Tomaspisinella lucifer, Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2016

Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2016, Neotropical spittlebugs related to Neaenini (Hemiptera, Cercopidae) and the origins of subfamily Cercopinae, Zootaxa 4169 (2), pp. 201-250 : 224-225

Tomaspisinella (s.s.) lucifer sp.nov.

Etymology. lucifer (noun in apposition), light bearer.

Diagnosis. Brown with yellow spot at tip of head (holotype) or black with white spot at tip of head (paratypes). Description. A prominent white spot on costa of tegmen (a minute pale spot also on claval suture in 1 paratype). Pronotum longitudinally furrowed as in T. caligata but with median carina obscure. Male pygofer depressed, almost continuous with vertical male subgenital plates tapered to decurved hooked tip ( Fig. 29 A), separated by narrow slit ( Fig. 29 D); styles slightly arched at midlength, tapered to rounded tip bearing a few small setae; phallobase with long dorsal extension curving cephalad at top ( Fig. 29 B); theca curving cephalad, narrowing towards midlength, bearing a pair of retrorse processes at tip extending half way to base ( Fig. 29 C). Length: male 5.5–6.5 [holotype] mm; female unknown.

Types. Holotype male, C[ OSTA] R[ICA] : Puntarenas — Monteverde , 1500 m cloud forest, 25 June–2 July 1983 (H.F. Howden) debu00260096, FIT; from UGIC, No. 24226 in CNCI. Paratypes: 2 males , COSTA RICA, Alajuela —ACG Sect. San Critobal; Potrero Argentina, 10.890o N 85.388o W 520m, 10–16 July 2007 (D.H. Jansen et al.), in NCSU.

Figures

FIGURES 25 – 35. Neaenini, Menytes (25) and Tomaspisinella (26 – 35): 25 A – B, genital capsule and genitalia of Menytes lathrius, lateral aspect; 25 C, same, tip of theca in caudal aspect; 25 D, subgenital plates, ventral aspect; 26, head and thorax of Tomaspisinella (s. s.) caligata; 27, same, of T. (Ovotomaspis) minuscula; 28 – 35, Tomaspisinella spp., with genital capsule and style (A), aedeagus in lateral aspect (B), tip of aedeagus in caudal aspect (C), subgenital plates in ventral aspect (D): 28, T. (s. s.) parva; 29, T. (s. s.) lucifer; 30, T. (Meretricula) punctatissima; 31, T. (Meretricula) oliveirai; 32, T. (Meretricula) pallidiceps; 33, T. (Ovotomaspis) diabolus sp. nov.; 34, T. (Merinx) jocosa; 35, T. (Merinx) bolivari. Only genital illustrations to scale, with 28 C and 35 at larger scale than others, as indicated by scale lines.