Orthorapha

Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2013, Revision of Neotropical aphrophorine spittlebugs, part 2: tribe Orthoraphini (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea), Zootaxa 3710 (3), pp. 201-225 : 213

Orthorapha (s.s.) cassidioides Westwood

Orthorapha cassidioides Westwood in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1832: 263. Ulopa cassidioides: Blanchard 1840: 201 .

Diagnosis. Distinctively marked, sexually dimorphic ( Figs. 33 C–D): male with frons more pendulous than in female, dorsum black with head and wing tips redbrown, female more evenly brown to greenish, tegminal tips nearly rounded in male, parabolically produced in female. Male dorsum black, fading to brown on apex of head, tarsi and tip of rostrum darkened, tegmina with yellow spot along base of costa, and tips with oblique ivory stripe merging with yellow vein tips ( Fig. 33 C). Female dorsum and tegmina brown to greenish brown, with yellow costal spot as in male, tips of tegmina as in male, or broadly yellow ( Fig. 33 D). Hind wings present. Theca lamellate, convexly widened abruptly on ventral side near base, gradually tapered from midlength to pointed tip; dorsal margin straight or nearly so, membranous on apical half ( Fig. 3 A). Length: male 6.5–7.0 mm, female 7.6 mm. Width across pronotum: male 2.4 mm, female 2.5 mm.

Type. Presumptive holotype from BRAZIL, in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (fide Blanchard 1840), a male from "Savana" (probably Savan[duv]a, which is modern-day Sanaduva in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil). This specimen was recorded and illustrated by Amyot & Serville (1843) but does not agree with the original illustration (Griffith & Pidgeon 1832).

Additional material. Three males, 1 female from BRAZIL: São Paulo —Salesopolis, Biol. Boracea, 17–26 Dec. 1969 (J.M. & B.A. Campbell); Rio de Janeiro —Teresópolis, 11 Jan. 1990 (L.B.N. Coelho; Campos de Jordão, 1600 m [ASL], Mar. 1945 (Wygodzinsky). Two males from S.P. in CNCI; male and female from R.J. in UFRJ.

Remarks. There is considerable difference in venation at the hind wing tip in the specimens examined, but this is considered to be individual variation rather than a sign of a mixed series.

Figures

FIGURE 33. Lateral aspect of the nominate subgenus of Orthorapha (A – E) and subgenus Balsania (F – L). A – B, color varieties of O. laeta Jacobi; C, O. cassidioides Westwood, male; D, same, female; E, O. invidia sp. nov.; F, O. inflata sp. nov.; G, O. concinna (Stål); H, O. geminata (Jacobi); J, O. sagittata sp. nov.; K, O. reducta Walker; L, O. testacea Walker. Scale line: 1 mm.

FIGURES 3 – 17. Male theca of Orthorapha s. s. (3 – 5), subgenus Balsania (6 – 7) and Lepyronoxia (8 – 17), lateral (A) and caudal aspect of tip (B): 3, O. cassidioides; 4, O. laeta; 5, O. invidia; 6, O. reducta; 7, O. sagittata; 8, O. obscurata; 9, O. inscripta; 10, O. decorata; 11, O. oculata; 12, O. bufo; 13, O. rana (type of O. glabrata); 14, O. subfasciata; 15, O. frontalis; 16, O. quadrimaculata; 17, O. sphaerata. Scale line: 0.05 mm.