Virganana danasensis, Zahniser, 2021

Zahniser, James N., 2021, Revision of the New World leafhopper tribe Faltalini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) and the evolution of brachyptery, Zootaxa 4954 (1), pp. 1-160 : 137-138

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4954.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A8D2AA60-562C-4F98-8000-D792F1E40C87
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4690993
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AD135E78-CB17-4196-B2A2-8AA156A345C2
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:AD135E78-CB17-4196-B2A2-8AA156A345C2
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Virganana danasensis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Virganana danasensis View in CoL n. sp.

( Figs. 84 View FIGUIRE 84 , 86 View FIGUIRE 86 )

Diagnosis. V. danasensis can be distinguished from other species in the genus by the characters listed in the key above.

Body. Male, 3.8mm.

Color. As in genus description; a relatively darkly colored species.

Male. Pygofer ventral half twice as long as dorsal margin, broadly rounded apically; with one or two macrosetae dorsoapically; with numerous short, stout setae posteriorly; ventral margin nearly straight. Valve large; produced anteriorly; median length 0.6x width. Subgenital plate triangular; with one sublateral row of 4–5 moderately long macrosetae; with numerous shorter stout or fine setae laterally. Connective stem shorter than anterior arms. Style preapical lobe quadrate; apophysis digitate, directed posterolaterally, with mildly tuberculate texture medially, with short apical tooth ventrally. Aedeagus base somewhat broad; shaft thick; apex lobate in lateral view; with pair of subapical serrated teeth on posterior margin; in caudal view, shaft relatively wide, flared subapically, tapering toward apex.

Female. Unknown

Material examined. HOLOTYPE: 1♂, First label: Museum Paris / Équateur / Danas (3792 m. d’alt.) / P. Rivet 1904. Second label: Museum Paris / MNHN (EH) / 16269 [ MNHN].

Etymology. This species is named after the Ecuadorian mountain summit, Danas, where it was collected.

Distribution. V. danasensis is known only from the holotype. The summit of Danas corresponds to 2.1333°S, 78.8833°W according to the website mapcarta.com (https://mapcarta.com/19662710, accessed Dec. 28, 2020).

Remarks. The discovery of this species extends the known distribution of the genus which was previously known only from Chile.