Zuata carvalhoi Paladini & Cryan, 2012, sp. n.
Creators: name: Paladini, Andressa
name: Cryan, Jason R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cercopidae
Zuata
Zuata carvalhoi

description: Zuata carvalhoi sp. n.
(Figs 45–52)
Type Locality. Yanayacu Biological Station (S0º 35.967' W77º 53.419'), Napo Province, Ecuador.
Diagnosis. Head black with antennal margin yellow, postclypeus rounded and swollen, with one pair of conic eminences on the inferior margin, lacking median carina with slight lateral grooves; thorax brownish yellow, pronotum black with pale yellow stripe at or near anterior margin, lacking median carina, tegmina brown with pale spot on basal third of clavus, legs brownish yellow.
Description. Head (Figs 51–52): black; supra-antennal margins pale-yellow; rostrum brownish, extending to mesocoxae; compound eyes dark brown, rounded, arranged transversely; vertex smooth, quadrangular, lacking median carina; ocelli brown; tylus brown, wide, lacking median carina; antennae black, pedicel sparsely setose, basal body of flagellum ovoid with arista shorter than pedicel; postclypeus black, inflated, rounded and swollen, with one pair of conic eminences on inferior margin, lacking median carina, with slightly marked lateral grooves. Thorax (Figs 51–52): brownish yellow; pronotum black with one horizontal, pale yellow stripe near anterior margin, hexagonal, lacking median carina, anterior margin straight, lateral-anterior margins straight and short, lateral posterior margin slightly sinuous, posterior margin grooved; scutellum dark brown, with slight central concavity and lacking horizontal grooves; tegmina brown with pale spot on basal third of clavus, apical reticulation not developed; hindwings pale brown with black venation, vein Cu1 not thickened at base; legs brownish yellow, metathoracic tibia with two lateral spines (basal spine equal in size to those located in apical crown and apical spine larger); apical crown of tibia with two rows of spines; basitarsus with one row of spines covered by sparse setae; subungueal process present, triangular. Abdomen: black with posterior margin of urosternites yellow. Genitalia: Male: Pygofer (Fig. 50) with a round process between anal tube and subgenital plates; subgenital plates (Fig. 50) with slender, digitiform apex and a sclerotized, acute spine; parameres (Fig. 49) each with apex long and slender, lacking spine, dorsal process developed and round; aedeagus (Figs 45–47) short and wide with triangular apex bearing one dorsal triangular process one ventral elongated process, ventral margin lightly serrate. Female (Fig. 48): First valvula of ovipositor long and slender with acute apex and lacking developed basal process; second valvulae long and slender, dorsal margin smooth lacking serrations; third valvulae short and wide, with long setae ventrally.
Measurements (mm). Body length: Ƥ 8.0, 3 7.7; pronotal length: Ƥ 1.1, 3 1.2; forewing length: Ƥ 6.5, 3 6.2; maximum width of head, including eyes: Ƥ 1.8, 3 1.8; width between humeral angles: Ƥ 2.5, 3 2.3.
Distribution. ECUADOR: Napo Province
Remarks. The aedeagus shape of Z. carvalhoi is unusual within Zuata and, indeed, within Ischnorhininae. However, the morphology of the postclypeus, subgenital plates, and parameres is typical of Zuata.
Etymology. This species is named in honor of Dr. Gervasio Carvalho, in recognition of his expertise on Neotropical Cercopidae and his many valuable contributions to research on spittlebugs.
Material examined. Holotype (3, dissected, deposited at AMNH) with labels: “ ECUADOR: Napo; Yanayacu / Biol. Station; 5km SW Cosanga; / 2100msnm; 29–I–2009; S0º / 35.967' W77º 53.419'; / G. Goemans” and “ HOLOTYPE / Zuata carvalhoi / Paladini & Cryan”. Paratypes (23, 2Ƥ, 2 dissected, deposited at DZUP) with labels: “ ECUADOR: Napo, Baeza / 12–22.II.1983 / L. Hugger leg. Additional material: 13, 1Ƥ: JCRC.
description: Published as part of Paladini, Andressa & Cryan, Jason R., 2012, Nine new species of Neotropical spittlebugs (Hemiptera: Cercopidae: Ischnorhininae), pp. 53-68 in Zootaxa 3519 on page 65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.215415