Tricella antonellae, Catalano & Dietrich, 2017

Catalano, María Inés & Dietrich, Christopher H., 2017, Two new Dikraneurini genera from Ecuador (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), Zootaxa 4281 (1), pp. 232-237 : 236

Tricella antonellae n.sp.

Figs. 13–25

Description. Body length 2.1–2.15 mm.

Coloration ( Fig. 13 ). Crown unicolorous; anteclypeus pale, concolorous with rest of face. Pronotum orange. Mesonotum pale with brown marks. Thoracic venter entirely pale. Forewing costal margin with dark spot, apex fumose, with two irregular dark spots in apical cells. Abdomen light brown dorsally.

Abdomen. 2S apodemes ( Fig. 16 ) as described for genus.

Male genitalia. Pygofer ( Fig. 17 ) lobe rounded; with ventrolateral setae in distinct group; distal setae undifferentiated; dorsal appendage present,extended beyond pygofer apex (<2X pygofer length), in dorsal view straight or very slightly curved, in lateral view slightly curved downward with hair like preapical process extended dorsad. Subgenital plate ( Fig. 18 ) with four uniseriate macrosetae along dorsal margin. Style ( Fig. 19 ) with rounded preapical lobe; apex acute, tapered, short, in lateral view curved ventrad. Aedeagus ( Figs. 20–21 ) with dorsal apodeme well developed; shaft very short, curved dorsally;ventral process arising from base of atrial rim with three pairs of arms directed dorsally, subequal in length to shaft, parallel to each other, smooth. Connective ( Fig. 22 ) V shaped.

Female as described for genus.

Etymology. This species is named in honor of the first author's second daughter, Antonella.

Material examined. Holotype male, ECUADOR: Orellana, Tiputini Biodiversity Sta. nr. Yasuni Nat. Pk. 220- 250m 00°37’55”S, 076°08’39”W, 7 February 1999, T. L. Erwin et al., lot 2043, transect T/5, fogging terra firme forest [ USNM] . Paratypes: 1 female, same data except 26 October 1998, lot 1943 [ USNM] .

Figures

FIGURES 13 – 25. Tricella antonellae n. sp. 13, dorsal habitus; 14, forewing; 15, hindwing. Male: 16, sternal apodeme 2 S; 17, pygofer, lateral view; 18, subgenital plate; 19, style; 20, aedeagus, lateral view; 21, aedeagus, posterior view; 22, connective. Female: 23, sternite VII; 24, large valve; 25, small valve.