Agalliopsis pentaspinata Goncalves, Mejdalani & Coelho, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Gonçalves, Ana Clara
name: Mejdalani, Gabriel
name: Coelho, Luci B. N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Agalliopsis
Agalliopsis pentaspinata

description: Agalliopsis pentaspinata Gonçalves, Mejdalani & Coelho, sp. nov.
(Figs 31–38, 69, 70)
Length. Male holotype 3.7 mm; male paratypes 3.7–3.8 mm; female paratypes 3.9–4.1 mm.
Description (holotype). Head and thorax (color). Ground color of dorsum brownish-yellow. Crown (Figs 31, 32) with five dark brown maculae: two irregular ones close to eyes, two about equidistant between eyes and median line, and triangular one at median line. Face (Fig. 32) yellow with inconspicuous, inverted brown Y-shaped mark; inner area adjacent to ocelli with small dark brown dots. Frons (Fig. 32) with pair of pale brown arched stripes; genae with brown maculae adjacent to antennal bases. Pronotum (Fig. 31) anterior portion with inconspicuous maculae, lateral portions with pair of small marks and posterior 2/3 of disc with median line, brown. Mesoscutum (Fig. 31) with pair of laterobasal triangular maculae and pair of small rounded marks at central portion, brown; mesoscutellum with pair of brown maculae at laterobasal portions, pair of dark brown oblique maculae at central portion, and light brown median line extending from scutoscutellar suture to posterior portion. Forewings with veins partially covered with brown, mostly at basal portion.
Male genitalia. Pygofer (Fig. 33), in lateral view, with well developed anterior apodeme with circular apex; posterior margin rounded. Subgenital plates (Fig. 34), in ventral view, very elongate; fused to valve and to each other along basal half; narrowing gradually on distal half towards apex; in lateral view (Fig. 33), extending posteriorly beyond pygofer apex; with longer setae on dorsal surface. Styles (Fig. 35), in lateral view, with dorsal oblique projection on basal half directed anteriorly; outer fork small, rounded, with several setae at subapical region, with acute apex directed dorsally; inner fork well developed with basal portion strongly curved, apical portion directed ventrally, apex acute. Connective (Fig. 35), in lateral view, elongate, linear, fused with aedeagus; in dorsal view, with form of longitudinal bar narrowed on median portion. Aedeagus (Fig. 35), in lateral view, elongate and strongly curved; basal region expanded with projection directed dorsally; basal half of shaft directed anterodorsally; curved region expanded anteriorly; apical half of shaft narrowing towards apex; subapical region with pair of bifurcated lateral projections, originating two pairs of processes (Fig. 36), anterior pair with irregular border apically and posterior pair with acute apex; apical region of shaft acute (Fig. 36). Anal tube (Fig. 33), in lateral view, small, segment X divided into two parts, basal one with process bearing digitiform apex (Fig. 37).
Female (color). Abdominal sternite VII (Fig. 38) yellow; laterotergites of segment VIII yellow; pygofer (Fig. 38), in ventral view, brown with inner margins (adjacent to gonoplacs) yellow; gonoplacs brown. Other features similar to those of the male holotype.
Female genitalia. Abdominal sternite VII (Fig. 38), in ventral view, forming transverse plate with triangular emargination at median area of posterior margin. First valvulae, in lateral view, elongate; dorsolateral surface with oblique rows of scale-like processes on distal 1/2 of shaft; ventroapical region with scale-like processes. Second valvulae (Fig. 69), in lateral view, elongate and slender, with broadest point at apical 1/4; dorsal hyaline area absent; dorsal prominence inconspicuous; teeth (Fig. 70) on apical 1/3 of dorsal margin, basally subtriangular, becoming subrectangular and increasing in size and distance between them towards apex; denticles may be present on teeth; ventroapical region of shaft with tiny teeth; apex of shaft rounded. Gonoplacs as in A. dutrai sp. nov.
Etymology. The species epithet, pentaspinata, refers to the five projections of the aedeagus apex, a diagnostic feature of the new taxon.
Type material. Holotype: male, Brazil, “ Viçosa, MG [Minas Gerais State], Brasil \ Data 22/X/1986 \ P. S. Fiuza F. [Ferreira]” (DZRJ). Ten paratypes with same data as holotype, except: one female “ 07/X/1981 ” (DZRJ), one male “ 20/XI/1986 ”, two females “ 02/XII/1986 ”, one female “ 27/X/1987 ”, one female “ 05/XI/ 1992 ” (UFV), one female “ 21/VII/1986 ”, one male “ 20/XI/1986 ”, one male “ 10/XI/1987 ”, one female “ 20/ XI/1987 ” (MNRJ).
description: Published as part of Gonçalves, Ana Clara, Mejdalani, Gabriel & Coelho, Luci B. N., 2009, Six new species of Agalliopsis from Southeastern Brazil (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Agalliinae), pp. 1-18 in Zootaxa 2014 on pages 8-11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185901