Abana rufifrons, Sauceda-V & Malenovský & Takiya, 2025

Sauceda-V, Jefferson, Malenovský, Igor & Takiya, Daniela M., 2025, Species delimitation and taxonomic revision of Abana Distant, 1908 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Proconiini): Intraspecific color variation and pseudocryptic diversity in Andean sharpshooters, Zootaxa 5596 (1), pp. 1-60 : 34-35

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scientific name

Abana rufifrons
status

sp. nov.

Abana rufifrons Sauceda-V & Takiya, sp. nov.

( Figs. 17 View FIGURE 17 , 18 View FIGURE 18 )

Diagnosis. Body coloration ( Figs. 17A, B View FIGURE 17 , 18A, B View FIGURE 18 ) mostly dark castaneous to dark brown; anterior portion of crown ( Figs. 17A View FIGURE 17 , 18A View FIGURE 18 ) and dorsal portion of frons ( Figs. 17B View FIGURE 17 , 18B View FIGURE 18 ) rufous; crown with contrasting dark maculae posteriorly and frons with contrasting dark maculae inferiorly; pronotum ( Figs. 17A View FIGURE 17 , 18A View FIGURE 18 ) brown to dark brown, except for an anterior broad darker marginal stripe; forewing ( Fig. 17A, B View FIGURE 17 , 18A, B View FIGURE 18 ) coloration not sexually dimorphic. Crown anterior margin ( Fig. 17A View FIGURE 17 ) subtriangular to triangular; anterior portion ( Fig. 17B View FIGURE 17 ), in lateral view, straight, not inflated; disk with a distinct depression; M-shaped elevation bordering posterior margin inconspicuous. Connective ( Fig. 17E View FIGURE 17 ) with arms almost parallel; base of arms with a V-shaped dorsal rim. Style ( Fig. 17E View FIGURE 17 ) with apodeme wide and long, as long as apophysis length; inner lobe rounded; apical portion approximately 1.4 times longer than wide; extending beyond connective apex. Aedeagal shaft ( Fig. 17F–H View FIGURE 17 ) with preapical dorsal spiniform process sometimes with a small dentiform process at base posteriorly; anterodorsal projections wide and short. Dorsal connective ( Fig. 17H–J View FIGURE 17 ) sclerotized; submedian acute process conspicuous.

Description. Total length: male (n = 1) 19.3 mm, female (n = 1) 20.5 mm.

External structures. Crown ( Figs. 17A View FIGURE 17 , 18A View FIGURE 18 ) M-shaped elevation bordering posterior margin inconspicuous. Ocelli closer to adjacent eye angle than to crown midline. Frons evenly convex medially. Pronotum ( Figs. 17A View FIGURE 17 , 18A View FIGURE 18 ) surface without pubescence. Hind legs with femoral setal formula 2:0:0. Other characters as in A. dives .

Coloration. Body coloration ( Figs. 17A, B View FIGURE 17 , 18A, B View FIGURE 18 ) mostly dark castaneous to dark brown. Crown ( Figs. 17A View FIGURE 17 , 18A View FIGURE 18 ) rufous, except for two triangular black areas on posterior portion, extending from antennal ledges to midline of crown on posterior margin. Frons ( Figs. 17B View FIGURE 17 , 18B View FIGURE 18 ) with upper two-thirds rufous, continuing rufous area of crown; ventral third brown, as well as clypeus. Gena ( Figs. 17B View FIGURE 17 , 18B View FIGURE 18 ) black on dorsal half and dark brown on ventral half, continuing dark area of crown to frons and clypeus. Thorax ( Figs. 17A, B View FIGURE 17 , 18A, B View FIGURE 18 ) almost completely to completely castaneous, in some specimens with some small and inconspicuous yellow areas on pleurites. Pronotum ( Figs. 17A View FIGURE 17 , 18A View FIGURE 18 ) brown to dark brown, except for a broad anterior darker marginal stripe. Forewing ( Figs. 17A, B View FIGURE 17 , 18A, B View FIGURE 18 ) castaneous to dark brown. Fore- and middle legs ( Figs. 17A, B View FIGURE 17 , 18B View FIGURE 18 ) with femora, tibiae, and tarsi yellow, with dark brown areas at basal and apical portions. Hind leg ( Figs. 17A, B View FIGURE 17 , 18B View FIGURE 18 ) dark brown, with an apical yellow area on femur. Abdomen completely dark.

Male terminalia. Pygofer ( Fig. 17C View FIGURE 17 ), in lateral view, with a distinct median concavity on ventral margin; preapical region convex ventrally. Subgenital plates ( Fig. 17C View FIGURE 17 ), in lateral view, almost extending to pygofer apex. Connective ( Fig. 17E View FIGURE 17 ) with arms almost parallel; base of arms with a V-shaped dorsal rim. Style ( Fig. 17E View FIGURE 17 ) with apodeme wide and long, as long as apophysis length; angle formed between preapical lobe and apical portion acute; apical portion approximately 1.4 times longer than wide; extending beyond connective apex. Aedeagal shaft ( Fig. 17F View FIGURE 17 ), in lateral view, with preapical dorsal spiniform process almost attaining dorsal margin of lateral projections, base of this process with a small dentiform process sometimes present posteriorly. Dorsal connective ( Fig. 17F–H View FIGURE 17 ) sclerotized; submedian acute process conspicuous. Other characters as in A. dives .

Female terminalia. Second valvula ( Fig. 18G View FIGURE 18 ), in lateral view, with 89 separate teeth on dorsal margin. Gonoplac ( Fig. 18I View FIGURE 18 ) apex subtriangular. Other characters as in A. dives .

Distribution. Panama (Bocas del Toro and Coclé provinces) ( Fig. 30 View FIGURE 30 ).

Material examined. Type material: Holotype, ♂: PANAMA: Coclé: N of El Copé , 08.66819N, 80.59268W, 790 m a.s.l., 2005-viii-17, Mercury vapor light, J.N. Zahniser ( USNM) GoogleMaps . Paratypes: PANAMA: Bocas del Toro: 2 ♂♂, 16 rd km N Lago Fortuna, “Willie Mazu” tourista spot, 08.793°N, 082.193°W, 507 m a.s.l., 2005-viii-19-20 GoogleMaps , S.H.

McKamey ( USNM). Coclé: 1 ♂, same data as holotype ( DZRJ) GoogleMaps . 1 ♀, same data, except: DNA voucher Entomologia DZRJ ENT6429 ( DZRJ) GoogleMaps . 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, same data, except: 08.688N, 080.593W, 2005-viii-18, S.H. McKamey ( USNM) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, same data, except: DNA voucher Entomologia DZRJ ENT6584 ( USNM). Other specimens (based on photographs of habitus): PANAMA: Bocas del Toro GoogleMaps : 1 ♂, Changuinola-1, 1980-i-16–17, M. Estrebi ( STRI) . Coclé: 1 ♀, El Copé, 1980-xi-03, J. Jaen ( STRI) .

Etymology. The specific epithet ‘ rufifrons ’ comes from the Latin rűfus (“red”) + frôns (“forehead, front”), referring to the rufous color present on the anterior part of the head of this species. The species name should be treated as a noun in apposition.

Remarks. This species resembles A. tissa mainly by the general brown to dark brown coloration of the body ( Figs. 17A, B View FIGURE 17 , 20A, B View FIGURE 20 ) and A. gigas also by the brown coloration of the body and the yellow coloration of the fore- and middle legs ( Figs. 10D View FIGURE 10 , 17B View FIGURE 17 ), but the former can be clearly distinguished from both species by the rufous coloration of the anterior region of head ( Fig. 17A, B View FIGURE 17 ) and the dark stripe along the anterior margin of the pronotum ( Fig. 17A View FIGURE 17 ).

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FIGURE 10. Abana gigas (Fowler, 1898). A, male lectotype (BMNH), dorsal habitus; B, same male, lateral habitus; C, same male labels; D, male from Limon, Costa Rica (USNM), dorsal habitus; E, same male, lateral habitus; F, genital capsule, lateral view; G, subgenital plates, ventral view; H, connective and styles, dorsal view; I, aedeagus, anal tube and paraphyses, lateral view; J, aedeagus, anal tube and paraphyses, ventral view; K, aedeagus, anal tube and paraphyses, posterior view. Scale bars A–E: 1.0 mm, F–K: 0.5 mm.

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FIGURE 17. Abana rufifrons Sauceda-V & Takiya, sp. nov., male holotype (USNM). A, dorsal habitus; B, lateral habitus; C, genital capsule, lateral view; D, subgenital plate, ventral view; E, connective and styles, dorsal view; F, aedeagus, anal tube and paraphyses, lateral view; G, aedeagus, anal tube and paraphyses, ventral view; H, aedeagus, anal tube and paraphyses, posterior view. Scale bars A, B: 1.0 mm, C–H: 0.5 mm.

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FIGURE 18. Abana rufifrons Sauceda-V & Takiya, sp. nov., female paratype (DZRJ). A, dorsal habitus; B, lateral habitus; C, sternite VII, ventral view; D, pygofer, lateral view; E, first valvifer and first valvula, lateral view; F, detail of first valvula apex, lateral view; G, second valvifer and second valvula, lateral view; H, detail of second valvula, lateral view; I, gonoplac, lateral view. Scale bars A, B: 1.0 mm, C–I: 0.5 mm.

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FIGURE 20. Abana tissa Distant, 1908, “blue morphotype”.A, male fromAntioquia, Colombia (CEUA 124372), dorsal habitus; B, same male, lateral habitus; C, male from Valle del Cauca, Colombia (CEUA), dorsal habitus; D, same male, lateral habitus; E, genital capsule, lateral view; F, subgenital plates, ventral view; G, connective and styles, dorsal view; H, aedeagus, anal tube, and paraphyses, lateral view; I, aedeagus, anal tube, and paraphyses, ventral view; J, aedeagus, anal tube, and paraphyses, posterior view. Scale bars A–D: 1.0 mm, E–J: 0.5 mm.

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FIGURE 30. Distribution map of Abana species.

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

STRI

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

Genus

Abana