Allocyphotes waoraniorum Gonzalez-Mozo & Ware 2023, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Gonzalez-Mozo, Laura C.
name: Ware, Jessica L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Membracidae
Allocyphotes
Allocyphotes waoraniorum

description: Allocyphotes waoraniorum Gonzalez-Mozo sp. nov.
(Figures. 14D; 15D; 16D; 17C; 18D; 19D; 20I–L)
Diagnosis. In lateral view pronotum evenly convex; coloration homogeneous without black marks over the pronotum; humeral angle strongly trilobate.
Description. Color. Head, pronotum and legs light brown. Sculpture. Pubescent, pronotum tuberculate, covered with small knots more conspicuous in metopidium and carina media (Fig. 16D), three longitudinal elevated rugae on each side of carina media extended and subdivide irregularly from humeral angles. Head. Vertex with a linear groove between ocelli and superior margin of the head, frontoclypeus apex acute (Fig. 14D). Thorax. Pronotum. In lateral view, low, metopidium strongly convex, elevated, preapical part of posterior pronotal process evenly convex, posterior process gradually descending (Fig. 15D); in dorsal view, humeral angle auriculate, markedly trilobate, with two small mesal conical swellings, posterolateral area of pronotum not extended laterally (Fig. 16D). Forewings. s crossvein present anterior of r-m (Fig. 17C). Abdomen. Male. Subgenital and lateral plate margin dorsal rounded (Fig. 20I, J); aedeagus in lateral view scoop-shaped, concave, corona without conspicuous denticuli (Fig. 20K), style superior margin pointed, in posterior view distal area of style curved anteriorly (Fig. 20L). Female. First valvulae. Ventral interlocking device sinuate (VID) bent downwards (Fig. 18D). Second valvulae. Dorso-apical margin finely serrate (Fig 19D).
Measurements. male/female (mm): Total length 5.62/7.08; head width 1.70/1.92; head length 1.36/1.42; pronotum length 4.54/6.06; width between humeral angles 3.16/ 4.03.
Etymology. This species is named after the indigenous people, Waorani, who inhabit the protected area in the Amazonian region of Ecuador where this and other Darnini species were collected.
Distribution. Ecuador.
Material examined. Holotype male, pinned. (♂ QCAZ 273214). Original label “ ECUADOR, Orellana: Reserva Etnica Waorani, 1k S. Onkone Gare Camp Transect Ent, 216.3m, 1-Oct-1996, 00° 39’ 25.7” S 076° 27’ 10.8” W, T. L Erwin et al. Fogging terre firme forest, Lot #1700”. Paratype female, pinned. (♀ QCAZI 273215). Original label “ ECUADOR, Orellana: Reserva Etnica Waorani, 1k S. Onkone Gare Camp Transect Ent, 216.3m, 21-Jun-1996, 00° 39’ 25.7” S 076° 27’ 10.8” W, T. L Erwin et al. Fogging terre firme forest, Lot #1560”. Paratype male, pinned abdomen and genitalia in vial. (USNM: 1 male) Original label “ ECUADOR, Orellana: Reserva Etnica Waorani, 1k S. Onkone Gare Camp Transect Ent, 216.3m, 1-OCT-1996, 00° 39’ 25.7” S 076° 27’ 10.8” W, T. L Erwin et al. Fogging terre firme forest, Lot #1700”. Paratype female, pinned abdomen and genitalia in vial. (U SNM: 1 female). “ ECUADOR, Orellana: Reserva Etnica Waorani, 1k S. Onkone Gare Camp Transect Ent, 216.3m, 3-JUL-1995, 00° 39’ 25.7” S 076° 27’ 10.8” W, T. L Erwin et al. Fogging terre firme forest, Lot #1099”.
Comments. Closely resembling A. insolita (see A. insolita comments). In contrast to other Allocyphotes species, preapical part of pronotum of A. waoraniorum sp. nov. is evenly convex, and the coloration is homogeneous without black marks over the pronotum. As A. pompanoni, knots are present over the metopidium in A. waoraniorumi, but the posterolateral area of pronotum is not projected laterally.
description: Published as part of Gonzalez-Mozo, Laura C. & Ware, Jessica L., 2023, Review of Cyphotes Burmeister, 1835 (Hemiptera: Membracidae) with the description of a related new genus, pp. 501-525 in Zootaxa 5380 (6) on pages 520-522, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5380.6.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10259472