Clinonana impensa

Engel, Giulia & Takiya, Daniela Maeda, 2012, Synopsis of Clinonana Osborn (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae): new distributional records and description of a new species, Zootaxa 3329, pp. 19-30 : 22-23

Clinonana impensa

( Figs. 1 B, 3)

Measurements in mm (Ψ, n= 3). Total length: 18.0–19.2 (average=18.4). Crown median length: 1.5–1.6 (average=1.6). Pronotum median length: 3.0 (average=3.0). Pronotum largest width: 8.8–9.6 (average=9.1). Mesonotum largest width: 4.5–5.0 (average=4.7). Mesonotum median length: 4.5–4.8 (average=4.6).

External morphology. Crown ( Figs. 1 B, 3A) median length on average half of interocular and three-tenths transocular width. Pronotum ( Figs. 1 B, 3A) largest width on average 2.6 times median length; largest width on average 1.9 times largest mesonotum visible width. Mesonotum ( Figs. 1 B, 3A) length equal to combined mesal length of crown and pronotum. Forewings may have supernumerary transverse veins. Other characteristics as in generic description.

Male unknown.

Female genitalia. Valvulae II ( Figs. 3 I, J) of ovipositor dorsal margin without teeth.

Notes. Because no males of C. impensa are known, it can only be distinguished from other Clinonana species by its pronotum width, which is 1.9 times to twice as broad as the greatest visible width of the mesonotum. No diagnostic differences in the female genitalia of C. impensa and C. mirabilis were observed.

Material examined. Bolivia: La Paz: 1 Ψ, Provincia Nor Yungas, Vagante, 16°10' S 67°41' W, 11 XII 2008 (S. M. Clark), (BYU); Santa Cruz: 2 Ψ, Buena Vista vic., Flora & Fauna Hotel, 17°27' S 63°40' W, 26 X 2000 (R. Morris), (INHS).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Clinonana impensa, female. A, head, pronotum, and mesonotum. B, terminal segments, lateral view. C, terminal segments, ventral view. D, base of first valvulae and valvifers, ventral view. E, first valvula and valvifer, lateral view. F, same as previous, in line drawing. G, dorsal sculptured area of first valvula, lateral view. H, second valvifer, lateral view (structure flattened under microslide). I, second valvula, lateral view. J, same as previous, in line drawing. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 1. A, live male of C. mirabilis collected at light trap at Careiro, AM, Brazil. B – D. dorsal habitus of Clinonana species. B, C. impensa, female from Bolivia, INHS. C, C. mirabilis, male from Brazil, INPA. D, C. rafaeli sp. nov., male holotype, INPA. Scale bars = 2.0 mm.