Pseudometopia amblardii ( Signoret 1855 )

Dellapé, Gimena, 2016, Description of the female terminalia of twelve species of Proconiini and a key to genera from Argentina (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), Zootaxa 4117 (2), pp. 211-225 : 217-218

Pseudometopia amblardii ( Signoret 1855)

Diagnosis. Crown, pronotum, and scutellum pale yellow; crown with dark spot at apex, ocelli dark; pronotum with anterior dark spot and posterior dark band; forewings blue-gray with a few dark transverse bands.

Female terminalia. Abdominal sternite VII, in ventral view ( Fig. 7 ), with lateral margins slightly parallel, posterior margin emarginate with a slight convex median process within emargination; surface with scattered microsetae. Pygofer, in lateral view, moderately produced posteriorly; surface with microsetae and a few macrosetae on ventral region. First valvifers, in lateral view, ovoid; with small spiniform processes on ventral region. First ovipositor valvulae, in lateral view, slightly broadened beyond basal curvature; dorsal sculptured area formed by linear processes arranged in oblique lines; ventral sculptured area formed mostly by linear processes; apex obtuse with dorsal margin slightly concave ( Fig. 19 ), and denticles on dorsal and ventral margins. Second valvulae, in lateral view, broadened beyond basal curvature; dorsal margin of blade bearing 42 to 50 not continuous teeth, each tooth subsquare, with denticles on dorsal and posterior margins ( Fig. 31 ); ducts not reach the teeth; apex broadly rounded ( Fig. 43 ), with denticles on entire margin; preapical ventral prominence absent. Gonoplacs, in lateral view, with scattered microsetae on ventral margin and a few strong setae on apical region; apex rounded.

Material examined. ARGENTINA. Misiones: Iguazú, 2♂, 10/XII/1951, Willink & Monrós cols. ( IFML); 5 km West of Eldorado, 1♀, 19/IX/2003, Logarzo col.; Eldorado, Cueva Miní, 26°22,29´S 54°39,65´W, 1♂ 1♀, 13/ II/2012, hand collection, Dellapé G. col. ( MLP).

Distribution. Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina ( Young 1968): Misiones ( Paradell et al. 2012).

Figures

FIGURE 1 – 12. Abdominal sternite VII (ventral view): 1 — Aulacizes basalis, 2 — Aulacizes conspersa, 3 — Aulacizes insistans, 4 — Aulacizes obsoleta, 5 — Aulacizes quadripunctata, 6 — Cicciana latreillei, 7 — Pseudometopia amblardii, 8 — Stictoscarta sulcicollis, 9 — Tretogonia bergi, 10 — Tretogonia cribata, 11 — Tretogonia dentalis, 12 — Tretogonia notatifrons. Scale: 1 mm.

FIGURE 13 – 24. First valvulae of ovipositor, apex (lateral view): 13 — Aulacizes basalis, 14 — Aulacizes conspersa, 15 — Aulacizes insistans, 16 — Aulacizes obsoleta, 17 — Aulacizes quadripunctata, 18 — Cicciana latreillei, 19 — Pseudometopia amblardii, 20 — Stictoscarta sulcicollis, 21 — Tretogonia bergi, 22 — Tretogonia cribata, 23 — Tretogonia dentalis, 24 — Tretogonia notatifrons. Scale: 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 25 – 36. Second valvulae of ovipositor, teeth of dorsal margin (lateral view): 25 — Aulacizes basalis, 26 — Aulacizes conspersa, 27 — Aulacizes insistans, 28 — Aulacizes obsoleta, 29 — Aulacizes quadripunctata, 30 — Cicciana latreillei, 31 — Pseudometopia amblardii, 32 — Stictoscarta sulcicollis, 33 — Tretogonia bergi, 34 — Tretogonia cribata, 35 — Tretogonia dentalis, 36 — Tretogonia notatifrons. Scale: 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 37 – 48. Second valvulae of ovipositor, apex (lateral view): 37 — Aulacizes basalis, 38 — Aulacizes conspersa, 39 — Aulacizes insistans, 40 — Aulacizes obsoleta, 41 — Aulacizes quadripunctata, 42 — Cicciana latreillei, 43 — Pseudometopia amblardii, 44 — Stictoscarta sulcicollis, 45 — Tretogonia bergi, 46 — Tretogonia cribata, 47 — Tretogonia dentalis, 48 — Tretogonia notatifrons. Scale: 0.1 mm.