Clorindaia cyphora Blocker & Fang

Zahniser, James N., 2021, Revision of the New World leafhopper tribe Faltalini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) and the evolution of brachyptery, Zootaxa 4954 (1), pp. 1-160 : 43

Clorindaia cyphora Blocker & Fang

( Figs. 22A 1 , 22B 1 , 23Q–V , 27 )

Clorindaia cyphora Blocker & Fang, 1992: 344 [original description, illustration, morphology]; Zanol, 2008: 24 [catalogue]; Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013: 84 [illustrated]; Zahniser, 2007 [online catalogue]; Freytag & Gaiani, 2017 [online catalogue]

Diagnosis. C. cyphora can be distinguished from other species of Clorindaia by the crown length 0.9x or more of interocular width, aedeagus without unpaired apical process, aedeagus asymmetrical, aedeagus with pair of relatively thick apical processes sinuate but not forming semicircles in caudal view. In addition to the original description by Blocker & Fang (1992), the species was illustrated by Zahniser & Dietrich (2013).

Material examined. Holotype ♂ examined [ SEMC] . Additional material: 7♂, 5♀ ARGENTINA: Chaco, P.N. Chaco, 70m, 26°48’50”S 59°36’52”W, 10-I-2008, A. Gonçalves, vacuum, AR10-10. 1♂, 1♀, same data except col- lected by C.H. Dietrich, vacuum, AR10-13 [ INHS, USNM] .

Distribution. This species is known from Paraguay (Central Dept.) and Argentina (Chaco Prov.).

Figures

FIGUIRE 1. Habitat and live views of some Faltalini. (Q, R) Lihué Calel National Park in La Pampa Prov., Argentina. (S) Dietrichana pampas n.gen. & sp., male (T, V) Faltala viscacha n. sp., female (U) Ackbaria ojosverdes n. sp., female.

FIGUIRE 22. Clorindaia spp. (A–B) standard views; A1 & B1, male holotype of C. cyphora; A2 & B2, male holotype of C. adama; A3 & B3, female holotype of C. latiabdoma. (Q) ventral view of C. latiabdoma female holotype.

FIGUIRE 23. Clorindaia cyphora (Q–R, T–V) & Clorindaia hecaloides (S, W), SEM images. (Q) face. (R) detail of face. (S) detail of face, antennal base, fine erect seta on gena. (T) head, pronotum, scutellum, and forewing bases, dorsal view; measurements of median length of crown (a) and length of crown next to eye (b) are illustrated. (U) detail of crown. (V–W) female sternite VII, pygofer, and ovipositor. oc = ocellus.

FIGUIRE 27. Distribution of Clorindaia.