Chromagallia carvalhoi Gonçalves, Mejdalani

Gonçalves, Ana Clara, Mejdalani, Gabriel & Costa, Luiz Alves, 2008, Five new species of Chromagallia from South America (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Agalliinae), Zootaxa 1749, pp. 1-17 : 3-6

Chromagallia carvalhoi Gonçalves, Mejdalani et Costa sp. nov.

( Figs 14–17 )

Length. Male holotype, 4.5mm.

Holotype description.

Head and thorax (color). Ground color of anterior dorsum mostly black. Crown with three large orange spots: one on median portion and another laterally, adjacent to each compound eye. Face mostly black with pale yellow ocelli; frons with pale yellow elongate macula on antennal ledge; genae and maxillary plates with pair of brown maculae. Mesonotum with tiny yellow mark adjacent to scutoscutellar suture on either side. Forewings dark brown with six large orange maculae as follows: two on basal half of clavus (connected to each other and transcomissural); one mostly on apical portion of clavus (transcomissural); one on corium opposite claval apex; one more basally mostly on brachial and inner discal cells; transverse one on distal half of costal margin opposite claval apex; distal wing margin pale brown. Fore and middle legs mostly dark brown basally with distal femoral portion, tibia and tarsus mostly yellow, tarsal claws brown; hind legs mostly dark brown with knee orange, tarsus yellow, claws brown.

Male genitalia. Pygofer ( Fig. 14 ), in lateral view, short, with posterior portion subtriangular and posterior margin with lobe directed inward. Subgenital plates ( Fig. 15 ), in ventral view, small, with distal half triangular, fused to each other only at basal half, basal portion with narrow median area less sclerotized; in lateral view ( Fig. 14 ) extending posteriorly well beyond pygofer apex; surface with scattered setae, dorsoapical surface with longer setae. Styles ( Fig. 16 ), in dorsal view, slender, fork well developed and curved outward; style shaft ( Fig. 16 ) with small projection on inner margin for articulation with connective. Connective, in anterior view, forming an inverted “T”, not fused with aedeagal base. Aedeagus ( Fig. 17 ) symmetrical; shaft, in lateral view, directed anteriorly on basal portion, then strongly curved posterodorsally, remaining area straight, directed ventrally and narrowed towards apex; curved portion distinctly lobed; apex slightly spiralized. Membrane IX–X with pair of small, slender processes ( Fig. 14 ). Anal tube ( Fig. 14 ), in lateral view, with segment X

Female unknown.

Etymology. The new species is described in honor of the entomologist Prof. Dr. Alcimar do Lago Carvalho (Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), who has published important contributions on the order Odonata.

Type material. Brazil, São Paulo State. Holotype: male, “São Sebastião\ SP. 1-1986\ Blauth, P. col.\ à luz” ( MZSP).

Figures

FIGURES 14 – 17. C hromagallia carvalhoi sp. nov. Male: (14) genital capsule, lateral view; (15) subgenital plates, ventral view; (16) style, dorsal view; (17) aedeagus, connective, and style, lateral view.