The Neotropical sharpshooter genus Ruppeliana Young (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): four new species, key to males, and new synonyms Mejdalani, Gabriel Zootaxa 2017 2017-10-09 4329 5 436 448 8JYSN Mejdalani, 2017 Mejdalani 2017 [151,378,871,897] Insecta Cicadellidae Ruppeliana Animalia Hemiptera 4 440 Arthropoda species grossii sp. nov.  Total length: male holotype 8.8 mm; male paratypes 8.8–9.6 mm(n = 4); female paratypes 9.7–10.5 mm(n = 3).  Description.External morphology. Head ( Fig. 8), in dorsal view, moderately produced anteriorly; median length of crown almost 1/2 of interocular width and approximately 1/3 of transocular width; ocelli located on or slightly behind imaginary line between anterior eye angles, each ocellus approximately equidistant from adjacent anterior eye angle and median line of crown. Frons, in lateral view, flattened medially or not, with slight median protuberance on lower third; central area granular; epistomal suture indistinct medially. Clypeus, in lateral view, slightly pubescent on lower portion. Pronotum ( Fig. 8), in dorsal view, with lateral margins slightly convergent anteriorly; dorsopleural carinae rectilinear and declivous anteriorly; disk of pronotum with distinct depression medially on anterior portion; with few faint striae medially. Mesonotum slightly transversely striate behind transverse sulcus. Forewings without distinct membrane; veins inconspicuous; bases of anteapical cells approximately aligned with or slightly more proximal than claval apex. Remaining characteristics of external morphology as described for the genus by Young (1977: 747). Color ( Fig. 8). General ground color dark brown to black with yellowish-white to bluish-white maculae. Crown with two pairs of maculae, one on antennal ledges and another medially between ocelli (which may be reduced or absent in PARNASO specimens; see typematerial below); with or without small central mark at transition to face. Face with longitudinal stripe from antennal ledge, covering most of gena and extending onto lorum; frons sometimes with pair of small maculae or longitudinal lines on lower half; clypeus with pair of maculae adjacent to upper lateral margins. Pronotum with three maculae, larger pair lateromedially and single small spot anteromedially (absent in PARNASO specimens); with or without small mark medially on posterior third of Caledônia specimens. Mesonotum with macula or maculae behind transverse sulcus (absent in some PARNASO specimens). Forewings with two rounded marks on clavus, one basally (reduced or absent in PARNASO specimens) and another near scutellar apex (which may be formed by small spots); corium with one macula (or series of spots in Caledônia specimens) just behind claval macula near scutellar apex; apical half of costal margin light brown in Caledônia specimens or with longitudinal bluish-white band (sometimes formed by set of small maculae) in PARNASO specimens. Lateral portions of thorax sometimes with small maculae. Legs brown to brownish-yellow with brown areas. Abdomen dark brown to black. Male genitalia. Pygofer ( Fig. 9), in lateral view, strongly produced posteriorly, posterior margin narrowly rounded, ventroapical margin with slight reentrance; macrosetae on apical half; in ventral view, ventral margin with small protuberance near apical third; processes absent. Valve ( Figs. 9–10), in ventral view, narrow, subrectangular, posterior margin slightly concave. Subgenital plates ( Figs. 9–10), in ventral view, elongate, subtriangular, gradually tapering toward apex; with uniseriate macrosetae along outer margin and fine setae dorsally; in lateral view, extending posteriorly almost as far as pygofer apex. Style ( Fig. 11), in dorsal view, extending posteriorly beyond apex of connective, with slight preapical outer lobe, apex blunt. Connective ( Fig. 11), in dorsal view, short, Y-shaped, stalk very short, narrow, with high median keel. Aedeagus ( Figs. 12–13) with shaft, in lateral view, with broadened apex; in dorsal view, with deep dorsal split; atrium well developed as ventral sheath-like portion linked to connective and bearing two pairs of processes, one basal, very long, slender and acute apically, exceeding aedeagal apex, and another located dorsoapically at sheath-like portion, short, fingerlike, directed dorsally, rounded apically, not exceeding aedeagal dorsal margin.   FIGURES 8–14.  Ruppeliana grossii  sp. nov.8, male holotype (total length 8.8 mm), dorsal view (antennae and legs not depicted), MNRJ. Male genitalia: 9, pygofer, valve, and subgenital plate, lateral view; 10, valve and subgenital plate, ventral view; 11, connective and style, dorsal view; 12, aedeagus, lateral view; 13, aedeagus, ventral view. 14, female sternite VII, ventral view. Female sternite VII ( Fig. 14), in ventral view, with posterior margin broadly and shallowly emarginate medially.   Etymology.The new species is named in honor of our friend, the coleopterologist Dr. Paschoal Coelho Grossi (Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco), who collected some of the specimens herein described.  Taxonomic notes.  Ruppeliana grossiican be recognized by the dark brown to black ground color of the body with yellowish-white to bluish-white maculae ( Fig. 8), which is unique within the genus (see Wilson et al.2009and Carvalho et al.2014for comparison with the other known species).     Typematerial. Brazil, Rio de JaneiroState.  Holotype: male, “PARNASO [ Parque Nacional da Serrados Órgãos]/ RJ [ Rio de JaneiroState]/ Brasil\  XII/2007\ Lab.[ Laboratóriode] Ecologia de Insetos/\ UFRJcol.”; “ S22°27’18,7’’\ W43°01’32’’\  1761m” ( MNRJ). Paratypes: nine males, same data as the holotype( MNRJ); two males, same data as the holotype( DZUP); two males, same data as the holotype( DZRJ); one male, same data as the holotypeexcept “  II/2008” ( MNRJ); two females, same data as the holotypeexcept “ S22°27’06,6’’\ W43°00’49,8’’\  1603m” ( MNRJ); one female, same data as the holotypebut without geographic coordinates and altitude ( MNRJ); six males and five females, “ BRASIL, RJ, Nova Friburgo,\ Pico do Caledônia\  14.I.2009  2219m\ P.C. Grossileg.” ( DZUP); two males and one female, same data as preceding ( MNRJ); one male and one female, same data as preceding ( DZRJ). 1668929170 [199,715,727,752] Brazil Rio de Janeiro 6 442 1 Rio de Janeiro holotype 1668929182 2007-12 UFRJ, MNRJ Lab. & Laboratorio & de Insetos Brazil 1761 -22.455194 Parque Nacional da Serra 14 -43.025555 Orgaos 6 442 1 Rio de Janeiro holotype 1668929171 2007-12 MNRJ Lab. & Laboratorio & de Insetos Brazil 1761 -22.455194 Parque Nacional da Serra 14 -43.025555 Orgaos 6 442 1 Rio de Janeiro holotype 1668929183 [231,758,836,861] 2007-12 DZUP Lab. & Laboratorio & de Insetos Brazil 1761 -22.455194 Parque Nacional da Serra 14 -43.025555 Orgaos 6 442 1 Rio de Janeiro holotype 1668929167 [771,1279,836,861] 2007-12 DZRJ Lab. & Laboratorio & de Insetos Brazil 1761 -22.455194 Parque Nacional da Serra 14 -43.025555 Orgaos 6 442 1 Rio de Janeiro holotype 1668929177 2008-02 MNRJ Lab. & Laboratorio & de Insetos Brazil 1761 -22.455194 Parque Nacional da Serra 14 -43.025555 Orgaos 6 442 1 Rio de Janeiro holotype 1668929173 2008-02 MNRJ Lab. & Laboratorio & de Insetos Brazil 1603 -22.451834 Parque Nacional da Serra 1 -43.013832 Orgaos 6 442 1 Rio de Janeiro holotype 1668929178 2009-01-14 MNRJ, DZUP P. C. Grossi Brazil 2219 -22.451834 Nova Friburgo 1 -43.013832 Pico do Caledonia 6 442 1 Rio de Janeiro holotype 1668929166 [766,1432,980,1005] 2009-01-14 MNRJ P. C. Grossi Brazil 2219 -22.451834 Nova Friburgo 1 -43.013832 Pico do Caledonia 6 442 1 Rio de Janeiro holotype 1668929172 [151,510,1015,1040] 2009-01-14 DZRJ P. C. Grossi Brazil 2219 -22.451834 Nova Friburgo 1 -43.013832 Pico do Caledonia 6 442 1 Rio de Janeiro holotype