Bebaiotes parallela, Viegas & Ale-Rocha, 2024

Viegas, Eduarda Fernanda Gomes & Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, 2024, A century of Achilixiidae Muir, 1923 (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoromorpha): taxonomic study of the genus Bebaiotes Muir, 1924 and description of eight new species from Brazil, Zootaxa 5413 (1), pp. 1-65 : 36-40

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5413.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10681550
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scientific name	Bebaiotes parallela
status	sp. nov.

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Bebaiotes parallela sp. nov.

( Figs 22A – E View FIGURE 22 ; 23A – G View FIGURE 23 ; 24A – E View FIGURE 24 ; 38B View FIGURE 38 ; 40G, H View FIGURE 40 ; 43 View FIGURE 43 )

Type material. Holotype male ( INPA). BRASIL, Amazonas, P [ar]q[eu] N[acional] [do] Jau , Ig [arapé] Miratucu, 01˚57’02”S–61˚49’01”W, 23–28.vii.1995, Malaise, J.A. Rafael & J. Vidal cols.

Condition of the holotype: Right and left flagellum broken and lost. Right protarsus broken and lost.

Paratypes. BRASIL, Amazonas, P[ar]q[eu] N[acional] [do] Jau, Ig [arapé] Miratucu , Ig [arapé] do Gerlei , 01˚57’00”S–61˚49’00”W, 23–28.vii.1995, Malaise, J.A. Rafael & J. Vidal cols. (1♂, 3 ♀, INPA) ; idem, 01˚57’02”S– 61˚49’01”W, Armadilha de Luz (3 ♂, INPA) ; idem, Meriti , 4–10.vi.1994 (2 ♂, 9 ♀, INPA) ; idem, Rio Unini , 20– 24.vi.1996, Malaise, A.L. Henriques; F.L. Oliveira & J. Vidal col. (1 ♀, INPA) ; Manaus, Km 60, 23.x.1979, quadro n°1011, N. D. Penny col. (1 ♀, INPA) ; Reserva Ducke , 29.x.1976, N. D. Penny col. (1 ♀, INPA) ; idem, xi.2003, NS 2-800 m [e]t[ro]s azul, Suspensa 20 m [e]t[ro]s, A. Henriques et al., cols. (1 ♂, 1 ♀, INPA) ; Km 54, Leste de Manaus , 26.iv.1979, Armadilha C.D.C. 1 metros, Arias, Freitas, Vidal (1 ♂ INPA) ; idem, 26.iv.1979, 6 metros, Arias, Freitas, Vidal (1 ♀ INPA) ; Km 60, N. de Manaus, 22.xi.1976, N. D. Penny col. (1 ♀, INPA) ; Km 60 N. Res [erva] Campinas , 3.iii.1977, N. D. Penny col. (1 ♀, INPA) ; Reserva Campinas, BR 174 , Km 60, 6.ii.1976, N. D. Penny col. (1 ♂, INPA) ; Barcelos, Rio Padauari com Ararinha , 00˚30'18"N:64˚03'30"W, 12–14.vi.2010, Malaise, R. Machado; P. Dias; J. A. Rafael; R. Cavichioli; D. Takiya (1 ♂, INPA) .

Diagnosis. Body coloration light brown ( Figs 22A, B View FIGURE 22 ). Forewing dark brown ( Fig. 40 G View FIGURE 40 ). Median longitudinal carina of pronotum weakly marked ( Fig. 22 D View FIGURE 22 ). Dorsal margin of periandrium with short indentation ( Fig. 23G View FIGURE 23 ).

Description. Measurements. Body length: male 3.0 – 3.3 mm (5,5 – 5, 7 mm including wings) (N=3); female: 2.8 – 3.1 mm (5.0 – 6.0 mm including wings) (N=3).

Coloration. General body color light brown ( Fig. 22A, B View FIGURE 22 ). Frons, pedicel dark brown. Pedicel plaque organs white. Epimeron and episternum light yellow. Forewing dark brown, semihyaline, with whitish regions and basal half of the white veins, except A1 vein dark brown, and apical half of the veins yellow, except apex MP 1, MP 2, MP 3, MP 4, CuA 1 and CuA 2 veins dark brown: red CA vein; reddish in the medial area; narrow white stripe on apical region extending from r-m2 cross-vein up to the im crossvein; white diffuse spot in the covering m-cu 2 and icua cross-veins; apex of clavus white ( Fig. 40G View FIGURE 40 ). Hind wing semihyaline, light brown with hyaline regions ( Fig. 40H View FIGURE 40 ). Legs dark brown, except metathoracic legs yellow brown with apex of the metatibia dark brown ( Fig. 22A View FIGURE 22 ). Abdomen reddish brown, except sternites I, II, posterior half of sternite III, anal tube (segment X), pygofer and gonostyli yellow ( Fig. 22E View FIGURE 22 ).

Head: frons wide, distance between the lateral carinae of frons on median portion, subequal to the maximun width of vertex ( Fig. 22C View FIGURE 22 ). Clypeus approximately twice longer than its maximum width; median carina of clypeus strongly marked, does not touch epistomal suture, present on distal ¾ ( Fig. 22C View FIGURE 22 ). Pedicel globose, approximately twice longer than scape ( Fig. 38B View FIGURE 38 ). Scape short with cuticular denticles ( Fig. 38B View FIGURE 38 ).

Thorax: anterior margin of pronotum with truncated apex, lateral longitudinal carinae converging horizontally on anterior margin and gently diverging towards posterior margin; median longitudinal carina of pronotum present, but weakly marked; posterior margin of pronotum with slight angled indentation in the middle; pronotum without pustules on posterior margin ( Fig. 22D View FIGURE 22 ); median and lateral longitudinal carinae of mesonotum present, but weakly marked ( Fig.22D View FIGURE 22 ).

Forewing: RA and RP veins with the apex gently curved anteriorly; r-m cross-vein present; ir cross-vein close to the r-m2 cross-vein, not aligned; MP vein with four branches with uncurved apex; first bifurcation of MP vein arising after r-m cross-vein; m-cu cross-vein present; CuP vein approximately 7 times longer than Pcu + A 1 vein; apex of clavus with straight angle ( Fig. 40G View FIGURE 40 ).

Hind wing: first bifurcation of MP vein arising before m-cu cross-vein ( Fig. 40H View FIGURE 40 ).

Legs: metatibia with 9 apical spines; metatarsus with 6+6 apical spines.

Abdomen: posterior pit of the sternite III rounded ( Fig. 22E View FIGURE 22 ); posterior half of sternites IV + V and VI with four long, thin, whitish setae; posterior margin of sternite VII v-shaped in posterior view. Female ( Fig. 22B View FIGURE 22 ). Similar to male, except for the coloration of the abdomen dark brown, except sternite II yellow and sternite III light brown.

Male terminalia ( Figs 23A–G View FIGURE 23 ): Pygofer with posterior margin without projections and almost straight, with sparse setae in posterior view ( Fig. 23B View FIGURE 23 ). Gonostyli with truncated apex in lateral view; outer margin with short and pointed projection near to the apex, surface and inner margin with some setae ( Figs 23D, E View FIGURE 23 ). Phallic complex ( Figs. 23F, G View FIGURE 23 ): periandrium elliptical in dorsal view; dorsal margin with long indentation at the apex and ventral margin with short indentation apically in dorsal view ( Figs 23F, G View FIGURE 23 ). Inner sclerotised plates narrowing towards the apex, surface with small spiniform projections ( Figs 23F, G View FIGURE 23 ). Anal tube (segment X), short, apex slightly concave in dorsal view, with sparse setae dorsally ( Fig. 23C View FIGURE 23 ).

Female terminalia ( Figs 24A–E View FIGURE 24 ): pygofer with few setae in posterior view ( Fig. 24B View FIGURE 24 ). Gonapophysis VIII (first valvula) robust, with sparse setae on median region and covered with several small spiniform projections, in lateral view; three lateroapical projections of subequal sizes with serrated dorsal margin in lateral view ( Fig. 24E View FIGURE 24 ). Bursa copulatrix densely filamentous apically, straight apex, covered by few setae laterally on apical half and few small spiniform projections on median region in lateral view ( Fig. 24E View FIGURE 24 ). Gonapophysis IX (second valvula) robust, forked on apical half, lobes with a pointed apex, strongly curved latero-ventrally, hook-like in dorsal view ( Fig. 24D View FIGURE 24 ). Gonoplac (third valvula) subtrapezoidal, apex rounded with numerous setae apically and sparse setae laterally in lateral view ( Fig. 24C View FIGURE 24 ). Anal tube (segment X), short, apex rounded, with many sparse setae in dorsal view ( Fig. 24A View FIGURE 24 ).

Variations. Variations in the coloration of the veins of the forewing, in the basal half, have been observed in some specimens, from light brown to white brown, and veins of the forewing on apical half, from yellow to red, as well as the coloration of the sternites IV + V, from red brown to light brown. In some specimens, median longitudinal carina of pronotum is strongly marked and median longitudinal carina of mesonotum is absent.

Etymology. From the Latin parallelus, parallel. The species name is allusive to the position of the lateral carinae that are parallel in anterior view.

Distribution. Brazil (Amazonas) ( Fig. 43 View FIGURE 43 ).

Comments. B. parallela sp. nov. differs from B. amazonica sp. nov. as previously discussed in the description of the latter.