Cyphonia andina, Sakakibara, Albino Morimasa & Evangelista, Olívia, 2008

Sakakibara, Albino Morimasa & Evangelista, Olívia, 2008, New species and nomenclatural notes in the Ceresini (Hemiptera, Membracidae, Smiliinae), Zootaxa 1702, pp. 52-60 : 55-56

Cyphonia andina sp. nov.

Figs. 1 , 5 , 9

Diagnosis. Almost entirely black, with yellow spot on postclypeus, lateral margins from postocular lobes to humeral angles, and posteriorly from base of suprahumeral horns to lateroposterior margins, yellow; metopidium warty; suprahumeral horns, median, and posterior processes slender; tegmina infuscate.

Measurements (mm). Male/female. Total length 6.67/7.08; pronotal length 5.83/6.25; tegmina length 5.92/6.17; width between humeral angles 1.83/2.00; width between apices of suprahumeral process 3.42/3.42; maximum width between apices of posterior process 2.83/3.67; head width 1.68/1.92; head length 0.76/0.80.

Description. Holotype male. Head, pronotum, underside of thorax, legs except tibiae and tarsi, and apex of abdomen, black; postclypeus with a more or less lenticular light yellow spot; lateral margins of pronotum from postocular lobes to humeral angles, and patch behind suprahumeral horns to lateroposterior margins, yellow; spines of posterior process with apical third light castaneous; tegmina yellowish brown; base, costal margin and veins R and M black, until near apex; legs with tibiae and tarsi yellowish; abdomen yellowish, except the last 3-4 segments.

Head triangular, about as long as wide, well sculptured, shining. Eyes globose. Ocelli conspicuous, located on transocular line, equidistant from each other and eyes. Superior margin of vertex arched; suprantennal ledges short with rounded margins. Postclypeus ovoid with apex directed backwards and extended about 0.5x its length beyond the margins of suprantennal ledges.

Pronotum covered with sparse erect hairs; metopidium convex, distinctly granulate. Suprahumeral horns slender, conical, curved out and backwards, length from base to apex little more than width of head; median bifid process slightly inclined backwards, with arms curved and converging apically; posterior process slen- der, trifid: lateral spines curved posteriorly and slightly ventrally, median spine slightly more slender than lateral spines, weakly sinuose and parallel to internal margin of tegmina.

Female. Very similar to male. Warts on metopidium and suprahumeral horns yellow.

Holotype male. PERU: Cuzco. “ Peru: Cusco | Machu Pichin | 21.XII.1983 | leg. L. Huggert” (LUND). Paratypes: 1 female with same label data as holotype (DZUP); 2 males “ Peru: Cusco | Agua Caliente | 20.XII.1983 | leg. L. Huggert” (LUND); 2 males (DZUP) and 4 females, “ Ecuador: Napo, Baeza | 9, II.1983 | leg. L Huggert” (LUND).

Comments. Cyphonia andina sp. nov. is very similar to Cyphonia trifida (Fabricius) in the shape of the suprahumeral and median horns, and posterior processes. The surface of the posterior process is granulose, not smooth and shining as in C. trifida . The specimens from Ecuador have the pronotum almost entirely covered with yellow spots, especially the warts on the metopidium, and throughout the posterior process. The abdomen, in most of these, is entirely black, and the lateral spines of the posterior process are usually more dilated basally.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. New Ceresini species, lateral views: 1. Cyphonia andina sp. nov., holotype, male. 2. Poppea colombiana sp. nov., holotype, female. 3. P. turrialbae sp. nov., holotype, male. 4. P. pallida sp. nov., holotype, male.

FIGURES 5 – 8. New Ceresini species, frontal views: 5. Cyphonia andina sp. nov., holotype, male. 6. Poppea colombiana sp. nov., holotype, female. 7. P. turrialbae sp. nov., holotype, male. 8. P. pallida sp. nov., holotype, male.

FIGURES 9 – 12. New Ceresini species, dorsal views: 9. Cyphonia andina sp. nov., holotype, male. 10. Poppea colombiana sp. nov., holotype, female. 11. P. turrialbae sp. nov., holotype, male. 12. P. pallida sp. nov., holotype, male.