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

description: Allocyphotes Gonzalez-Mozo new genus
Type species. Cyphotes insolita Goding, 1926, here designated.
Diagnosis. Length 5–7 mm. (1) Frontoclypeus tubular, in anterior view extended beyond suprantennal ledges (ventrolateral margin of suprantennal ledges and frontoclypeus not in a continuous line) (Fig. 14); (2) in dorsal view posterolateral area of pronotum not extended laterad of humeral angles (Fig. 16); (3) humeral angles trilobate (Fig. 16 ha); (4) forewing s crossvein present (Fig. 17 s).
Description. Color. Brown usually with black marks over pronotum and legs. Sculpture. Punctured, pronotum tuberculate, some species densely pubescent or longitudinal lines. Head. Subrectangular, longer than wide, subparallel to body axis, in lateral view metopidium, vertex and frontoclypeus not in a straight line (forming an angle) (Fig. 15); frontoclypeus tubular, in anterior view extended more than 1/3 beyond suprantennal ledges, apex acute or truncate (Fig. 14). Thorax. Pronotum. In lateral view, preapical part of posterior pronotal process variable among species from evenly convex (Fig. 15D), to enlarge rounded (Fig. 15C), to conical, some species subdivided into two or more humps (Figs. 15A, E); in dorsal view, humeral angles usually trilobate (Fig. 16A), if triangular strongly projected laterally (Fig. 16C); posterolateral area of pronotum usually not extended beyond the extension of humeral angles (Figs. 4C; 16), posterior pronotal process triangular, gradually acute. Forewings. s crossvein present (Fig. 17). Abdomen. Male. Aedeagus variable in lateral view from compressed (Figs. 20K, O), to scoop-shaped (Figs. 20C, G), corona concave with (Figs. 20C, K, O) or without denticuli (Fig. 20K) on dorsal margin, style variable among species. Female. First valvulae. ventral interlocking device (VID) variable convex (Figs. 18A, E) or bent (Figs. 18B, C, D), apex variable from acute (Figs. 18A, D, E) to truncate (Figs. 18B, C). Second valvulae. With (Figs. 19D, E) or without teeth (Figs. 19A, B, C) on dorsal margin. Gonoplac. Strongly sclerotized ventrally, expanded apically, with long setae along ventral margin, not variable among species (Fig. 19F).
Etymology. Allo - Gr. allos, (others); Cyphotes Gr. kyphos, (humpbacked)—feminine.
Distribution. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela (Fig. 22). Species distributed between 40–2420 meters of altitude.
Comments. Despite the morphological heterogeneity among the species, all included species exhibit the same proposed diagnostic characters that support including them in the same genus. The preapical part of the pronotal posterior process is highly variable and is here considered a reliable character only at the species level. Two species are transferred from Cyphotes, (C. insolita and C. colombiensis), one species is transferred from Aspona (A. pompanoni), and three new species are described for a total of six species. In contrast to Cyphotes, the distribution Allocyphotes is wider (Fig. 22). “ Cyphotes sp. ” figured in Godoy et al. (2006; pp. 121–123) represents a new species of Allocyphotes but was not available for study; it will be treated in a separate paper.
Key to the species of Allocyphotes new genus.
1 Pronotum with small knots on metopidium and median carina; in dorsal view posterolateral area of pronotum projected laterally (Fig. 16E)...................................................... Allocyphotes pompanoni (Boulard) comb. nov.
- Pronotum without small knots on metopidium and median carina (if knots are present posterolateral part of pronotum not strongly enlarged); in dorsal view posterolateral area of pronotum not well projected laterally (Fig. 16A)................ 2
2 In lateral view, preapical part of pronotum low; coloration homogeneous without black marks (Fig 15D)......................................................................................... Allocyphotes waoraniorum sp. nov
- In lateral view, preapical part of pronotum elevated; coloration heterogenous with black marks (Figs. 15A, C; F)......... 3
3 In dorsal view, posterolateral area of pronotum extended beyond humeral angles.......................................................................................... Allocyphotes colombiensis (Gonzalez-Mozo) comb. nov.
- In dorsal view, posterolateral area of pronotum not extended beyond humeral angles (Fig. 16)......................... 4
4 Humeral angle triangular (Fig. 16C); pronotum densely pubescent; female first valvulae with VID bent (Fig. 18C)....................................................................................... Allocyphotes flavus sp. nov.
- Humeral angle trilobate (Figs. 16A, F); pronotum not densely pubescent; female first valvulae with VID convex (Figs. 18A, E)................................................................................................. 5
5 Pronotum in lateral view with two rounded swellings (Fig. 15C); female second valvula with five teeth on dorsal surface (Fig. 19E)........................................................................ Allocyphotes robertoi sp. nov.
- Pronotum in lateral view with one conical swelling (Fig. 15A); female second valvula with one tooth on dorsal surface (Fig. 19A).............................................................. Allocyphotes insolita (Goding) comb. nov.
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 512-514, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5380.6.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10259472