taxonID	type	description	language	source
D912B30CFFBEFFC7FF5BCE484723FE73.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 − 3)	en	Sauceda-V, Jefferson, Takiya, Daniela M. (2025): Short-winged mysteries from Andean cloud forests: a new genus and two new species of brachypterous sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5661 (3): 394-406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6
D912B30CFFBEFFC7FF5BCE484723FE73.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Andinobrachys montanus sp. nov.	en	Sauceda-V, Jefferson, Takiya, Daniela M. (2025): Short-winged mysteries from Andean cloud forests: a new genus and two new species of brachypterous sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5661 (3): 394-406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6
D912B30CFFBEFFC7FF5BCE484723FE73.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Large sharpshooters (16.0 − 16.2 mm). Body coloration (Figs. 2 A, B, 3 A, B) mostly yellow and ochraceous to brown (green in live specimens, Fig. 1 C); anterodorsal tuberosities of crown yellow. Head (Figs. 2 A, B, 3 A, B) moderately produced anteriorly; crown (Figs. 2 A, 3 A) anterior portion subquadrate, with two anterolateral tuberosities, apical margin concave, median area of the concavity somewhat projected anteriorly; transition between crown and face with a transverse median carina, between anterolateral tuberosities. Pronotum (Figs. 2 A, 3 A) width almost as wide as transocular width of head; in dorsal view with lateral margins convergent anteriorly; dorsopleural keel (Fig. 2 B, 3 B) absent. Forewing (Figs. 2 A, B, 3 A, B) brachypterous, exposing five abdominal terga; coriaceous and conspicuously punctate; without membrane. Hind wing also brachypterous, shorter than forewing, but longer than half forewing length. Male pygofer (Fig. 2 C) produced posteriorly, without a posteroventral process. Connective (Fig. 2 E), in dorsal view, with stem almost as long as arms, widening apically, not keeled. Style (Fig. 2 E) apodeme broad and long, almost as long as apophysis; base of outer apical margin of style with two little tuberosities adjacent to preapical lobe; apex digitiform. Aedeagal shaft, in lateral view (Fig. 2 F), elongate; with a basidorsal wide and triangular projection expanded dorsally, anterior margin of projection with a short and acute process, posterior margin irregular, somewhat serrated, with irregularities continuing dorsally until shaft apex; shaft apex, in lateral view (Fig. 2 F), curving ventrally and anteriorly, hooklike; in ventral and caudal views (Fig. 2 G, H), flattened dorsoventrally and wide, sagittate in form, with lateral margins serrated. Paraphyses (Fig. 2 F−H) paired, slender, and elongate; basally fused to a broad plate; extending posteriorly beyond shaft apex by a short distance; apex acuminate.	en	Sauceda-V, Jefferson, Takiya, Daniela M. (2025): Short-winged mysteries from Andean cloud forests: a new genus and two new species of brachypterous sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5661 (3): 394-406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6
D912B30CFFBEFFC7FF5BCE484723FE73.taxon	description	Description. Crown (Figs. 2 A, 3 A) moderately produced anteriorly, median length of crown approximately two-thirds interocular width and approximately one-half transocular width of head; with pubescence; anterior portion (Figs. 2 A, 3 A) subquadrate and with two lateral tuberosities; apical margin concave, median area of the concavity somewhat projected anteriorly; disk (Figs. 2 A, 3 A) with a distinct depression extended to apical margin, becoming more pronounced and foveate between lateral tuberosities; posterior portion with two strong posterolateral concavities, adjacent to each eye; posterior margin without a distinct M-shaped elevation (Figs. 2 A, 3 A). Head, in lateral view, with anterior portion of crown not inflated (Figs. 2 B, 3 B) forming an acute angle with frons; transition from crown to face with a transversal median carina between lateral tuberosities. Ocelli present but small and somewhat rudimentary (Fig. 2 A) or absent (Fig. 3 A); when present, aligned with anterior eye angles and equidistant from median line of crown and adjacent eye angle. Antennal ledges (Figs. 2 B, 3 B) carinate dorsally, without a longitudinal fovea; anterior edges steeply declivous. Face (Figs. 2 B, 3 B) conspicuously pubescent. Frons (Figs. 2 B, 3 B) strongly convex medially; muscle impressions distinct. Clypeus (Figs. 2 B, 3 B) protuberant, its contour almost at right angle to profile of face; without a median carina. Pronotum (Figs. 2 A, 3 A) width almost as wide as transocular width of head; lateral margins convergent anteriorly; surface punctate, rugose, and pubescent; pubescence more densely aggregated on posterior part; posterior portion inflated; posterior margin concave, forming two lobes; in lateral view (Figs. 2 B, 3 B), clearly declivous anteriorly; dorsopleural keel absent. Mesonotum (Figs. 2 A, 3 A) texture smooth; posterior half, posterior to scutellar suture, somewhat inflated; metepimeron without a shelf-like projection. Forewing (Figs. 2 A, B, 3 A, B) brachypterous, exposing at least abdominal terga IV-IX; texture strongly coriaceous, without venation and membrane, uniformly punctate and pubescent. Hind wing (Figs. 2 A, 3 A) brachypterous, shorter than forewing; vein R 2 + 3 (Fig. 3 A) complete. Profemur with setal row IC and AM multiseriate; setae subequal in aspect and indistinct from AV. Metafemur in rest position reaching lateral lobes of pronotum; femoral setal formula 2: 0: 0. Metatibia with AD and PD rows of cucullate setae similar in size, but not in number (PD more setose than AD, but not reaching double the amount of setae); bristle-like setae may be present in spaces between cucullate setae of both AD and PD; PD row with setae irregularly spaced; AV and PV rows of setae unmodified. Metatarsus with first tarsomere as long as combined length of second and third.	en	Sauceda-V, Jefferson, Takiya, Daniela M. (2025): Short-winged mysteries from Andean cloud forests: a new genus and two new species of brachypterous sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5661 (3): 394-406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6
D912B30CFFBEFFC7FF5BCE484723FE73.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Colombia.	en	Sauceda-V, Jefferson, Takiya, Daniela M. (2025): Short-winged mysteries from Andean cloud forests: a new genus and two new species of brachypterous sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5661 (3): 394-406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6
D912B30CFFBEFFC7FF5BCE484723FE73.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The generic name Andinobrachys is a masculine form derived from two components: “ Andino ” referring to the Andes, the South American Mountain Range where this genus occurs, and “ brachys ” from the Greek βραχύς, meaning “ short ” or “ reduced ”, in reference to the short wings (brachyptery) characteristic of the species in this genus.	en	Sauceda-V, Jefferson, Takiya, Daniela M. (2025): Short-winged mysteries from Andean cloud forests: a new genus and two new species of brachypterous sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5661 (3): 394-406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6
D912B30CFFBEFFC7FF5BCE484723FE73.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Andinobrachys gen. nov. was recovered in the phylogenetic analysis of Feng et al. (2024), then named as “ Proconiini sp. 2 ”, as sister group to Splonia dietrichi Takiya & Mejdalani, 2011. These two genera are extremely similar in their external morphology (when comparing with brachypterous species of Splonia), however, the new genus can be separated mostly by characters of the head, such as the anterior portion of the crown (Figs. 2 A, 3 A) with two lateral tuberosities (without tuberosities in Splonia), without processes (with an apical process which extends anterodorsally in Splonia); and the disk of the crown (Figs. 2 A, 3 A) with a distinct depression extended to the apical margin, becoming more pronounced and foveate between lateral tuberosities (disk flat without median fovea or depressions in Splonia).	en	Sauceda-V, Jefferson, Takiya, Daniela M. (2025): Short-winged mysteries from Andean cloud forests: a new genus and two new species of brachypterous sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5661 (3): 394-406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6
D912B30CFFB8FFC5FF5BCDF04484FBA3.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 − 3) Total length. 16.2 mm (male holotype), 16.0 mm (n = 2, female paratypes). Description. External morphology as in generic description above. Coloration. Body coloration mostly yellow and ochraceous (holotype, Fig. 2 A, B) to brown (Fig. 3 A, B). Crown ochraceous (holotype, Fig. 2 A) to brown, except for yellow anterolateral tuberosities. Frons, clypeus, and gena (Fig. 2 B, 3 B) dark brown, except for yellow posterior margin of gena. Pronotum, mesonotum, and forewings ochraceous (Fig. 2 A, B) to brown (Fig. 3 A, B). Thorax (Figs. 2 B, 3 B), in lateral view, with pleurites mostly brown to dark brown, with some yellow areas of different sizes. Legs (Figs. 2 A, B, 3 A, B) completely dark brown. Abdomen (Figs. 2 A, B, 3 A, B) dark brown, with (holotype, Fig. 2 A, B) or without median and broad yellow areas on tergites and sternites. Yellow and ochraceous to brown coloration of head, thorax and abdomen in the dead specimens are green in live ones (see Fig. 1 C). Male terminalia. Pygofer (Fig. 2 C), in lateral view, produced posteriorly, with numerous dispersed microsetae on most of the surface; without a posteroventral process; apex truncate; posterior margin sinuous, with a median concavity; ventral margin with a row of macrosetae along almost its entire length, except at base. Subgenital plates (Fig. 2 D), in ventral view, triangular, narrowing until mid-length and continuing almost with a constant width until apex; surface with dispersed microsetae; separate throughout their length; apex rounded; in lateral view, not extending posteriorly as far as pygofer apex. Connective (Fig. 2 E), in dorsal view, Y-shaped, with stem almost as long as arms; stem widening apically, not keeled; arms almost parallel. Style (Fig. 2 E) extending posteriorly beyond connective apex; apodeme broad and long, almost as long as apophysis; preapical present; preapical lobe triangular; base of outer apical margin of style with two little tuberosities posterior to preapical lobe; apex digitiform. Aedeagus (Fig. 2 F−H) symmetrical; preatrium inconspicuous; dorsal apodeme short; shaft elongate, in lateral view (Fig. 2 F), with dorsal margin at basal half expanded dorsally, forming a wide and triangular basal projection; anterior margin of projection with a short and acute process directed anteriorly and posterior margin of projection irregular, somewhat serrated, with irregularities continuing dorsally until shaft apex; shaft in ventral view (Fig. 2 G) wide at base and gradually narrowing until apex, lateral margins sinuous; shaft apex, in lateral view (Fig. 2 F), with ventral margin produced and curved ventrally and anteriorly, hooklike; shaft apex in caudal view (Fig. 2 H) wide and sagittate, with lateral margins serrated. Dorsal connective (Fig. 2 H) U-shaped. Paraphyses (Fig. 2 F−H) paired, slender and elongate; basally fused to a broad plate connected to base of aedeagus by membrane; extending posteriorly beyond shaft apex by a short distance; apex acuminate. Female terminalia. Abdominal sternite VII (Fig. 3 C), in ventral view, approximately 1.5 times wider than long; subquadrate; lateral margins sinuous and convergent posteriorly; ventral surface with microsetae distributed at median area; posterior margin with rounded lateral corners and median area projected posteriorly, projected apical area bilobate (Fig. 3 C). Sternite VIII completely membranous. Pygofer (Fig. 3 D), in lateral view, produced posteriorly and directed a little upwards; apex almost truncate; surface with microsetae uniformly distributed over almost all surface, except near base; ventral margin serrated, with small cuticular dentiform projections distributed along almost all length, with one median and one preapical concavities. Ovipositor extending beyond pygofer apex. First valvifer (Fig. 3 E), in lateral view, subtriangular. First valvula (Fig. 3 E, F) with dorsal sculptured area strigate on almost all dorsal surface, strigae arranged horizontally at basal third and becoming vertical towards apex; ventral area just sculptured at apex, also strigate; apex triangular, ending acuminate. Second valvula (Fig. 3 G, H), in lateral view, distinctly expanded beyond basal curvature until mid-length, gradually becoming narrower towards apex; dorsal margin with 49 separate teeth, each subtriangular and wide, bigger at sub-basal expansion, each tooth with small dorsal denticles; preapical prominence distinct; apex triangular but ending rounded, ventroapical margin, beyond preapical prominence, with small denticles. Gonoplac (Fig. 3 I), in lateral view, with basal half narrow and apical half distinctly expanded; apex rounded.	en	Sauceda-V, Jefferson, Takiya, Daniela M. (2025): Short-winged mysteries from Andean cloud forests: a new genus and two new species of brachypterous sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5661 (3): 394-406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6
D912B30CFFB8FFC5FF5BCDF04484FBA3.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Colombia (Antioquia department, Fig. 1 A−B).	en	Sauceda-V, Jefferson, Takiya, Daniela M. (2025): Short-winged mysteries from Andean cloud forests: a new genus and two new species of brachypterous sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5661 (3): 394-406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6
D912B30CFFB8FFC5FF5BCDF04484FBA3.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet “ montanus ” is a Latin word that means “ of the mountains ”, in reference to the high mountain forests, above 2500 m, where this species is found. Examined material. COLOMBIA: Holotype: 1 male “ CO. Ant. Sonsón Vereda San Francisco \ Cerro las Palomas A 5.727096 − \ 75.257001 2927 m Bosque Red entom. \ 1 − 12 sept 2018. Proy. Moscas de las \ Flores M. I. Salinas, A. M. Echeverry, J. \ Vallejo. Colecta 2. AM ” (CEUA: 72998). Paratypes: 1 female, “ Co Anti Sonsón Vereda San Francisco \ Cerro Las Palomas A 5.727096 − \ 75.257001 2927 m Bosque T− \ Emergencia Proy. Moscas de las \ Flores, 24 − May− 4 − Jun− 2019 −− JVallejo− \ JSauceda−MISalinas−DUchimMPosada ” (CEUA: 72999); 1 female “ COLOMBIA. Antioquia, Belmira, Cerca del \ Páramo de Santa Inés por El Morro y la \ Laguna. 6.6156667 ºN, 75,6481944 ºW \ 2700 - 3100 m manual \ leg. 12 - 14 - Feb. 2016 \ CBUCES-F ”, “ DNA voucher: \ Entomologia, DZRJ \ ENT 3875 ” (CBUCES).	en	Sauceda-V, Jefferson, Takiya, Daniela M. (2025): Short-winged mysteries from Andean cloud forests: a new genus and two new species of brachypterous sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5661 (3): 394-406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6
D912B30CFFBAFFCBFF5BC8C140B8FAD6.taxon	description	(Figs. 4 − 5)	en	Sauceda-V, Jefferson, Takiya, Daniela M. (2025): Short-winged mysteries from Andean cloud forests: a new genus and two new species of brachypterous sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5661 (3): 394-406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6
D912B30CFFBAFFCBFF5BC8C140B8FAD6.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Loja ohausi Schmidt, 1932: 47, preoccupied.	en	Sauceda-V, Jefferson, Takiya, Daniela M. (2025): Short-winged mysteries from Andean cloud forests: a new genus and two new species of brachypterous sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5661 (3): 394-406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6
D912B30CFFBAFFCBFF5BC8C140B8FAD6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Large sharpshooters (13.4 − 16.5 mm). Body covered with nodular callosities. Head (Fig. 4 A, B, 5 A, B) well produced anteriorly; crown (Figs. 4 A, 5 A) posterior portion with a pair of conspicuous tuberosities bordering posterior margin; transition between crown and face with a complete transverse carina; clypeus continuing profile of frons. Pronotum (Fig. 4 A, 5 A) width almost as wide as transocular width of head; in dorsal view, with lateral margins convergent anteriorly; dorsopleural keel (Fig. 4 B, 5 B) complete and strong. Forewing (Figs. 4 A, B, 5 A, B) brachypterous, exposing three (Fig. 4 A, B) to five (Fig. 5 A, B) abdominal terga, coriaceous and conspicuously punctate, without membrane. Hind wing (Fig. 4 A, 5 A) also brachypterous, significantly shorter than forewing, less than half the forewing length. Male pygofer (Fig. 4 D) not produced posteriorly and without processes; inner margin (Fig. 4 E), in caudal view, with sclerotized lobes. Subgenital plate, in lateral view (Fig. 4 G), with a median and a pre-apical triangular fang-like projections on dorsal margin. Connective (Fig. 4 H) arms converging anteriorly; stem broadly linear. Aedeagus atrium (Fig. 4 I, K) with ventral margin projected as a pair of broad and elongate ventral processes, extending posteriorly and dorsally. Dorsal connective (Fig. 4 J) H-shaped. Paraphyses (Fig. 4 I, K) absent.	en	Sauceda-V, Jefferson, Takiya, Daniela M. (2025): Short-winged mysteries from Andean cloud forests: a new genus and two new species of brachypterous sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5661 (3): 394-406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6
D912B30CFFBAFFCBFF5BC8C140B8FAD6.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Colombia [new record], Ecuador. Before this work, Lojata was only known from Ecuador in Loja (Schmidt 1932; Young 1968), based on the type locality of the type species Lojata ohausi. With the present study, the distribution of the genus is expanded, and it is reported for the first time in Colombia, in the municipality of Yarumal.	en	Sauceda-V, Jefferson, Takiya, Daniela M. (2025): Short-winged mysteries from Andean cloud forests: a new genus and two new species of brachypterous sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5661 (3): 394-406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6
D912B30CFFBAFFCBFF5BC8C140B8FAD6.taxon	discussion	Remarks. A diagnosis for the genus was made to include some variations found in the new species herein described. Prior to this study, no formal diagnosis had been presented for Lojata. Additionally, Young (1968), in his review of the Proconiini tribe, mentioned that the posterior tibia of Lojata lacks macrosetae. However, this assertion is clearly erroneous, as both L. andina sp. nov. (Fig. 4 A-B) and L. ohausi (Fig. 5 A-B) exhibit well-defined macrosetae on their posterior tibiae. Furthermore, we describe, for the first time, characters of the male terminalia within the genus. Lojata was recovered in a combined morphological and molecular phylogenetic analysis as closely related to Mareba Distant, 1908 with this clade, in turn, being related to Proconobola Young, 1968 (Takiya et al., in prep.). Lojata shares with species of both genera several morphological characteristics of the male terminalia, such as: (1) connective broadly linear with the stem killed medially; (2) aedeagus shaft tubular and short; and (3) long and robust paired ventral aedeagal processes. Also, it shares with Mareba the clypeus continuing the profile of the frons and with Proconobola the body covered with nodular tuberosities and the pygofer inner margin with sclerotized lobes. Despite these similarities in the male terminalia structures, Lojata can be easily distinguished from Mareba and Proconobola by its external morphology, including diagnostic characteristics such as: (1) crown (Figs. 4 A, 5 A) posterior portion with a pair of conspicuous tuberosities bordering posterior margin (absent in the other genera); (2) pronotum (Fig. 4 A, 5 A) width almost as wide as transocular width of head (greater than transocular width in the related genera); and (3) forewing and hindwing (Figs. 4 A, B, 5 A, B) brachypterous (macropterous in the other genera). Additionally, Lojata can also be separated from both related genera by some characters of the male terminalia, such as the subgenital plates (Fig. 4 G) with a median and a pre-apical triangular fang-like projections on dorsal margin (with a median dorsal short projection in Mareba and a spinelike apical projection in Proconobola).	en	Sauceda-V, Jefferson, Takiya, Daniela M. (2025): Short-winged mysteries from Andean cloud forests: a new genus and two new species of brachypterous sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5661 (3): 394-406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6
D912B30CFFB4FFCAFF5BC94044CDFB7E.taxon	description	(Fig. 4)	en	Sauceda-V, Jefferson, Takiya, Daniela M. (2025): Short-winged mysteries from Andean cloud forests: a new genus and two new species of brachypterous sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5661 (3): 394-406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6
D912B30CFFB4FFCAFF5BC94044CDFB7E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Body coloration (Figs. 4 A, B) completely brown to dark brown. Head (Fig. 4 A, B) with crown trapezoidal (Fig. 4 A); median area not projected anteriorly (Fig. 4 A). Forewing (Fig. 4 A, B) apex rounded. Pygofer (Fig. 4 D), in lateral view, subquadrate; posterior margin sinuous, forming two broad lobes; inner margin (Fig. 4 E), in caudal view, with sclerotized lobes. Subgenital plate, in lateral view (Fig. 4 G), with a median and a pre-apical triangular fang-like projections on dorsal margin. Connective (Fig. 4 H), in dorsal view, with stem much longer than arms, broadly linear, keeled medially. Style (Fig. 4 H) apodeme slender and short, approximately as long as half the apophysis length; apex rounded. Aedeagus atrium (Fig. 4 I, K) with ventral margin projected as a pair of broad and elongate ventral processes; extending posteriorly and dorsally; basally separated and connected to base of aedeagus by membrane; posterior half of processes with ventral margin strongly serrated until apex; apex acuminate; shaft tubular and short. Total length. 13.4 mm (holotype).	en	Sauceda-V, Jefferson, Takiya, Daniela M. (2025): Short-winged mysteries from Andean cloud forests: a new genus and two new species of brachypterous sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5661 (3): 394-406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6
D912B30CFFB4FFCAFF5BC94044CDFB7E.taxon	description	Description. Head with antenal ledges foveate. Forewing (Fig. 4 A, B) brachypterous, exposing three abdominal terga; apex rounded. Profemur with setal rows AM and IC multiseriate; IC setae subequal in aspect and indistinct from AV. Metatibia with AD row of cucullate setae without intercalaries; AD and PD setae similar in size and number, setae irregularly spaced; AV and PV rows of unmodified setae. Other characters of external morphology as in generic description by Young (1968: 25 – 26). Coloration. Body coloration (Figs. 4 A, B) completely brown to dark brown, without contrasting marks or maculae. Body pubescence can give an ivory appearance mostly ventrally. Male terminalia. Pygofer (Fig. 4 D), in lateral view, not produced posteriorly; subquadrate; with numerous dispersed microsetae over most surface and without processes; posterior margin sinuous, forming two broad lobes; ventral margin without macrosetae; inner margin (Fig. 4 E), in caudal view, with sclerotized lobes. Subgenital plate, in ventral view (Fig. 4 F), triangular, regularly narrowing until apex; separate from the other throughout their length; surface with dispersed microsetae; each plate, in lateral view, reaching pygofer apex; apex rounded; in lateral view (Fig. 4 G), with a median and a pre-apical triangular fang-like projections on dorsal margin. Connective (Fig. 4 H) Y-shaped in dorsal view, with stem much longer than arms; arms converging anteriorly; stem broadly linear, keeled medially. Style (Fig. 4 H) extending as far as connective apex; apodeme slender and short, approximately as long as half the apophysis length; preapical lobe present and triangular; apex rounded. Aedeagus (Fig. 4 I, K) preatrium inconspicuous; dorsal apodeme short; atrium with ventral margin projected as a pair of broad and elongate ventral processes; extending posteriorly and dorsally; basally separated and connected to base of aedeagus by membrane; posterior half of processes with ventral margin strongly serrated until apex; apex of processes acuminate; shaft tubular and short (Fig. 4 I). Dorsal connective (Fig. 4 J) H-shaped Paraphyses absent. Female. Unknown.	en	Sauceda-V, Jefferson, Takiya, Daniela M. (2025): Short-winged mysteries from Andean cloud forests: a new genus and two new species of brachypterous sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5661 (3): 394-406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6
D912B30CFFB4FFCAFF5BC94044CDFB7E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Colombia (Antioquia department, Fig. 1 A−B).	en	Sauceda-V, Jefferson, Takiya, Daniela M. (2025): Short-winged mysteries from Andean cloud forests: a new genus and two new species of brachypterous sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5661 (3): 394-406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6
D912B30CFFB4FFCAFF5BC94044CDFB7E.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet “ andina ” is derived from the word “ Andes ” and refers to the high−altitude Andean forests, which are the natural habitat of this species.	en	Sauceda-V, Jefferson, Takiya, Daniela M. (2025): Short-winged mysteries from Andean cloud forests: a new genus and two new species of brachypterous sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5661 (3): 394-406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6
D912B30CFFB4FFCAFF5BC94044CDFB7E.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Until now, only a single species, L. ohausi, was known for the genus. This species was described from a female specimen. The new species, L. andina sp. nov., is herein described based on a single male specimen, making it impossible to compare terminalia characters between these two species. However, the Colombian specimen is here considered a different species due to the distinct external morphology in comparison with the holotype of L. ohausi (Fig. 5). This includes characters, such as the general coloration of the body, head morphology, and the shape and size of forewings. Additionally, given that these are brachypterous species with limited mobility, the disjunct distribution was also used as a criterion to separate them as different species. Examined material. COLOMBIA: Holotype: 1 male “ Co Ant Yarumal Vda El Respaldo \ Fca La Maruja Sector Santa Isabel \ − 75,72792; 6,910 69 2200 − 2600 m \ 26 ene− 4 marzo 2017 bosque T− \ Malaise C. H−Sepulveda & M. Wolff ” (CEUA: 66377).	en	Sauceda-V, Jefferson, Takiya, Daniela M. (2025): Short-winged mysteries from Andean cloud forests: a new genus and two new species of brachypterous sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5661 (3): 394-406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6
