Tomaspisinella bolivari, Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2016

Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2016, Neotropical spittlebugs related to Neaenini (Hemiptera, Cercopidae) and the origins of subfamily Cercopinae, Zootaxa 4169 (2), pp. 201-250 : 225

Tomaspisinella (Merinx) subgen. nov.

Type-species T. bolivari sp. nov.

Etymology. merinx (feminine), bristle (more setose than other subgenera).

Distribution. Brazil and Venezuela.

Diagnosis. Pronotum densely setose; theca fused to phallobase as in Cicadellidae .

Description. Frons scarcely inflated, in profile receding; tegmina with 1 small, weakly defined central anteapical cell; costal margin of hind wing with 2 small hooks, or 2 hooks and a long seta. Male pygofer (exclusive of subgenital plates) about as long as deep; subgenital plates appearing as avicephaliform processes of pygofer ( Figs 34–35 A–B), separated by narrow, U-shaped notch ( Fig. 35 D) or with slender median processes ( Fig. 34 D) separated by a median slit, resembling subgenital plates of Ischnorhinini; styles either globular, or right-angled at midlength; aedeagus stout, not divided (phallobase thus absent), U-shaped, slightly wider below gonopore placed on caudal surface well before tip.

Included species. Two new species, described below.

Figures

FIGURES 25 – 35. Neaenini, Menytes (25) and Tomaspisinella (26 – 35): 25 A – B, genital capsule and genitalia of Menytes lathrius, lateral aspect; 25 C, same, tip of theca in caudal aspect; 25 D, subgenital plates, ventral aspect; 26, head and thorax of Tomaspisinella (s. s.) caligata; 27, same, of T. (Ovotomaspis) minuscula; 28 – 35, Tomaspisinella spp., with genital capsule and style (A), aedeagus in lateral aspect (B), tip of aedeagus in caudal aspect (C), subgenital plates in ventral aspect (D): 28, T. (s. s.) parva; 29, T. (s. s.) lucifer; 30, T. (Meretricula) punctatissima; 31, T. (Meretricula) oliveirai; 32, T. (Meretricula) pallidiceps; 33, T. (Ovotomaspis) diabolus sp. nov.; 34, T. (Merinx) jocosa; 35, T. (Merinx) bolivari. Only genital illustrations to scale, with 28 C and 35 at larger scale than others, as indicated by scale lines.