Chromagallia paraguayensis Goncalves, Mejdalani
Creators: name: Gonçalves, Ana Clara
name: Mejdalani, Gabriel
name: Costa, Luiz Alves
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Chromagallia
Chromagallia paraguayensis

description: Chromagallia paraguayensis Gonçalves, Mejdalani et Costa sp. nov.
(Figs 30–34, 43, 44, 48)
Length. Male holotype, 4.6mm; male paratypes, 4.6–4.7mm; female paratype, 4.8mm.
Holotype description.
Head and thorax (color). Ground color of anterior dorsum mostly black. Face black, ocelli red. Frons with pair of brown maculae on antennal ledges; genae with pair of inconspicuous dark brown maculae. Forewings dark brown with four scarlet maculae as follows: larger one on basal half of clavus (transcommissural); one mostly on apical portion of clavus (transcomissural); one more basally on inner discal and brachial cells; one on distal half of costal margin opposite claval apex; distal forewing margin pale brown. Fore legs mostly brown basally with distal femoral portion yellow (remaining parts of legs lost); middle legs mostly brown basally with knee, tibia and tarsus yellow, tarsal claws brown; hind legs mostly brown with tarsus yellow, tarsal claws brown.
Male genitalia. Pygofer (Fig. 30), in lateral view, with apical portion narrowed and directed inward, bearing scattered setae. Subgenital plates (Fig. 31), in ventral view, greatly narrowed on distal 2/3, fused only at basal portion, with small scattered setae; in lateral view (Fig. 30), upturned distally, extending posteriorly approximately as far as pygofer apex. Styles (Fig. 32), in dorsal view, very narrow and elongate with anterior portion slightly projected inward; anterior half of shaft slightly expanded and with projection for articulation with connective; apex blunt, not forked, bearing few setae. Connective (Fig. 33), in lateral view, elongate, well developed and sclerotized; Y-shaped in dorsal view, not fused with aedeagal base. Aedeagus (Fig. 33) symmetrical; shaft, in lateral view, directed dorsoposteriorly, of triangular form, without processes. Anal tube (Fig. 30), in lateral view, with segment X not curved and anal style bearing few setae.
Female paratype (color). Abdomen (Fig. 34), in ventral view, with distal portion mostly brown, remaining area yellow. Other color pattern features generally similar to those of holotype.
Female genitalia (based on one paratype). Abdominal sternite IV with small setae concentrated on posterior margin; sternite V reduced, also with small setae concentrated on posterior margin; sternites VI and VII located more internally; sternite VI reduced; sternite VII (Fig. 43) well developed, subtriangular in ventral view, anterior portion with capitate projection followed by conspicuous median elliptical fovea; posterior margin narrowly emarginated medially; in caudal view with conspicuous T-shaped apodeme (Fig. 44). Base of ovipositor exposed. First valvulae, in lateral view, slightly dorsally curved from base; ventral interlocking device distinct, located on basiventral portion of shaft; dorsolateral surface with reticulate sculptured area formed by oblique rows of scale-like processes on distal 2/3 of shaft; ventroapical region with scale-like processes; dorsoapical and ventroapical margins pseudodentate; apex acute. Second valvulae (Fig. 48), in lateral view, slightly curved dorsally from base, with broadest point on apical third; with dorsal hyaline area on median portion; inconspicuous dorsal prominence present; teeth mostly subtriangular, not bearing denticles, positioned on distal half of dorsal margin (just behind dorsal hyaline area); shaft apex subacute. Gonoplacs, in lateral view, with proximal half broadening gradually toward median portion; apex subacute; surface with tiny spiniform processes and setae on apical portion and extending anteriorly along ventral margin.
Intraspecific variation (based on all male and female paratypes). Facial maculae may vary in size and tonality. Forewing maculae may vary in size and shape.
Etymology. The new species epithet, paraguayensis, refers to Paraguay, the country in which all specimens herein described were collected.
Type material. Paraguay, Canindeyu Department. Holotype: male, “ Paraguay, Canindeyu\ 18– 26.VII.1996 \ A C.F. Costa leg”; “Reserva Natural del\ Bosque Mbaracayu,\ Jejuimi Mal5” (DZUP). Paratypes (five specimens) with the same data as the holotype, excepting: one male, “ 1–15.V.1996 ”; “Mal.2” (MNRJ); one male, “ 9–15.V.1996 ” (DZUP); one male, “ 29.V–11.VI.1996 ”; “Jejui-mi Mal.2” (DZUP); one female, “ 29.V-11-VI.1996 ” (DZUP); one male, “ 11–18.VII.1996 ” (DZUP).
description: Published as part of Gonçalves, Ana Clara, Mejdalani, Gabriel & Costa, Luiz Alves, 2008, Five new species of Chromagallia from South America (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Agalliinae), pp. 1-17 in Zootaxa 1749 on pages 10-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181693