Gabrita, Walker, 1858

Barbosa, Julianna Freires, Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa & Takiya, Daniela Maeda, 2023, A new species of the rare Gabritini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) from Parque Nacional Serra das Confusões, Northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5389 (2), pp. 295-300 : 297

Key to species of males of Gabrita (adapted from Nielson 2010)

1 Crown broad, interocular width greater than width of eyes ( Nielson 1983: Fig. 66)..... Gabrita pictifrons (Spångberg, 1879) .

- Crown narrow, interocular width narrower than width of eyes.................................................. 2

2(1). Shaft of aedeagus with long process at apical third ( Figs 10, 11 )............................. Gabrita confusa sp. nov.

- Shaft of aedeagus without process or with small teeth......................................................... 3

3(2). Style with subbasal or subapical triangulate process ( Nielson 1983: Figs 231, 234)................................. 4

- Style without such process ( Nielson 1983: Fig. 250)............................. Gabrita annulipes (Spångberg, 1879)

4(3). Style with subapical process ( Nielson 1983: Fig. 244)............................... Gabrita eburata (Walker, 1851) .

- Style with subbasal process............................................................................. 5

5(4). Pygofer with curved caudodorsal process ( Nielson 1983: Fig. 299); plate with numerous setae on outer lateral margin in distal half ( Nielson 1983: Fig. 233)...................................................... Gabrita fistula Nielson, 1983

- Pygofer without such process ( Nielson 2010: Fig. 4 ); plate with few fine setae apically ( Nielson 2010: Fig. 5 )......................................................................................... Gabrita erwini Nielson, 2010

Figures

FIGURES 2–12. Gabrita confusa sp. nov., male holotype. 2, habitus, dorsal view. 3, habitus, lateral view. 4, head, frontal view. 5, forewing. 6, foreleg, frontal view. 7, valve, pygofer, anal tube and subgenital plate, lateral view. 8, apex of pygofer, dorsal view. 9, connective and styles, dorsal view. 10, style, lateral view. 11, aedeagus and dorsal connective, lateral view. 12, aedeagus and dorsal connective, dorsal view.