Docalidia cornipes, 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 : 28-32

Docalidia cornipes , sp. nov.

(Plate IIB, Figs. 74–82 )

Length. Male 8.80 mm., female unknown.

External morphology. Large, robust species. General color of dorsum brown to black (damaged); forewings nearly unicolorous brown, suffused black on clavus; mesonotum black; pronotum brown with suffused black markings anteriorly; crown yellow with dark brown markings on disk; eyes translucent; face black (Plate IIB); clypeus with small yellow spots, anterior margin yellow; clypellus with median, longitudinal yellow stripe.

Head broad, narrower than pronotum, anterior margin broadly rounded; crown broad, as wide as eye, produced distally about ¼ of entire length, disk foveate on each side of middle; pronotum as long as crown, surface bullated; mesonotum nearly twice as long as pronotum; forewings long, broad, venation typical; clypeus long, broad, lateral margins broadly convex; median longitudinal carina prominent; clypellus about 1/3 as long as clypeus, narrow with broad, medial longitudinal ridge, lateral margins convex.

PLATE II. A–H. Dorsal habitus. A. Docalidia cornicula , sp. nov.; B. Docalidia cornipes , sp. nov.; C. Docalidia curvatura , sp. nov.; D. Docalidia deitzi , sp. nov.; E. Docalidia dennisi , sp. nov.; F. Docalidia dietrichi , sp. nov.; G. Docalidia dmitrievi , sp. nov.; H. Docalidia exilitis , sp. nov.

Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view with long, robust caudodorsal lobelike process, caudoventral process absent ( Fig. 74 ); segment X moderately long, with long lobelike ventral process ( Fig. 75 ); right subgenital plate long, very broad, glabrous, with membranous outer lateral margin ( Fig. 76 ); right style about as long as aedeagus with setaceous flange near middle, robust apical spine and very long, membraneous, flangelike apical process ( Fig. 77, 78 ); aedeagus in lateral view, sinuate, shaft broad in basal half, striate, small, pointed projection below medial process on lateral margin, medial process arising laterally, projecting basally ( Fig. 79 ), in dorsal view, preatrium very large, triangulate, shaft broad below, constrict below medial process, dentate subapically ( Fig. 80 ); connective T-shaped, stem Y-shaped, paired medial ridge extending distally beyond anterior arms ( Fig. 81 ); dorsal connective plate like, base broad ( Fig. 82 ).

Material examined. Holotype male. COLOMBIA: Amazonas , PNN., Amacayacu, Cabaña Lorena, 3º0’S 69º59’ W., 210 m., 27 Aug 01–1 Sep 01, M.2237, Malaise, D. Campos (HB).

Etymology. The name is descriptive for the horned foot shaped base of the aedeagus in dorsal view.

Remarks. From D. cornicula , n. sp. to which it has some similar male genitalia features, D. cornipe s can be separated by the large, horn shaped base of the aedeagus in dorsal view, by the very long apical flange on the style and by the lobelike caudodorsal process of the pygofer.

Figures

FIGURES 74–82. Docalidia cornipes, sp. nov. (74) pygofer, lateral view; (75) segment X, lateral view; (76) right subgenital plate; (77) right style, lateral view; (78) right style, dorsal view; (79) aedeagus and dorsal connective, lateral view; (80) aedeagus, ventral view; (81) connective, caudal view; (82) dorsal connective, dorsal view.