on ventrolateral surface with single open U-shaped notch, posteriorly angled posterior margin to rounded posterolateral margin. Female abdominal segment 9 with castaneous dorsal midline bordered by piceous fascia not reaching posterior margin, with green anterolateral surface and lateral spot including lateroposterior margin, and piceous ventral margin separated by castaneous, piceous ventral margin, dorsal beak castaneous with piceous margin, radiating long golden pile, covered with short golden pile, short piceous pile forming stripe on posterior half of dorsolateral surface. Dorsal beak extending beyond castaneous anal styles. Posterior margin of abdominal segment 9 smoothly curved.

Genitalia. Male pygofer castaneous with U-shaped ochraceous mark around posterior margin, tawny ventromedially, distal shoulder and anteroventral margin green, basal lobe tawny with piceous terminus, base of uncus and anal styles castaneous, piceous distally. Dorsal beak very small spine. Pygofer basal lobe medial margin angled laterally from base to middle, margin straight to curved terminus, extending two-thirds of pygofer length. Uncal dorsal crest triangular emerging at slightly oblique angle with rounded terminus. Lateral branch of uncus short, as long as dorsal crest, lateral section recurved ventrally to rounded apex, posteromedial margin curved meeting under the median uncus lobe to surround aedeagus. Aedeagus castaneous with a lighter terminal membrane.

Female gonocoxite IX castaneous. Gonapophysis IX castaneous, gonapophysis X piceous. Ovipositor sheath extends slightly beyond dorsal beak. Long golden pile radiating from ovipositor sheath, anal styles covered with short golden pile.

MEASUREMENTS (MM). N = seven males or nine females, mean (range). Length of body: males 24.60 (23.15– 27.65), females 23.37 (22.00–24.55); length of fore wing: males 34.95 (32.60–36.10), females 34.97 (33.00–33.40); width of fore wing: males 11.07 (10.65–11.50), females 10.84 (10.40–11.20); length of head: males 3.77 (3.65–4.00), females 3.66 (3.50–3.80); width of head including eyes: males 10.69 (10.35–11.20), females 10.60 (9.95–11.20); width of pronotum including suprahumeral plates: males 10.90 (10.45–11.35), females 10.64 (9.90–11.00); width of mesonotum: males 9.21 (8.70–9.55), females 8.96 (8.40–9.55).

DIAGNOSIS. Guyalna capnopteryx n. sp. can be distinguished from the majority of species of Guyalna by the lack of bronzed fore wings, hyaline basal areas of the wings, infuscation on the radial and radiomedial crossveins, are larger (greater than 30 mm) or smaller (less than 20 mm) body size, or possess completely piceous lateral sigillae. The most similar species in size with infuscated basal areas of the wings and bronzing of the apical cells of the fore wings are G. atalapae Boulard & Martinelli, 2011 , G. flavantica Ruschel, 2017 , G. fumea ( Distant, 1883a) , G. maxineae Sanborn, 2016b , G. spinula Ruschel, 2017 , and G. tenebrae Ruschel, 2017 . The distal apical cell bronzing is restricted to the fore wing apical cells 1–3 and fore wing apex in G. spinula Ruschel, 2017 and G. tenebrae Ruschel, 2017 rather than the distal portion of all apical cells as in the new species. The larger body size (32 mm) and bright red and brown basal area of the wings quickly distinguish G. atalapae . The contrasting pronotum color in G. flavantica and G. maxineae quickly distinguishes those species from this new species. Finally, G. fumea is green marked with piceous rather than the dark brown of this new species, the bronzing is more intense, and the mesonotal lateral sigillae are piceous in G. fumea .

Similar species in general appearance and size include Peruvian G. chrysinothrix n. sp. and the Bolivian G. dasyeia Sanborn, 2019b and G. fasciata Sanborn, 2019b . However, all these species lack the infuscation at the base of the wings found in G. capnopteryx n. sp. The lack of bronzing in the distal apical cells of the fore wing quickly distinguishes G. aurora of the Peruvian fauna.

DISTRIBUTION. The species is known from several localities within Departamento Madre de Dios, Peru.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Guyalna capnopteryx n. sp.: A, Holotype male and paratype female habitus; B, holotype male dorsum; C, paratype male timbal; D, paratype male operculum; E, paratype female operculum; F, holotype male lateral view of genitalia; G, holotype male posterior view of genitalia; H, paratype female lateral view of genitalia; I, paratype female ventral view of genitalia. Scale bar: A, 2 cm; B, 5 mm; C–E, 2 mm; F–G, 1 mm; H–I, 1 mm.