Curtara (Retusana) woldai ( DeLong & Martison, 1980 ) DeLong & Martinson, 1980

Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz & Cavichioli, Rodney Ramiro, 2017, Two new species of Nullana from southern Brazil (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini) with key to males, Zootaxa 4281 (1), pp. 207-218 : 215

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4281.1.19

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5206B734-356E-44D0-98A2-760EB681BCDC

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6034869

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F4DB24-FFCA-7303-FF5D-FB6B4551F86B

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Plazi

scientific name

Curtara (Retusana) woldai ( DeLong & Martison, 1980 )
status

comb. nov.

Curtara (Retusana) woldai ( DeLong & Martison, 1980) View in CoL n. comb.

( Figs 58–75 View FIGURES 58 – 75. 58 – 66 )

Nullana woldai DeLong & Martison, 1980: 501 View in CoL . New combination.

Curtara (Retusana) exilia DeLong & Wolda, 1982: 301 View in CoL . New synonymy.

The male genitalia of Nullana woldai View in CoL also differ from the other species included in Nullana View in CoL , including presence of atrial processes ( Figs 74, 75 View FIGURES 58 – 75. 58 – 66 ). DeLong & Martison (1980) referred to the atrial processes as basal processes in the description of the species: " Aedeagal shaft bearing 2 terminal processes which extend to base and 2 basal processes which extend to apex of shaft, base of shaft recurved". DeLong & Wolda (1982) described Curtara (Retusana) exilia View in CoL , with illustrations that agree perfectly ( Figs 62–66 View FIGURES 58 – 75. 58 – 66 ) with the male genitalia of N. woldai View in CoL ( Figs 71–75 View FIGURES 58 – 75. 58 – 66 ). Both are from the same locality: according to DeLong & Martinson (1980) the holopype of N. woldai View in CoL should be labeled " Las Cumbres, Panama, 28-V-1973 H . Wolda coll." and according to DeLong & Wolda (1982), the holotype of C. (R.) exilia View in CoL should be labeled " Panama, Las Cumbres , 9-X-1976 . at light. leg. H. Wolda". The label attached to the holotype of Nullana woldai View in CoL indicates the date 27-V-1973 ( Fig. 70 View FIGURES 58 – 75. 58 – 66 ), which is the date quoted for the allotype by DeLong & Martinson (1980).

Both taxa have the same size (8 mm) and coloration: head and thorax yellowish. Pronotum with four black spots near anterior margin, disc with punctate brown spots. Forewing with larger brown spot on corium and irregular brown spots on clavus, costal margin and apex of wing. Study of photographs of the holotypes of both species ( Figs 58–61, 67–70 View FIGURES 58 – 75. 58 – 66 ), deposited in the C. A. Triplehorn Insect Collection (OSUC), and comparison to the original descriptions and illustrations indicates that the two taxa are the same species and, for now, it is retained in Curtara following DeLong & Wolda (1982). This species may belong in Ponana , but this change cannot be confirmed until specimens are studied.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

Genus

Curtara

Loc

Curtara (Retusana) woldai ( DeLong & Martison, 1980 )

Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz & Cavichioli, Rodney Ramiro 2017
2017
Loc

Curtara (Retusana) exilia

DeLong 1982: 301
1982
Loc

Nullana woldai DeLong & Martison, 1980 : 501

DeLong 1980: 501
1980
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