Docalidia takiyae, Nielson, 2011

Nielson, M. W., 2011, New species in the Neotropical genus Docalidia with a key to known species, notes on distribution, taxonomy and a synoptic catalogue of the genus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae: Teruliini) 2952, Zootaxa 2952 (1), pp. 1-86 : 57-61

Docalidia takiyae , sp. nov.

(Plate IVB, Figs. 218–226 )

Length. Male 7.00 – 7.40 mm., female unknown.

External morphology. Moderately large, robust species. General color of dorsum dark brown to black with pale, ivory markings; forewings brown in apical 2/3, black in basal 1/3, separated by broad transverse, pale ivory band below mesonotum and subapically, veins marked with small ivory spots; mesonotum and pronotum black with numerous, small yellow spots on pronotum; crown yellow; eyes translucent (Plate IVB); face black and ivory; clypeus black with row of short ivory lines on each side; small ivory spots medially; clypellus ivory; lorae black; genae bordered by ivory; black stripe below eye; ocellocular area yellow brown.

Head broad, narrower than pronotum, anterior margin broadly rounded; crown broad, wider than eye, produced anteriorly about ¼ of entire length, foveate on each side of middle; eyes large, elongate-ovoid; pronotum large, nearly twice as long as crown, surface bullated; mesonotum large, about half again as long as pronotum; forewings long, broad, venation typical; clypeus elongate, broad, lateral margins broadly convex, median longitudinal carina prominent; clypellus about 1/3 as long as clypeus, narrow, median longitudinal ridge inflated in basal 2/3.

Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view small, broadly triangulate, caudodorsal process robust, very broad basally, abruptly narrowed distally, caudoventral process absent ( Fig. 218 ); segment X with narrow, digitate ventral process ( Fig. 219 ); right subgenital plate moderately long, broad, glabrous ( Fig. 220 ); right style long, about as long as aedeagus, robust, semibulbous in distal ¼, glabrous ( Figs. 221, 222 ); aedeagus long, shaft very narrow in ventral view, triangulate flange medially in lateral view, ventral process subapical, long ( Figs. 223, 224 ); connective Y-shaped, membrane present, medial ridge extending beyond anterior margins of arms, stem long, broad ( Fig. 225 ); dorsal connective short, strapped shape, broad in basal ¾ ( Fig. 226 ).

Material examined. Holotype male. Colombia: Amazonas , PNN, Amacayacu Matamata, 3º23’S. 70º6’W., 150 m., 2 Oct 01–15 Oct 01, M. 2239, Malaise, D. Chota (HB) . Paratypes. 1 male, same data as holotype except 17 Sep 01–1 Oct 01, M. 2234 ( MLBM) ; 1 male, same data as holotype except 13 Sep 00–13 Sep 00, M. 2562 ( UK) ; 2 males, same data as holotype except PNN, Amacayacu , San Martin, 3º23’S. 70º6’W., 150 m ., 15 Oct 01–15 Oct 01, M.2762 (HB).

PLATE IV. A–H. Dorsal habitus. A. Docalidia rondoniensis , sp. nov.; B. Docalidia takiyae , sp. nov.; C. Docalidia tantula , sp. nov.; D. Docalidia timothyi , sp. nov.; E. Docalidia torquerta , sp. nov.; F. Docalidia turgida , sp. nov.; G. Docalidia ventroelongata , sp. nov.; H. Docalidia ventrospinata , sp. nov.

Etymology. The name is patronymic in honor of Daniela Takiya, Professor of Entomology, Departamento do Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade do Federal de Rio Janeiro for her excellent taxonomic and phylogenetic treatises of the sharpshooter subfamily Cicadellinae .

Remarks. This species has some similarities in male genital features to D. ferruginea (Fabricius) ( Nielson, 1979b:255) and can be distinguished by the glabrous style, the presence of segment X ventral process and the much longer ventral aedeagal process.

Figures

FIGURES 218–226. Docalidia takiyae, sp. nov. (218) pygofer, lateral view; (219) segment X, lateral view; (220) right subgenital plate, ventral view; (221) right style, lateral view; (222) right style dorsal view; (223) aedeagus and dorsal connective, lateral view; (224) aedeagus, dorsal view; (225) connective, caudal view; (226) dorsal connective, dorsal view.