Nasuconia curculionoida Sakakibara, 2006

Gonzalez-Mozo, Laura C. & Ware, Jessica L., 2023, Review of Nasuconia Sakakibara, 2006 (Hemiptera: Membracidae) with description of three new species, Zootaxa 5380 (4), pp. 321-340 : 329

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scientific name	Nasuconia curculionoida Sakakibara, 2006
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( Figures. 2D View FIGURE 2 , 3D View FIGURE 3 , 4D View FIGURE 4 , 6C View FIGURE 6 , 13B View FIGURE 13 , 14B View FIGURE 14 )

Type species: Nasuconia curculionoida Sakakibara, 2006: 191 [sp. nov.; description, photograph]

Diagnosis. (1) Preapical area of posterior pronotal process evenly convex; (2) in dorsal view, posterolateral area weakly projected; (3) s crossvein present; (4) first valvula ventral interlocking device bent downward at mid-length of valvula; (5) second valvulae, with teeth in dorso apical margin; (6) pronotum with yellow longitudinal lines

Description. (Modified from Sakakibara 2006). Color and sculpture. Head black, pronotum dark brown humeral angles, thorax, legs, and abdomen, black; pronotum with longitudinal elevated yellow lines; frontolcypeus with surface corrugated. Head. Vertex without longitudinal lines. ( Fig. 2D View FIGURE 2 ). Thorax. Pronotum. In lateral view, preapical area of posterior pronotal process low, almost evenly convex, with depression behind humeral angles, weakly marked ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 ); in dorsal view, posterolateral area of pronotum weakly projected laterally ( Fig. 4D View FIGURE 4 ). Forewing. 1 st apical cell with distinctive macula; s crossvein present ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 ). Abdomen. Female. First valvula, ( Fig. 13B View FIGURE 13 ) ventral interlocking device (VID) with one sinuous area at mid-length of valvula; dorsal margin of apex distinctly serrate, with blunt teeth (TOO) arranged irregularly; tip with denticles (DEN); two ventral preapical prominences (PP) present; pores scattered on valvula. Second valvulae, ( Fig. 14B View FIGURE 14 ) dorsoapical margin with about five small blunt teeth of variable sizes; tip of valvula serrate in dorsal and ventral margin. Male Unknown.

Measurements (mm). Female. Total length: 7.05; pronotum length: 5.71; pronotum height: 1.71; head width: 2.56; head height: 2.24; distance between apices of humeral angles: 2.87.

Material examined. Guyane Française. Montagne des Chevaux. 21-XII-2013. Swing. S.E.A.G. 1 female ( DZUP). Photograph of the holotype specimen ( DZUP) provided by Paulo Alveranga. Holotype label information ( Sakakibara 2005: 191) BRAZIL. Mato Grosso: “SINOP-M. Grosso Brasil – X.1975 | M. Alvarenga ”. Sakakibara (2006).

Comments. The pronotal coloration and sculpture of N. curculionoida is similar to that of species of the lineosa- group, but this species differs in the following characters: frontoclypeus longer and curved downward; head narrower; ocelli larger; suprantennal margin tapering forwards and pronotal apex with elevated transverse carina. N. curculionoida differs from N. guianensis sp. nov. in the pronotal shape and sculpture, and longer frontoclypeus; and from N. yasuni sp. nov. in pronotal shape and sculpture and female genitalia characters. This species is newly recorded from French Guiana.