Olcotomaspis Lallemand

Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2016, Neotropical spittlebugs related to Neaenini (Hemiptera, Cercopidae) and the origins of subfamily Cercopinae, Zootaxa 4169 (2), pp. 201-250 : 243-244

Olcotomaspis Lallemand , redefined.

Olcotomaspis Lallemand, 1949: 29 .

Hyalotomaspis Lallemand, 1949: 30 (subgenus, stat.nov.)

Diagnosis. Resembling the old-world Phymatostetha but with antennal sensillae not flattened and quite different male genitalia (compare to figures of Phymatostetha in Metcalf & Horton 1934 ).

Description. Subgenital plates separate to (but not beyond) base as in Tomaspisina , but with low, spiculate basal lobe; theca strongly laterally compressed, rcurved, tip truncate, with spiculate anterior angle and long pair of erect processes prominently toothed on outer edge ( Carvalho & Webb 2005, figs 186–187).

Included taxa: Hyalotomaspis Lallemand is an autapomorph, a single species with the tegminal venation prominent on hyaline wings but having all the other characteristic features of the type-species of Olcotomaspis including the characteristic orange pattern on the notum (compare Fig. 7 A to fig. 557 in Carvalho & Webb 2005). Three species belong to this genus: Olcotomaspis versicolor (Lallemand) and two new combinations from Tomaspis : clarissa Jacobi (type-species of Hyalotomaspis ) and Tomaspis laterinotata Fowler , known only from the female holotype. The antennal sensilla of the latter could not be ascertained as the postpedicels on both sides of the head are appressed to the gena ( Fig. 17 C).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Examples of Microsarganini (1 – 3), Neaenini (4 – 5) and genera related to Phymatostetha (6 – 8) in dorsolateral aspect (A), dorsal aspect (B), lateral or ventrolateral aspect of head and thorax (C) and hind wing characters including detail of costal margin (D): 1, Microsargane sp.; 2, Microclimax luteosignatus; 3, Microlaqueus isolatus; 4, Helioptera gilvum; 5, Tomaspisinella lucifer sp. nov.; 6, Olcotomaspis laterinotata (Fowler), comb. nov.; 7, Hyalotomaspis clarissa (Jacobi); 8, Tomaspisina frontalis (Walker).

FIGURES 17 – 19. Antennal characters of apomorphic new-world Cercopinae: Olcotomaspis (Phymatostethini, 17), Zuata (Neaenini, 18) and Tomaspisella (Neaenini, 19): 17 A, Olcotomaspis versicolor (Lallemand); 17 B, same, from another angle, showing paired basiconic sensillae on inner side; 17 C, O. laterinotata (Fowler); 17 D, O. (= Hyalotomaspis) clarissa; 18 A, Zuata infecta sp. nov.; 18 B, same, detail (note peglike seta surrounded by large socket and tiny secondary seta behind it); 19 A, Tomaspisella parva Lallemand, male; 19 B, same, female; 19 C, same, detail of pits.