Agalliota

Gonçalves, Ana Clara, Mejdalani, Gabriel & Coelho, Luci B. N., 2006, Agalliota maculata sp. nov. from Brazil and a key to the species of the genus (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Agalliinae), Zootaxa 1225, pp. 31-38 : 36

Key to the species of Agalliota (males)

1. Pronotum with brown, somewhat V­shaped macula on median portion ( Fig. 10 ), arms of “V” fused on anterior pronotal portion.................... A. dentata Oman, 1938 ( Brazil)

­ Pronotum with V­shaped macula different from above (arms not fused) or without such macula................................................................................................................... 2

2. Aedeagus with apex bifurcate or bearing processes or with its posterior portion bent caudad, flattened dorsoventrally and spatulate in dorsal view...................................... 3

­ Aedeagus with apex simple, not bifurcate nor spatulate and without processes........... 7

3. Anal tube with processes............................................................................................... 4

­ Anal tube without processes.......................................................................................... 6

4. Pygofer with two projections on posteroventral margin, with deep emargination between these projections ( Fig. 12 )............................................................................... 5

­ Pygofer with posteroventral margin simple, without projections .............................................................................................................................. A. maculata sp. nov. ( Brazil)

5. Pygofer with a small hook on posterior margin, which extends upward and slightly inward, located above the projections of ventral portion ( Fig. 12 )......................................................................................................................... A. parma Oman, 1938 ( Brazil)

­ Pygofer without such hook above the projections of ventral portion .................................................................................................................... A. clavata Oman, 1938 ( Brazil)

6. Aedeagus apex, in dorsal view, bearing pair of long lateral processes extending basally and curved outwards ( Fig. 13 ).......................... A. vetusta Dutra & Egler, 1982 ( Brazil)

­ Aedeagus apex, in dorsal view, with pair of short lateral processes extending basally but curved inwards and with additional pair of small spine­like processes forming right angle with aedeagal shaft ( Fig. 14 ).................... A. parallela Oman, 1938 ( Brazil)

7. Subgenital plates each with pair of spine­like processes apically ( Fig. 11 )................................................................................................... A. scutaria Oman, 1938 ( Argentina)

­ Subgenital plates simple, without such processes........................................................... A. punctata ( Oman, 1934) ( Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago, Peru, Brazil)

Figures

FIGURES 10 – 14. Morphological aspects of Agalliota species. (10) A. dentata Oman, crown, pronotum and mesonotum; (11) A. scutaria Oman, genital capsule, lateral view; (12) A. parma Oman, genital capsule, lateral view; (13) A. vetusta Dutra & Egler, apical portion of aedeagus, dorsal view; (14) A. parallela Oman, apical portion of aedeagus, dorsal view. Figure 13 redrawn from Dutra & Egler (1982), remaining ones from Oman (1938).