Tomaspisinella

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

Tomaspisinella (s.s.) parva Lallemand , description of male

Diagnosis. Male resembling female but darker, t egmina with a chain of 4 white spots extending from costa to claval suture, most clearly broken in middle.

Description. Male pygofer as in T. (Hemitomaspis) caligata ( Carvalho & Webb 2005, fig. 4e) but slightly longer, in ventral aspect globose, deeply notched medially ( Fig. 28 D); male theca with short, divergent apical processes ( Fig. 28 C). Length: male 6.8 mm, female 6.5 mm.

Remarks. The female holotype of T. parva from Ecuador has the entire postpedicel densely pitted ( Fig. 19 B) in contrast to that of a male ( Fig. 19 A), also from Ecuador: Napo , 6 km E Misahualli, Jatun Sasha Res. 450m, 30 April–8 May 2002 (S.M. Paiero) #debu00178285 in UDEL. This might represent an unrecognized species but might possibly be sexually dimorphic; however, when this occurs in other Cercopoidea it is usually the male rather than the female that has larger and more numerous antennal pits.

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.

FIGURES 17 – 19. Antennal characters of apomorphic new-world Cercopinae: Olcotomaspis (Phymatostethini, 17), Zuata (Neaenini, 18) and Tomaspisella (Neaenini, 19): 17 A, Olcotomaspis versicolor (Lallemand); 17 B, same, from another angle, showing paired basiconic sensillae on inner side; 17 C, O. laterinotata (Fowler); 17 D, O. (= Hyalotomaspis) clarissa; 18 A, Zuata infecta sp. nov.; 18 B, same, detail (note peglike seta surrounded by large socket and tiny secondary seta behind it); 19 A, Tomaspisella parva Lallemand, male; 19 B, same, female; 19 C, same, detail of pits.