Docalidia deitzi, Nielson, 2011

Nielson, M. W., 2011, New species in the Neotropical genus Docalidia with a key to known species, notes on distribution, taxonomy and a synoptic catalogue of the genus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae: Teruliini) 2952, Zootaxa 2952 (1), pp. 1-86 : 32-35

Docalidia deitzi , sp. nov.

(Plate IID, Figs. 91–99 )

Length. Male 7.20 mm., female unknown.

External morphology. Moderate large, robust species. General color of dorsum concolorous light brown; mesonotum light brown with suffused black markings; crown yellow; eyes translucent (Plate IID); face yellow; genae black.

Head broad, narrower than pronotum, anterior margin broadly rounded; crown broad, about as wide as eye, disk foveate on each side of middle; pronotum slightly longer than crown, surface transversely rugulose in distal 2/ 3; mesonotum large, about twice as long as pronotum; forewings long, broad, venation typical; clypeus long, broad, lateral margins broadly convex, median longitudinal carina prominent; clypellus about 1/3 as long as clypeus, narrow, medial longitudinal ridge inflated in basal 2/3, lateral margins expanded apically.

Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view broadly triangulate, caudodorsal process moderately long, lobe-like, caudoventral process absent ( Fig. 91 ); segment X long, narrow, with oblong ventral lobe ( Fig. 92 ); right subgenital plate long, broad, glabrous ( Fig. 93 ); right style long, longer than aedeagus, very robust, distal 1/3 enlarged in lateral view, with long stout setae along most of lateral margins ( Figs. 94, 95 ); aedeagus long, with shaft tubular, sinuate in lateral view, tapered distally and with preatrial lateral lobes in ventral view, with long, stout process near middle of shaft, gonopore medial ( Figs. 96, 97 ); connective T-shaped, arms broad, median ridge extending anteriorly, stem large, globular ( Fig. 98 ); dorsal connective, short, strapped shape ( Fig. 99 ).

Material examined. Holotype male. COLOMBIA: Amazonas , PNN., Amacayacu, Cabaña Lorena, 3º0’S. 69º59’W., 210 m., 27 Aug 01–1 Sep 01, M. 2237, Malaise, D. Campos (HB).

Etymology. This species is named in honor of Lewis L. Deitz, retired Professor, Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, for his outstanding teaching and fine research on the Membracidae and Cicadellidae .

Remarks. From D. paracrista ( Nielson, 1986e:762) to which it is nearest, D. deitzi can be distinguished by the very large apical 1/3 of the stylar apophysis in dorsal view, by the more distal position of the aedeagal spine and by the presence of preatrial lateral lobes on the aedeagus in ventral view.

Figures

FIGURES 91–99. Docalidia deitzi, sp. nov. (91) pygofer, lateral view; (92) segment X, lateral view; (93) right subgenital plate; (94) right style, lateral view; (95) right style, dorsal view; (96) aedeagus and dorsal connective, lateral view; (97) aedeagus, ventral view; (98) connective, caudal view; (99) dorsal connective, dorsal view.