Mahanarva (Ipiranga) rubicunda
Creators: name: Meneghetti, Jéssica
name: Biganzoli-Rangel, Alejandro Jose
name: Carvalho, Gervásio Silva
name: Paladini, Andressa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cercopidae
Mahanarva
Mahanarva rubicunda

description: 3.4. 4.Mahanarva(Ipiranga)rubicunda(Walker, 1851)
Figures 6 A, 7 A – P
Monecphora rubicunda Walker, 1851 b: 678
Tomaspis rubicunda: Lallemand 1912 a: 97
Delassor rubicundus: Fennah 1953: 350. Metcalf 1961: 168
Mahanarva (Ipiranga) rubicunda: Fennah 1968: 187; comb. nov.
Monecphora indentata Walker, 1858
Delassor rubicundus indentatus: Fennah 1953; Metcalf 1961;
Mahanarva (Ipiranga) rubicunda indentatus: Fennah 1968
Mahanarva (Ipiranga) indentata (Walker, 1858): Carvalho and Webb 2005 stat. nov., syn. nov.
Measurements male / female.
Head length: 1.14 / 1.314; head width: 2.21 / 2.42; pronotum length: 2.06 / 2.28; pronotum width: 3.39 / 3.75; tegmen length: 9.5 / 10.38; tegmen width: 2.875 / 3.1; total length: 11.575 / 12.68
(in mm).
Diagnosis.
Tegmina brownish to black with two narrow transverse bands in orange shades, posterior band never fragmented into spots; paramere with a dorsal margin rounded and developed and with a finger-like apex.
Redescription.
Head black, vertex subretangular with a slightly marked median carina, ocelli brownish, closer to each other than to eyes, separated by about one and a half diameter from each other; tylus quadrangular, black, basal third with slightly marked carina, becoming indistinct towards the apex (Fig. 7 A – E); antenna brownish, pedicel sparsely setose; basal body of flagellum subcylindrical with a single and short arista shorter than the pedicel length. Postclypeus black, inflated, with convex profile, longitudinal carina present, lateral grooves slightly marked (Fig. 7 F, G); rostrum with second segment reddish and third segment brownish, reaching the base of mesocoxae. Pronotum brownish, hexagonal, with muscular insertions slightly apparent, median carina slightly marked; anterior and anterolateral margin straight; posterolateral with slight sinuosity and posterior margin medially grooved, humeral angles acute; scutellum black, with slight central concavity and slightly marked horizontal grooves. Tegmina (Fig. 7 A – E) brownish, narrow, with two narrow transverse bands orange: one between basal and medium third and another between medium and apical third; veins M and Cu 1 united at base, veins A 1 and A 2 distincts, apical reticulation developed, prominent venation. Hindwings hyaline, with brownish venation, Cu 1 thickened at the base, hamuli with four spines. Legs reddish, metathoracic femur with a small apical spine; tibia with two lateral spines, basal one smaller than the ones located at apical crown, which has 12–13 spines arranged in two rows; basitarsus with three rows of spines covered by long setae; subungueal process present. — MALE: Genitalia: Pygofer (Fig. 7 H) with one finger-like processes between anal tube and subgenital plate; subgenital plate (Fig. 7 H, I) narrowing towards apex, which is rounded, dorsal margin with rounded elevation covered with small tooth-like spines; basal process of subgenital plate short and rounded followed by an excavation. Paramere (Fig. 7 J) subretangular, with a finger-like apex, dorsal margin rounded and developed, and a subapical hook-like spine bearing small denticles in the inferior margin, directed outwards and forward. Aedeagus (Fig. 7 K – M) subcylindrical, narrowing towards apex, with a pair of straight dorsal processes, shorter than half length of shaft and inserted medially. — FEMALE: Morphology similar to that of the male, but slightly larger in relation to total body length. First valvula of ovipositor long (Fig. 7 N, O), with acute apex, basal process rounded and undeveloped, directed downwards; second valvula (Fig. 7 P) long with rounded apex and dorsal margin covered by teeth in apical third; third valvula short and wide, covered apical and ventrally by long setae.
Remarks.
M. (I.) rubicunda shows a high variation in the body color, ranging from black to light brown and the transverse bands on the tegmina can vary in shades of red, orange, yellow, and whitish (Fig. 7 A – E). M. (I.) rubicunda and M. (I.) indentata are synonyms because there are small and not significant morphological variations between these species. Furthermore, Fennah (1953), while describing Delassor, mentions M. (I.) indentata as a subspecies of Delassor rubicundus, showing that the similarity between these two species was observed by the author. The wing pattern is also similar to that of M. (I.) integra; however, the bands are narrower and more widely spaced. Additionally, there are several differences in the male genitalia: the subgenital plate has a rounded apex, and the paramere has a digitiform-shaped apex in M. (I.) rubicunda, which is not observed in M. (I.) integra.
Distribution.
Brazil (Goiás [new record], Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul [new record]).
Material examined.
BRASIL, Goiás: Goiânia, vii.1976, D. Rodriguez leg., 1 ♂ (MCTP); Minas Gerais: Igarapé, 26.xii.1982, Koller, W. W. leg., 10 ♂, 12 ♀ (DZUP); idem: 31.xii.1981, Koller, W. W. leg., 2 ♂, 1 ♀ (DZUP); Marliéria, 19°45′43.7″S 42°37′52.3″W, 2–5.iii.2011, Pinto, A. P. & Silva, J. G. leg., 1 ♂ (MCTP); Oratórios, 20°25′5.3″S 42°47′27.8″W, 31.iii.2012, Silva, L. A. leg., 3 ♂, 3 ♀, 1 without genitalia (MCTP); Coronel Pacheco, 7.vi.2004, Anad, A. M. leg., 1 ♀, 1 without genitalia (MCTP); Astolfo Dutra, 28.vii.1974, G. S. Andrade col., 1 ♀ (MCTP), 5 ♀ (DZUP); Espírito Santo: Santa Teresa, 5.iv.1967, C. T. & C. Elias leg., 1 ♂ (MCTP); idem: 27.i.1966, C. T. & C. Elias leg., 1 ♂ (DZUP); Baixo Guandu, 23–30.ix.1970, C. & C. T. Elias leg., 1 ♂ (DZUP); Rio de Janeiro: Teresópolis, (no col. data), 1 ♀ (MCTP); (no location data), vii.1972, M. Alvarenga, 1 ♀ (DZUP); Silva Jardim, iii.1974, F. M. Oliveira leg., 1 ♂ (DZUP); São Paulo: Guanavora, xii.1972, M. Alvarenga leg., 1 ♂ (DZUP); Paraná: Adrianópolis, 09.i.2009, E. Domelles leg., 1 ♂, 2 ♀ (DZUP); Piraquara, Mananciais da Serra, 25°29′46″S 48°58′54″W, 18.xi.2009, R. R. Cavichioli & P. C. Grossi leg., 1 ♀ (DZUP); Curitiba, 25.iv.1976, E. Arias col., 1 ♂ (DZUP); Guaratuba, Est. dos Castelhanos, 25°48′45″S 48°54′56″W, ii.2007, E. Caron, J. A. Rafael & P. C. Grossi leg., 1 ♂ (DZUP); idem: 25°49′55″S 48°55′48″W, 25.xi.2009, (no col. data), 2 ♂ (DZUP); Morretes, 12.viii.1983, Cordoni, J. leg., 1 ♂ (DZUP); idem: 09.iv.1993, E. L. Tonetti col., 1 ♂ (DZUP); Caiobá, 15.x.1983, Mattana, leg., 1 ♀ (DZUP); Rio Grande do Sul: Candelária, 4.xi.1978, L. A. Grohe leg., 1 ♀ (MCTP); Torres, 11.x.1992, Rambo, P. R. col., 2 ♀ (MCTP).
description: Published as part of Meneghetti, Jéssica, Biganzoli-Rangel, Alejandro Jose, Carvalho, Gervásio Silva & Paladini, Andressa, 2025, Taxonomic review, morphometry, and phylogenetic analysis of Mahanarva (Ipiranga) Fennah, 1968 (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cercopidae), pp. 45-73 in Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 83 on pages 45-73, DOI: 10.3897/asp.83.e130043