Braxtonota enigmata, Dietrich, 2008

Dietrich, C. H., 2008, Some remarkable new Neotropical treehoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Membracidae), Zootaxa 1727, pp. 29-38 : 37-38

Braxtonota enigmata n. sp.

Description. Measurements. Length 7.0; head width 2.7; pronotum width 3.0; forewing length 5.8; Coloration. Head reddish brown, antennal pits, ventral part of lorum, and border of ocellus black. Pronotum golden yellow, crest and subapical portion of posterior process orange brown. Forewing dull yellow, with dark brown diffuse markings at apices of longitudinal veins. Legs with coxae black, femora and tibiae orange brown, femora and pro- and mesothoracic tibiae heavily marked with black ventrolaterally. Abdomen orange brown. Head, thoracic pleuron, and abdomen clothed with golden pubescence. Vestiture. Pronotum coarsely punctate with one recumbent gold seta associated with each pit. Structure. As described for genus.

Material examined. Holotype female, PUERTO RICO, Caribbean National Forest , Mt. Britton Trail, 25 May 1994 ( R. Turnbow) [ UGA].

Note. The species name, an adjective, refers to the enigmatic combination of features found in this species.