Pandara eleganta DeLong & Freytag, 1972

Silva, Marcelo Peixoto Gomes Da, Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa & Takiya, Daniela Maeda, 2024, Review of Pandara DeLong & Freytag (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), raised to generic status, including three new species and an identification key, Zootaxa 5463 (2), pp. 247-261 : 250-252

Pandara eleganta DeLong & Freytag, 1972

( Figs 1 , 6A–E )

Diagnosis. Male pygofer ( Fig. 1G ) with posterior margin broadly rounded. Style, in lateral view ( Fig. 1K ), with ventral margin smooth and rounded, not excavated.Aedeagus ( Figs 1L–1M ) with shaft flattened dorsoventrally; two pairs of preapical processes: dorsal pair very short, spine-like, and ventral pair bifid with rami directed laterally and slightly curved anteriorly.

Total length. Males, 8.0– 8.2 mm (n=2).

Description. External morphological characters as in generic description.

Coloration. Color pattern as in generic description.

Male terminalia. Sternite VIII, in ventral view ( Fig. 1E ), approximately 1.5 times wider than long. Valve, in ventral view ( Fig. 1F ), about 1.5 times wider than long; posterior margin emarginated medially. Pygofer, in lateral view ( Fig. 1G ), about as high as long; dorsal margin moderately concave; posterior margin broadly rounded; preapical dorsal process ( Fig. 1H ) semicircular. Subgenital plates, in lateral view ( Fig. 1G ), extending slightly beyond apex of pygofer; in ventral view ( Fig. 1I ), approximately 4.1 times longer than maximum width; inner lateral margin widely rounded, outer lateral margin slightly excavated in apical half; apex acutely rounded. Connective, in dorsal view ( Fig. 1J ), about half-length of styles. Style, in lateral view ( Fig. 1K ), with outer lobe with subacute apex; blade with ventral margin smooth and rounded, not excavated. Aedeagus ( Figs 1L–N ) with shaft flattened dorsoventrally; with two pairs of preapical processes: dorsal pair, very short, spiniform, and ventral pair, bifid with moderately elongated and slender rami directed laterally and slightly curved anteriorly, ventral ramus slightly longer.

Female unknown.

Distribution. Bolivia (Santa Cruz).

Material examined. Male holotype: “ Bolivia, Dept of Santa Cruz, Prov. San Esteban, Mururina , 49 km N of Santa Cruz, 1120 ft, R.B. Cumming, at black light” “OSUC 0169576” ( OSU) .

Additional material: 1m: “ Bolivia: Dpto. Santa Cruz;\ Reserva Natural Potrerillo del\ Guanda [sic! Guénda ]; S17°40.281’ / W63°27.451’, 400m;\ 3-9.XI.2009 at MV.UV lights & gen. coll.;\ Coll: G.J. Svenson ”, “DNA voucher\ Entomologia, DZRJ\ ENT 2801” ( MNKM) .

Notes. Pandara eleganta resembles Pandara parallela sp. nov. and Pandara inca sp. nov. in having the aedeagus with two pairs of preapical processes and ventral pair bifid. However, P. eleganta differs from these species by the style with the ventral margin smooth, and rami of the bifid process of the aedeagus not turned ventrally.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Pandara eleganta DeLong & Freytag, 1972, male. A, head and thorax, dorsal view. B, head, ventral view. C, head and thorax, lateral view. D, forewing. E, sternite VIII, ventral view. F, valve, ventral view. G, pygofer, valve, subgenital plate, and anal tube, lateral view. H, right pygofer lobe, dorsal view. I, subgenital plate, ventral view. J, Connective and styles, dorsal view. K, style, lateral view. L, aedeagus, lateral view. M, aedeagus, caudal view. N, aedeagus apex, dorsal view. DPP: dorsal preapical process. VPP-dr: ventral preapical process, dorsal ramus. VPP-vr: ventral preapical process, ventral ramus. Scale bars: A–C = 1 mm; D = 2 mm; E–G, I–N = 0.5 mm; H = 0.3 mm.

FIGURE 6. Habitus of Pandara species. A─C, Pandara eleganta DeLong & Freytag, 1972, male holotype (OSUC 0169576). A, dorsal view. B, lateral view. C, specimen labels. D─E, Pandara eleganta DeLong & Freytag, 1972, male. D, dorsal view; E, lateral view. F─G, Pandara inca sp. nov., male holotype. F, dorsal view. G, lateral view. H─I, Pandara indivisa sp. nov. male holotype. H, dorsal view. I, lateral view. J─M, Pandara parallela sp. nov., male holotype. J, dorsal view. K, lateral view. female paratype. L, dorsal view. M, lateral view. Scale bars = 2.0 mm.