Osbornellus aielloae Domínguez & Godoy, 2010

Domínguez, Edwin & Godoy, Carolina, 2010, Taxonomic review of the genus Osbornellus Ball (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in Central America 2702, Zootaxa 2702, pp. 1-106 : 19-22

Osbornellus aielloae Domínguez & Godoy , sp. nov.

( Figs. 18a–18e)

Description. Length: 5.5–6.9 mm. Member of the O. auronitens group ( Figs 1a). General description as in O. eberhardi .

Male genitalia: Pygofer less than twice as long as wide, moderately projected posteriorly; apex narrow, rounded, and with long macrosetae dispersed along the distal third ( Fig. 18a). Valve slightly quadrate, wide, triangular in the middle. Plates long, with a fold on the margins and filamentous setae ( Fig. 18b). Style with apophysis elongate, straight, apex truncate ( Fig. 18c). Aedeagus in ventral view with basal portion wide and curved; shaft straight, apex truncate and shorter than ventral processes ( Fig. 18d). Ventral processes arising a third of the way along the length, straight, apices tapered (pointed) and directed outward ( Fig. 18d). Shaft in lateral view curved dorsad, truncate at apex; dorsal projection short, straight, truncate. Gonopore apical. Ventral processes straight, apices sharp ( Fig. 18e).

Diagnosis. Very similar to O. anonae in appearance, but in ventral view the aedeagus of O. aielloae has the ventral processes wider and more divergent at the apices. In O. anonae the ventral processes are narrow and slightly divergent.

Distribution. Known from Costa Rica and Panama; 1–3000 m.

Etymology. This species is named in honor of Annette Aiello for the loan of specimens and her help in obtaining type specimens.

Type material: Holotype, male, COSTA RICA: Cartago-San Jos , 20 Km SE Empalme, 2800 m, IX-1988, P. Hanson ( CAS) . Paratype: COSTA RICA: Alajuela: 1 female, Upala, San Ramón Dos Ríos , 620m, 26-V-21- VI-1994, Familia Hurtado ( INBio) ; 1 female, Finca San Gabriel, 2 km suroeste Dos Rios , 600m, V-1990 ( INBio) ; 1 female, 2 km O. Dos Rios, Finca San Gabriel , 200m, VIII-1988, P. Hanson ( MZCR) . Guanacaste: 2 male, Tilarán, Rio San Lorenzo , 800m, 30-IX-1-XI-1993, G. Rodriguez ( INBio) ; 2 male, same locality and collector, 10-30-IX-1993 ( INBio) . Cartago: 1 male, 3 female, El Guarco, San Isidro, Finca Génesis, 2300m ,

VII-1996, P. Hanson & C. Godoy ( MZCR); 4 female, same locality and collector , III-1996 ( MZCR); 1 male, 8 female, same locality and collector , VIII-1996 ( MZCR); 1 male, same locality and collector , IX-1996 ( USNM); 1 female, same locality and collector , XI-1996 ( INBio); 1 male, 4 km NE Cañon Genesis II, 2350m, 9.71°N, 83.91°W , V-1995, P. Hanson, Malaise trap ( MZCR); 1 female, same locality and collector , IV-1995 ( MZCR); 6 female, same locality , VIII-1996, Hanson & C. Godoy, Malaise trap ( MZCR); 1 male, 3 female, El Guarco, San Isidro, Madreselva, Los Lagos , 2600m , 10-30-VII-1993 ( USNM); 1 male, 2 female, same locality and collector , VIII-1993 ( BMNH, MZCR); 2 female, same locality and collector , II-1994 ( INBio); 4 female, same locality and collector , 1-30-III-1994 ( INBio); 1 female, same locality and collector , VIII-1994 ( INBio); 1 male, 1 female, same locality and collector , XII-1994 - 16-I-1995 ( INBio); 1 male, same locality and collector , II-1995 ( INBio); 1 male, 1 female, same locality and collector , III-1995 ( INBio); 1 male, 1 female , same locality and collector, IV-V-1995 ( INBio); 1 male, 5 female , same locality and collector, VI- 12- VIII-1995 ( INBio); 2 male, 2 female , same locality and collector, IX-X-1995 ( INBio) 2 female , same locality and collector , II-1996 ( INBio); 1 female, same locality and collector , 22-III-1998 ( INBio); 1 male, Paraíso, Parque Nacional Tapant , 1300m , XII-1993, G. Mora ( INBio); 1 male, 2 female, Quebrada Segunda, Tapant , 1150m , XI-1994. G. Mora ( INBio); 1 female, same locality and collector , 18-III-1993 ( INBio); 1 male, same locality and collector , 1-30-VII-1994 ( INBio); 2 male, same locality and collector , VIII-1994 ( INBio); 1 male, same locality and collector , IX-1994 ( INBio); 7 female, La Cangreja , 1950m , VI-1991, P. Hanson, C. Godoy ( MZCR); 2 male, same locality and collector , IX-1991 ( INBio); 1 male, 6 female, La Cangreja , 1950m, 9.8 N, 83.97 W , IX-1991, P. Hanson, Malaise trap ( MZCR); 1 male, Monumento Nacional Guayabo , 1100m , IX- 1994, G. Fonseca ( INBio); 2 male, Reserva Forestal Río Macho, Cerro de la Muerte , 3000m , III-IV-1989, P. Hanson ( MZCR); 1 male, 2 female, La Represa, Torre del I.C.E. Entre los Rios Porras y Villegas , 1800m , XII- 1996, R. Delgado ( INBio); 2 male, Río Grande de Orosi, desde Puente Río Dos Amigos hasta la Represa, 1400-1800m , IV-1998, R.Delgado ( INBio); 1 male, 2 female, Turrialba, Grano de Oro, Chirripo , 1120m , X-1993, P. Campos ( INBio). Heredia: 1 male, 1 female, Estación Barva , 2500m , IV-XII-1989, A. Fernandez ( INBio); 2 female, Estación Barva , 2500m , VII-1990, B. Apu & G. Varela ( INBio); 1 male, same locality and collector , IV-1989 ( INBio); 1 male, 4 female, Parque Nacional Braulio Carrillo, 6 Km Vara Blanca , 2000m , 9-IV-2002 ( INBio); 2 male, 6 Km ENE Vara Blanca , 2000m, 10.11°N, 84.07°W , 20-III-2002 ( INBio); 2 female, Vara Blanca , 2100m, 10.15°N, 84.15°W , IX-1989, P. Hanson, Malaise trap ( MZCR); 1 female, same locality and collector , XI-1989 ( MZCR); 1 male, Parque Nacional Braulio Carrillo, Estación Zurqui, IV-V-1992, P. Hanson, C. Godoy ( MZCR). Limón: 1 male, Parque Internacional La Amistad , Estación Valle del Silencio , 2480m , 26-27-III-2003, R. Delgado, M. Alfaro, R. González, D. Rub, Luz Mercurio ( INBio); 8 male, same locality and collector , 17-III-2-IV-2003 ( INBio); 1 male, same locality and collector , 22-III-2003 ( INBio); 1 male, same locality and collector , 26-30-III-2003 ( INBio); 5 male, 9 female, same locality and collector , 27-29-VI-2003 ( INBio); 3 female, same locality and collector , 2-VII-2003 ( INBio); 2 female, same locality and collector , 20-26-IX-2003 ( INBio); 2 male, 4 female, same locality and collector , 22- 27-IX-2003 ( INBio); 1 male, 5 female, same locality and collector , 20-IX-5-X-2003 ( INBio); 1 female, same locality and collector , 1-5-X-2003 ( INBio); Parque Internacional La Amistad, Talamanca, Bratsi , 2300- 2400m , 24-VI-2003, M. Alfaro, R. Delgado ( INBio). Puntarenas: 1 female, Monteverde, Estación La Casona , 1520m , 9-25-VI-1995, K. Martínez ( INBio); 1 male, Reserva Forestal Golfo Dulce, 3 Km SW de Rincón de Osa, 10m , 1-V-30-VI-1992, C. Godoy, P. Hanson ( MZCR); 2 female, Coto Brus, Estación Biológica Las Alturas , 1500m , XII-1991, P. Hanson ( MZCR); 1 male, same locality and collector , IX-1994 ( MZCR); 1 female, same locality and collector , X-1991 ( MZCR); 1 female, Peninsula Osa Cerro Rincón , 200m S del hito, 744 m, X-1990 ( MZCR). San Jos: 1 male, Moravia, San Gerónimo , Zurqu de Moravia , 1600m , X-1995, P. Hanson, Godoy ( MZCR); 1 male, 4 female , same locality and collector, IX-X-1990 ( MZCR, BMNH); 2 male , same locality and collector , I-1991 ( MZCR); 1 male , same locality and collector, X-XII-1991 ( MZCR); 4 male , same locality and collector , III-1993 ( MZCR); 1 male, 1 female, same locality and collector , XI-1995 ( INBio); 2 female, Zurqu de Moravia , 1600m, 10.05 N, 84.02 W , II-1989, P. Hanson ( MZCR); 2 male, 2 female, same locality and collector , III-1989 ( MZCR); 1 female , same locality and collector, X-XII-1989 ( MZCR); 1 female , same locality , VII-1990, P. Hanson & C. Godoy ( MZCR); 1 female, same locality and collector , III-1991 ( MZCR); 1 male, 1 female, same locality and collector , V-1991 ( MZCR); 1 female, same locality and collector , VII-1991 ( MZCR); 2 female , same locality and collector, X-XI-1991 ( MZCR); 1 male, 4 female , same locality and collector , VII-1992 ( MZCR); 4 male, 3 female, Reserva Forestal Los Santos, 3 Km W. del Empalme , 2600m , XII-1992, P. Hanson ( MZCR, USNM, MIUP); 1 male , same locality and collector, IV-V-1993 ( MZCR); 11 female, Reserva Forestal Los Santos, 6 Km N. de San Gerardo 2800m , IV-1992, C. Godoy, P. Hanson ( MZCR); 3 male, 3 female, 2 Km W. del Empalme , 2300m , VI-1995, P. Hanson, C. Godoy ( MZCR); 6 male, 2 female, same locality and collector , I-1995 ( MZCR); 1 male, 20 km S Empalme , 2800m, 9.63 N, 83.85 W , IX-1988, P. Hanson, Malaise trap ( MZCR); 1 male, same locality and collector , XI- 1988 ( MZCR); 1 male, same locality , XII-1988, P C. Godoy & P. Hanson ( MZCR); 2 female, 26 Km N de San Isidro, 2100m , XI-1992 - I-1993, P. Hanson, C. Godoy ( MZCR); 1 female, same locality and collector , XI- 1992 - I-1993 ( MZCR); 2 male, Estación Sirena , 1-100m , I-VII-1990, G. Fonseca ( INBio) .

PANAMÁ: Chiriquí: 1 male, Guadalupe Arriba , 2100m, 8°52´26”N; 82°33´13”W, 8-13-XII-1983, H. Wolda ( STRI) ; 1 female, Fortuna , 1050m, 8°44´N; 32°15´W, 20-V-1979, H. Wolda ( STRI) .