Magnana splendida Domahovski & Cavichioli 2021, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz
name: Cavichioli, Rodney Ramiro
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Magnana
Magnana splendida

description: Magnana splendida sp. nov.
Figs. 1-17
Diagnosis: Inner margin of pygofer (Fig. 9) serrated apically; style (Fig. 13) elongated and sigmoid; shaft of aedeagus (Figs. 14, 15) bearing one short subapical process on anterior surface, curved ventrally, with pair of apical processes, slightly longer, branched at apex, branches directed ventrally.
Type locality: Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Measurements (mm): Total length: 18.7; head length: 1.4; transocular width: 3.6; humeral width of pronotum: 5.0; forewing length: 12.0; forewing width: 4.2.
Color: Mostly yellow (Figs. 16, 17). Crown (Fig. 1) with black maculae on following areas: posterior margin, behind ocelli; inner margin of eyes, surrounding ocelli and extending to anterior margin; and apex of anterior margin. Pronotum (Fig. 1): several large round black maculae on disc and anterior portion; posterior margin with transverse irregular-shape black macula. Mesonotum and scutellum (Fig. 1) with transverse black macula. Face (Fig. 2): transition crown-face black; area surrounding antenal pits black; gena with large black spots medially; ventral portion of frons, lora and clypeus black. Proepimeron (Fig. 3) with ventral half black. Forewing (Fig. 4) with several large black maculae; costal margin orange. Profemur (Fig. 3) with base and apex black. Protibia (Fig. 3) and protarsus black. Mesofemur and mesotibia (Fig. 17) with base and apex black. Mesotarsus black. Metafemur and metatibia (Figs. 16, 17) with base and apex black. Metatarsus (Fig. 5) with third tarsomere black. Abdomen with dorsal portion black; sternite III almost entire black; sternites IV-VII with pair of black maculae on anterolateral angles; sternite VIII (Fig. 6) almost entire black, anterior and lateral margins yellow. Pygofer (Fig. 8) with two black spots on anterior portion.
Description: External morphological characters as in generic description.
Male terminalia: Sternite VIII (Fig. 5), in ventral view, 1.5× wider than long; lateral margins slightly rounded and convergent posterad; posterior margin slightly undulated. Valve (Fig. 7), in ventral view, 2× wider than long; integument thickened on anterior margin only; posterior margin notched medially. Pygofer (Fig. 8), in lateral view, 1.8× longer than maximum height; ventral margin broadly round, bearing small setae; apex slightly tapered and round; macrosetae dispersed near apex and dorsal margin; in dorsal view (Fig. 9), apical portion of inner margin finely serrated, but not produced into process. Subgenital plate (Fig. 8), in lateral view, produced posteriorly almost as far as pygofer apex; in ventral view (Fig. 10), elongated, 4.5× longer than wide; lateral margins approximately straight; external margin and ventral surface bearing short setae; apex round. Connective (Fig. 11), in dorsal view, stalk present, wider than long; arms curved anterad, dorsal keel small. Style (Fig. 12), in dorsal view, with outer lobe well-developed, round; in lateral view (Fig. 13), blade elongated and sigmoid; external surface bearing small setae except on apical portion; apical portion with ventral margin serrated; apex slightly curved dorsally. Aedeagus (Figs. 14, 15) with preatrium reduced; dorsal apodeme not expanded laterally; atrial processes with dorsal and ventral margins almost parallel; apex tapered and rounded, curved inwards; shaft tubular and elongated, curved dorsally near base and straight distally; apex with one short subapical process on anterior surface, curved ventrally, and pair of slightly longer apical processes, with branched apex, directed ventrally.
Female: unknown.
Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the singular beauty of this leafhopper.
Material examined: Holotype male:“ RJ.Nova Friburgo \ Sans Souci 05.V.09 \ E.J. Grossi col. Luz ” (DZUP).
description: Published as part of Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz & Cavichioli, Rodney Ramiro, 2021, Magnana, a new genus of Gyponini from Southeastern Brazil (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae), pp. 1-5 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 61 on pages 2-5, DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.40, http://zenodo.org/record/14371050