Molomea lineiceps Young 1968

Dellapé, Gimena, 2015, Description of the female terminalia of twenty species of Proconiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Argentina, Zootaxa 3915 (4), pp. 521-539 : 527

Molomea lineiceps Young 1968

Diagnosis. Crown and anterior half of pronotum pale yellow to pink with dark spots reticulum-shaped; posterior half of pronotum and forewings dark, mottled yellow, scutellum yellow variably marked with black; clypeus pink with black transverse band along of suture transclipeal; pleura yellow. Male: subgenital plates short, not reaching to middle of pygofer; styles short, which do not extend beyond of apex of connective; shaft of aedeagus elongate with pair of thin basal processes, and other thin and narrow basal process arising from ventral medial portion.

Female terminalia. Abdominal sternite VII, in ventral view ( Fig. 11 ), with lateral margins slightly parallel, lateroposterior margins broadly rounded, and posterior margin slightly convex, with median small projection; surface with scattered microsetae. Pygofer, in lateral view, slightly produced posteriorly; surface with scattered microsetae and a few macrosetae on posteroventral region of disc. First valvifers, in lateral view, longer than tall; with small spiniform processes on ventral region and fine setae on posterior margin. First ovipositor valvulae, in lateral view, slightly rectilinear; dorsal and ventral sculptured areas formed by scale-like processes arranged in oblique lines; apex acute ( Fig. 31 ), with denticles on dorsal and ventral margins. Second valvulae, in lateral view, rectilinear or slightly broadened beyond basal curvature; dorsal margin of blade bearing 32 to 35 noncontiguous teeth, each tooth subtriangular, declivous posteriorly, with denticles on anterior and posterior margins ( Fig. 51 ); ducts extending toward teeth and toward apical blade portion; apex rounded ( Fig. 71 ), with denticles on dorsal and ventral margins; preapical ventral prominence conspicuous. Gonoplacs, in lateral view, with small spiniform processes on ventral margin; apex rounded.

Material examined. ARGENTINA. La Rioja: 1♂. Corrientes: Monte Caseros, 1♂; Santo Tomé, 1♀, XI/ 1926, G. Pellerano. Santa Fe: Rosario, 2♂ 2♀, A. Stevenin. Buenos Aires: Isla Martin García, 1♂ 11♀ 1 without abdomen, IV/1937, M.J. Viana; Martín García, 3♂ 2♀, IV/1936, Siciliano; Tigre, 1♀, A. Stevenin; Tigre, 1♂, 9/I/ 1905, Brethes ( MACN). Salta: Orán, Abra Grande, 1♀, 1/III/1967, R. Golbach. Tucumán: El Bachi, 1♀, 24/III/ 1966, Weyrauch; Las Talitas, 1♀, 24/V/2006, E.G. Virla; Caimancito, 1♀, 29/VII/1977, Stange. Corrientes: Virasoro, Las Marias, 1♀, IV/1939, Porter, Stange & DeMarest ( IMLA). Tucumán: Horco Molle, 1♀, I/2008. Misiones: Route 211 km 36, 26 °55´55´´S 54°43´4´´W, 1♀, 5/I/2008, C.H. Dietrich. Entre Ríos: Concordia, 3♂, I/ 2010, 1♀, XII/2009, 1♂ 4♀, VI/2010, 4♂ 7♀, IX/2011, yellow sticky trap on citrus orchards, G. Dellapé ( MLP).

Distribution. Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina: Córdoba, Entre Ríos ( Young 1968), Corrientes, Santa Fe, Salta, Jujuy, Tucumán, La Rioja, Buenos Aires ( Paradell et al. 2012), Misiones ( Dellapé & Paradell 2013).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 20. Abdominal sternite VII (ventral view): 1 — Acrogonia citrina, 2 — Acrogonia virescens, 3 — Anacuerna centrolinea, 4 — Dechacona missionum, 5 — Diestostemma ptolyca, 6 — Egidemia speculifera, 7 — Homalodisca ignorata, 8 — Molomea cincta, 9 — Molomea confluens, 10 — Molomea consolida, 11 — Molomea lineiceps, 12 — Oncometopia expansa, 13 — Oncometopia facialis, 14 — Oncometopia tucumana, 15 — Oncometopia venata, 16 — Phera carbonaria, 17 — Tapajosa doeringi, 18 — Tapajosa rubromarginata, 19 — Tapajosa similis, 20 — Teletusa limpida. Scale: 1 mm.

FIGURES 21 – 40. First valvulae of ovipositor, apex (lateral view): 21 — Acrogonia citrina, 22 — Acrogonia virescens, 23 — Anacuerna centrolinea, 24 — Dechacona missionum, 25 — Diestostemma ptolyca, 26 — Egidemia speculifera, 27 — Homalodisca ignorata, 28 — Molomea cincta, 29 — Molomea confluens, 30 — Molomea consolida, 31 — Molomea lineiceps, 32 — Oncometopia expansa, 33 — Oncometopia facialis, 34 — Oncometopia tucumana, 35 — Oncometopia venata, 36 — Phera carbonaria, 37 — Tapajosa doeringi, 38 — Tapajosa rubromarginata, 39 — Tapajosa similis, 40 — Teletusa limpida. Scale: 0,1 mm.

FIGURES 41 – 60. Second valvulae of ovipositor, teeth of dorsal margin (lateral view): 41 — Acrogonia citrina, 42 — Acrogonia virescens, 43 — Anacuerna centrolinea, 44 — Dechacona missionum, 45 — Diestostemma ptolyca, 46 — Egidemia speculifera, 47 — Homalodisca ignorata, 48 — Molomea cincta, 49 — Molomea confluens, 50 — Molomea consolida, 51 — Molomea lineiceps, 52 — Oncometopia expansa, 53 — Oncometopia facialis, 54 — Oncometopia tucumana, 55 — Oncometopia venata, 56 — Phera carbonaria, 57 — Tapajosa doeringi, 58 — Tapajosa rubromarginata, 59 — Tapajosa similis, 60 — Teletusa limpida. Scale: 0,1 mm.

FIGURES 61 – 80. Second valvulae of ovipositor, apex (lateral view): 61 — Acrogonia citrina, 62 — Acrogonia virescens, 63 — Anacuerna centrolinea, 64 — Dechacona missionum, 65 — Diestostemma ptolyca, 66 — Egidemia speculifera, 67 — Homalodisca ignorata, 68 — Molomea cincta, 69 — Molomea confluens, 70 — Molomea consolida, 71 — Molomea lineiceps, 72 — Oncometopia expansa, 73 — Oncometopia facialis, 74 — Oncometopia tucumana, 75 — Oncometopia venata, 76 — Phera carbonaria, 77 — Tapajosa doeringi, 78 — Tapajosa rubromarginata, 79 — Tapajosa similis, 80 — Teletusa limpida. Scale: 0,1 mm.