Teletusa limpida (Signoret 1855)

Dellapé, Gimena, 2015, Description of the female terminalia of twenty species of Proconiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Argentina, Zootaxa 3915 (4), pp. 521-539 : 532

Teletusa limpida (Signoret 1855)

Diagnosis. General coloration dark brown to black with yellow markings on abdominal sterna, laterotergites, tergum VII, VIII and pygofer; body with dense pubescence, mainly on scutellum and lower portion of clypeus; fore- and hindwings almost colourless; clypeus forms an approximately right angle with longitudinal axis of body; pronotum with parallel margins; abdomen distinctly broad and short. [Note. This species is a known Batesian mimic of megachilid bees ( Mejdalani et al. 2002)].

Female terminalia. Abdominal sternite VII, in ventral view ( Fig. 20 ), longer than tall, with lateral margins parallel, lateroposterior margins slightly rounded, and posterior margin sinuate on each side of median produced rounded lobe; surface with numerous scattered, long and fine microsetae. Pygofer, in lateral view, short, slightly produced posteriorly; surface with long and fine microsetae. First valvifers, in lateral view, longer than tall; with small spiniform processes on ventral region. First ovipositor valvulae, in lateral view, slightly broadened beyond basal curvature and then narrowing gradually toward apex; dorsal and ventral sculptured area formed by linear processes; apex rounded ( Fig. 40 ), with denticles on dorsal and ventral margins. Second valvulae, in lateral view, distinctly broadened beyond basal curvature and then narrowing gradually toward apex; dorsal margin of blade bearing 65 to 68 noncontiguous teeth, mostly quadrangular, with denticles on dorsal margin ( Fig. 60 ); size of teeth increases from proximal portion to broad region, and then decreases towards apex; ducts extending toward apical blade portion but not reaching to teeth; apex obtuse ( Fig. 80 ), with denticles on dorsal and ventral margins; without preapical ventral prominence. Gonoplacs, in lateral view, with long and thin setae on ventral margin and apex; apex narrowly rounded.

Material examined. ARGENTINA. Misiones: Puerto Bemberg, 1♂, III/1945, Hayward, Willink, R. Golbach ( IMLA); Parque Nacional Iguazú, 9♂ 3♀, XI-XII/2008, water trap, Zamudio & Colleselli Gomez de Olivera; Eldorado, Cueva Miní, 26°22,29´S 54°39,65´W, 5♂, 14/II/2012, hand collection, G. Dellapé ( MLP).

Distribution. Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina: Misiones ( Young 1968; Freytag & Sharkey 2002; Mejdalani et al. 2002; Azevedo-Filho & Carvalho 2006; Paradell et al. 2012).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 20. Abdominal sternite VII (ventral view): 1 — Acrogonia citrina, 2 — Acrogonia virescens, 3 — Anacuerna centrolinea, 4 — Dechacona missionum, 5 — Diestostemma ptolyca, 6 — Egidemia speculifera, 7 — Homalodisca ignorata, 8 — Molomea cincta, 9 — Molomea confluens, 10 — Molomea consolida, 11 — Molomea lineiceps, 12 — Oncometopia expansa, 13 — Oncometopia facialis, 14 — Oncometopia tucumana, 15 — Oncometopia venata, 16 — Phera carbonaria, 17 — Tapajosa doeringi, 18 — Tapajosa rubromarginata, 19 — Tapajosa similis, 20 — Teletusa limpida. Scale: 1 mm.

FIGURES 21 – 40. First valvulae of ovipositor, apex (lateral view): 21 — Acrogonia citrina, 22 — Acrogonia virescens, 23 — Anacuerna centrolinea, 24 — Dechacona missionum, 25 — Diestostemma ptolyca, 26 — Egidemia speculifera, 27 — Homalodisca ignorata, 28 — Molomea cincta, 29 — Molomea confluens, 30 — Molomea consolida, 31 — Molomea lineiceps, 32 — Oncometopia expansa, 33 — Oncometopia facialis, 34 — Oncometopia tucumana, 35 — Oncometopia venata, 36 — Phera carbonaria, 37 — Tapajosa doeringi, 38 — Tapajosa rubromarginata, 39 — Tapajosa similis, 40 — Teletusa limpida. Scale: 0,1 mm.

FIGURES 41 – 60. Second valvulae of ovipositor, teeth of dorsal margin (lateral view): 41 — Acrogonia citrina, 42 — Acrogonia virescens, 43 — Anacuerna centrolinea, 44 — Dechacona missionum, 45 — Diestostemma ptolyca, 46 — Egidemia speculifera, 47 — Homalodisca ignorata, 48 — Molomea cincta, 49 — Molomea confluens, 50 — Molomea consolida, 51 — Molomea lineiceps, 52 — Oncometopia expansa, 53 — Oncometopia facialis, 54 — Oncometopia tucumana, 55 — Oncometopia venata, 56 — Phera carbonaria, 57 — Tapajosa doeringi, 58 — Tapajosa rubromarginata, 59 — Tapajosa similis, 60 — Teletusa limpida. Scale: 0,1 mm.

FIGURES 61 – 80. Second valvulae of ovipositor, apex (lateral view): 61 — Acrogonia citrina, 62 — Acrogonia virescens, 63 — Anacuerna centrolinea, 64 — Dechacona missionum, 65 — Diestostemma ptolyca, 66 — Egidemia speculifera, 67 — Homalodisca ignorata, 68 — Molomea cincta, 69 — Molomea confluens, 70 — Molomea consolida, 71 — Molomea lineiceps, 72 — Oncometopia expansa, 73 — Oncometopia facialis, 74 — Oncometopia tucumana, 75 — Oncometopia venata, 76 — Phera carbonaria, 77 — Tapajosa doeringi, 78 — Tapajosa rubromarginata, 79 — Tapajosa similis, 80 — Teletusa limpida. Scale: 0,1 mm.