Tectiforma guayasensis, McKamey, 2023

McKamey, Stuart H., 2023, Three new monobasic genera and three new species of the New World treehopper tribe Acutalini (Hemiptera, Membracidae, Smiliinae) with a key to all genera, ZooKeys 1143, pp. 189-203 : 189

Tectiforma guayasensis sp. nov.

Figs 32-38 , 39

Diagnosis.

Same as for genus: slender, pale green, with pronotum strongly tectiform.

Description of male.

Measurements (mm). Length with forewing in repose 6.7; width across humeral angles 2.2; height in anterior view 2.9. Pronotum. As described for genus. Terminalia. Pygofer including lateral plate subquadrate in lateral view (Fig. 35 ); lateral plate large, ovoid, unarmed, bearing setae; styles (Figs 35 , 36 ) simple, distally recurved and acute; aedeagus U-shaped in lateral view (Fig. 38 ), shaft apex with two small posterior spines (Fig. 38 ), anterior surface with 2 columns of 5 larger spines each, inset from swollen lateral margins (most visible in lateral view, Fig. 38 ). Color. Pale green throughout.

Female unknown.

Material examined.

Holotype ♂ (USNM) with labels " ECUADOR: Guayas. | Hac. San Joaquin, | 4 rd km SW Bucay | 1-4 May 1986 250m. ", " S.H. McKamey lot | #86-0501-UV", and a red " HOLOTYPE | Tectiforma | Tectiforma guayasensis | S.H. McKamey ".

Distribution.

Ecuador.

Etymology.

The specific epithet is based on Guayas, the province in which the holotype was collected.

Note.

Collected at an ultraviolet light.

Figures

Figure 39. Tectiforma guayasensis sp. nov. holotype, wings, showing the two discoidal cells in the forewing and the forked anal vein in the hind wing.

Figures 32 - 38. Tectiforma guayasensis, sp. nov. holotype 32 - 34 habitus view in lateral, anterior, and dorsal views, respectively 35 undissected pygofer and genitalia 36 subgenital plate and styles, ventral view 37 - 38 aedeagus in anterior and lateral views, respectively. aed, aedeagus; lp, lateral plate; sgp, subgenital plate.