Baluba sharkeyi, Nielson, 2011
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2952.1.1 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039A020A-0900-4654-FF08-C9A1FEDA20DC |
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Felipe |
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Baluba sharkeyi |
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sp. nov. |
Baluba sharkeyi View in CoL sp. nov.
( Plate1C View PLATE 1 , Figs. 17–24 View FIGURES 17–24 )
Length: male 6.00 mm., female unknown.
External morphology. Medium size, robust species. General color black and yellow; forewing black with small, circular yellow spots on veins, large yellow spot on apex of clavus and middle of costa, apex yellow; mesonotum and pronotum black, minute yellow spots on pronotum; crown yellow with black spot on each side of middle, with attached, continuous narrow line extending basally; eyes translucent ( Plate 1C View PLATE 1 ); face yellow, clypeus with broad black band on anterior margin, suffused black line on lateral margins. Head narrower than pronotum, anterior margin obtusely angulate; crown broad, about as wide as width of eyes, produced anteriorly about ¼ of entire length, distinctly elevated, lateral margins parallel, carinate, foveate on each side of middle; eyes large, semiglobular; pronotum large, longer than median length of crown, surface rugulose; mesonotum large, about twice as long as pronotum; forewings long, broad, 3 anteapical cells present, outer one closed; clypeus elongate, narrow, median longitudinal carina very distinct; clypellus short, about 1/3 as long as clypeus, narrow, lateral margins nearly parallel.
Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view triangulate with very long attenuated caudorsal process, small lobe below ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 17–24 ); right subgenital plate long, very narrow, pilose over much of surface ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 17–24 ); style long, shorter than aedeagus, apophysis very slender ( Figs. 19, 20 View FIGURES 17–24 ); aedeagus long, narrow, tubular throughout with 2 long slen- der subapical processes, directed basad, in lateral view with lateral apical lobe on ventral margin, gonopore medial, exiting laterally, dorsal apodeme poorly developed ( Figs. 21, 22 View FIGURES 17–24 ); connective Y-shaped, stem short, lateral arms connected by membrane, medial longitudinal rib apparent, membranous on each side ( Fig.23 View FIGURES 17–24 ); dorsal connective long, base broad, tapered distally ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 17–24 ).
Material examined. Holotype male. COLOMBIA: Amazonas , PNN., Amacayacu, Caña Brava, 3º3’S – 70º3’W, 200m., 29 Aug 01–29 Aug 01, M.2236, Red D., Campos ( IAHC). GoogleMaps
Etymology. The name is a patronymic for Dr. Michael Sharkey, University of Kentucky for his work on the Colombia leafhopper fauna and providing much material for study.
Remarks. This species is closest to B. acuta and can be distinguished by the prominent, subapical lateral lobe on the aedeagus ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 17–24 ), the long caudodorsal process of the pygofer ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 17–24 ) and the long, narrow subgenital plate ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 17–24 ).
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