Amazobenna Penny, 1980

Viegas, Eduarda Fernanda Gomes & Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, 2019, A review of the Neotropical genus Amazobenna Penny, 1980 with description of a new species and description of the male of Amazobenna reticulata Penny, 1980 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae), Zootaxa 4577 (3), pp. 561-570 : 563

Key to species of Amazobenna Penny (males)

1. Body and legs brown ( Fig. 1 ); wing with brown spot in the costal cell, spots at the apex of the medial veins interconnected basally ( Fig. 28 ); genital style narrow at the base and distally broadening with apex truncated, inner face convex in posterior view ( Figs. 9–12 ); apex of the anal segment triangular in posterior view ( Fig. 8 ); pygofer with posterolateral margin produced in the middle forming an obtuse angle ( Figs. 9, 11 ), lateral lobe slightly tapered distally and diverging distally in ventral aspect ( Fig. 12 ).............................................................................. A. reticulata Penny

-. Body and legs yellow ( Fig. 19 ); wing lacking spot on costal cell, spots at the apex of the medial veins not interconnected basally ( Fig. 29 ); genital style long, broad in basal 2/3, narrowing towards the apex with apex round, inner face almost straight and parallel, slightly sinuous near apex in posterior view ( Figs. 24–27 ); apex of anal segment trapezoidal in posterior view; pygofer with posterolateral margin slightly sinuous, not forming an obtuse angle ( Figs. 24, 26 ), lateral lobe not tapered distally, with parallel inner sides and not diverging distally in ventral aspect ( Fig. 27 )........................ A. pennyi sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Amazobenna reticulata Penny: 1. Male habitus, lateral view; 2. Female, habitus, lateral view; 3. Male head, anterior view; 4. Male head and thorax, dorsal view; 5. Male antenna, lateral view; 6. Male abdominal process, lateral view. Scale bars: 1= 1mm; 2,4 = 0.5mm; 3 = 0.3 mm; 5 = 0.4 mm. Specimen from Amazonas, Manaus, highway AM 010, Km 54.

FIGURES 28–29. Wings of Amazobenna Penny species. 28. Amazobenna reticulata Penny (male); 29. A. pennyi sp. nov. (male). Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURES 7–12. Amazobenna reticulata Penny, male: 7. Anal segment, dorsal view; 8. Apex of the anal segment, posterior view; 9. Terminalia, lateral view; 10. Genitalia, ventral view; 11. Anal segment, pygofer, medioventral process, genital style and aedeagus, lateral view; 12. Aedeagus, lateral view. Abbreviations: anal seg, anal segment; pyg, pygofer; medven proc, medioventral process; genital sty, genital style; aed, aedeagus, shaf, shaft; flag, flagellum. Scale bars: 16, 19 = 0.3 mm; 17 = 0.2 mm; 18, 20 = 0.3 mm; 21 = 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 19–23. Amazobenna pennyi sp. nov., holotype: 19. Habitus, lateral view; 20. Head, anterior view; 21. Antenna, lateral view; 22. Head and thorax, dorsal view; 23. Abdominal process, lateral view. Scale bars: 1= 1mm; 2,4 = 0.5mm; 3 = 0.3 mm; 5 = 0.4 mm.

FIGURES 24–27. Amazobenna pennyi sp. nov., holotype: 24. Male terminalia, lateral view; 25. Male terminalia, posterior view; 26. Anal segment, pygofer, medioventral process and genital style, lateral view. 27. Anal segment, pygofer, medioventral process and genital style, posterior view. Abbreviations: anal seg, anal segment; pyg, pygofer; medven proc, medioventral process; genital sty, genital style. Scale bars: 6,8 = 0.2 mm; 7,9 = 0,3 mm.