Sakakibarella Creao-Duarte 1997
Creators: name: Camacho, Luis F.
name: Flórez-V, Camilo
name: Evangelista, Olivia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Membracidae
Sakakibarella

description: Key to species of Sakakibarella:
1. Male (S. costaricensis, S. seminigra, S. crassa sp. nov. are known only from males).................................2
1’. Female (S. elongata, S. sinuosa are known only from females).................................................. 6
2 (1). Pronotum with antero-dorsal process distinct, acutely angled, as long as or longer than wide in lateral view (Figs. 1–4, 14–17).................................................................................................... 3
2’. Pronotum convex, dorsal outline slightly protuberant, obtusely angled, distinctly shorter than wide in lateral view (Figs. 5–6, 18–19)..............................................................................................4
3 (2). Antero-dorsal pronotal process large, length approximately equal to metopidium height; general coloration brown, lacking distinct darker markings on pronotum; forewings translucent (Figs. 1, 14, 22)................... costaricensis Creão-Duarte
3’. Antero-dorsal pronotal process small, length approximately half metopidium height; general coloration light brown, with a large dark brown patch covering almost entire metopidium, between humeral angles and dorsal process; forewings slightly smoky (Figs. 3, 16, 24)............................................................... seminigra Creão-Duarte
4 (2’). In lateral view, dorsal outline of pronotum distinctly sinuous, with a depression between humeral angles and posterior process (Figs. 8, 13, 21, 29)................................................................... santaceciliae sp. nov.
4’. In lateral view, dorsal outline of pronotum descending in a straight diagonal line from base of antero-dorsal process to apex of posterior process (Figs. 14–19)........................................................................... 5
5 (4’). Pronotum lacking antero-dorsal process; general coloration black or dark brown, pronotum mottled with light brown spots; forewing membrane smoky; legs light brown (Figs. 5, 10, 18, 26).................................... albinoi sp. nov.
5’. Pronotal antero-dorsal process consisting of small protuberance; general coloration light brown, with dark marks on metopidium, transversally extending between humeral angles and antero-dorsal protuberance; forewings hyaline (Figs. 6, 11, 19, 27).......................................................................................... crassa sp. nov.
6(1’). Pronotal dorsum distinctly sinuous, with a depression between humeral angles and posterior process (Figs. 20-21)........ 7
6’. Pronotal dorsum descending in somewhat straight diagonal line from base of dorsal process to apex of posterior process.... 8
7(6). Apex of antero-dorsal pronotal process strongly truncate, dorsal margin dark; posterior process with a dark patch (Figs. 7, 8, 12, 13, 20, 21, 28, 29)................................................................. santaceciliae sp. nov.
7’ Apex of antero-dorsal pronotal process round, with discrete dark mark extending between tip and humeral angles............................................................................................ S. sinuosa Creão-Duarte
8(6’). Antero-dorsal process distinctly longer than wide; mostly light brown, lacking dark markings (Fig. 15)................................................................................................... S. elongata Creão-Duarte
8’. Antero-dorsal process slightly longer than wide; mostly brown, mottled light brown; metopidium, anterior process and anterior region of dorsum darker than rest of pronotum (Fig. 17)......................................... S. albinoi sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Camacho, Luis F., Flórez-V, Camilo & Evangelista, Olivia, 2017, Notes on the genus Sakakibarella Creão-Duarte with description of three new species (Membracidae: Membracinae: Hoplophorionini), pp. 90-107 in Zootaxa 4281 (1) on pages 92-93, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4281.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/815947