Insolitana carinata Domahovski & Gonçalves & Takiya & Cavichioli 2019, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz
name: Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa
name: Takiya, Daniela Maeda
name: Cavichioli, Rodney Ramiro
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Insolitana
Insolitana carinata

description: Insolitana carinata sp. nov.
(Figs 24 –37, 42, 43)
Type locality. near Quincemil, Cusco Department, Peru.
Measurements (mm). Total length of holotype, 8.0.
Color. Head and thorax (Figs 42, 43) dark-brown to black. Face (Fig. 25) dark-brown with pair of yellow spots near base of lora. Mesonotum (Fig. 24) with pair of small yellow maculae near mid-length of lateral margins. Forewing (Fig. 27) opaque, dark-brown with several small hyaline fenestrae between veins and large one on costal margin near wing apex. Legs (Fig. 43) yellowish-brown.
Description. External morphological characters as in generic description.
Male terminalia. Sternite VIII (Fig. 29) rectangular; longer than wide; lateral margins slightly convex; posterolateral angles rounded, posterior margin slightly sinuate with small median emargination. Valve (Fig. 30), in ventral view, subtriangular; 1.9 times longer than wide; integument thickening present only on anterior margin; posterior margin produced and emarginated. Pygofer (Fig. 31), in lateral view, about 2.2 times longer than maximum height; dorsal margin convex; ventral margin strongly convex near base and concave subapically; macrosetae grouped near dorsal margin subapically; with robust and unciform inner processes, directed ventrally, in dorsal view (Fig. 32), with apex rounded; apex tapered, subacute. Subgenital plate, in lateral view (Fig. 31), not produced posteriorly as far as pygofer apex; in ventral view (Fig. 33), 2.6 times longer than wide, wider at midlength, with small setae on external margin; external margin expanded laterally; internal margin straight; apex tapered and subacute. Connective (Fig. 34) small, Y-shaped; stalk longer than wide; about one-quarter of style length. Style, in dorsal view (Fig. 34), with outer lobe reduced; in lateral view (Fig. 35), L-shaped, with blade elongate; ventral margin smooth, wider preapically, with short and robust preapical tooth, directed anterad; dorsal margin excavated preapically; apex emarginated. Aedeagus (Figs 36, 37) with preatrium reduced; dorsal apodeme not produced laterally, with pair of processes parallel to shaft, extending beyond shaft apex, each process with ventral margin with prominent rounded lobe and apex acute; shaft elongated and strongly curved dorsally; apex with two pairs of short apical processes, one pair directed dorsally and another ventrally.
Female unknown.
Etymology. The new species epithet carinata is derived from the Latin word “ carina ”, referring to the pair of conspicuous carinae on crown.
Material examined. Holotype male: " Peru, Cusco, 19km W. Quince-\ mil, Rio Araza tributary, 18–\ 31.viii.2012, malaise, 874m \ 13°20’10”S, 70°50’57”W \ R.R. Cavichioli; J.A. Rafael,\ A.P.M. Santos, D.M. Takiya leg", “DNA voucher:\ Entomologia, DZRJ \ ENT2427 ” (MUSM).
description: Published as part of Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz, Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa, Takiya, Daniela Maeda & Cavichioli, Rodney Ramiro, 2019, Two new genera and species of Gyponini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from South America, pp. 561-570 in Zootaxa 4568 (3) on page 565, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4568.3.9, http://zenodo.org/record/2601791