Polyamia (Copolyamia) caperata (Ball)

Duan, Yani & Dietrich, Christopher H., 2018, A new species of Polyamia DeLong (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) representing the first record of the genus from South America, Zootaxa 4457 (4), pp. 557-567 : 560

Polyamia (Copolyamia) caperata (Ball)

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Deltocephalus caperatus Ball, 1900: 343 .

Deltocephalus vinnulus Crumb, 1915: 192 .

Polyamia caperata, DeLong & Sleesman, 1929: 89 .

Polyamia grama DeLong, 1935: 156 .

Polyamia (Copolyamia) caperata, Sinada & Blocker, 1994: 775 .

Material examined. 4♂, USA: Illinois: Mason Co., Revis Hill Prairie , 6 September 2008, Hill Prairie, A.M. Wallner, Vacuum ( INHS) ; 1♂, 1♀, USA: Wisconsin, Kimball, Minong , August 25 1945, H.R. Ross, Prairie scrub mix ( INHS) .

Remarks. Sinada and Blocker (1994) have described this species adequately. We provide the first color illustrations of this species, which is highly variable in coloration, ranging from very pale (e.g., Fig. 1C–D ) to much darker ( Fig. 1B ) in mature individuals.

Distribution. USA.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Polyamia (Copolyamia) caperata A–C: habitus, dorsal view; D: habitus, lateral view; E: face; F: the end of female abdomen, ventral view. A–B: male; C–F: female.

FIGURE 2. Polyamia (Copolyamia) caperata A: male pygofer lobe, lateral view; B: male pygofer and segments X–XI, dorsal view; C: valve, subgenital plates and styles, ventral view; D: style, dorsal view; E, F: connective and aedeagus, dorsal and lateral view, respectively.