Docalidia bolivari, 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 : 23

Docalidia bolivari , sp. nov.

(Plate 1F, Figs. 41–48 )

Length. Male 7.00 mm., female unknown.

External morphology. Moderately large, robust species. General color of dorsum dark brown to black with 2 broad, translucent, transverse bands on forewings, veins marked with yellow spots, head light brown (Plate 1F); face black.

Head broad, narrower than pronotum, anterior margin rounded; crown broad, narrower than eye, disk elevated; eyes large, semiglobular; pronotum longer than crown, surface bullated; mesonotum very large, more than twice as long as pronotum; forewings long, broad, venation typical; clypeus long, broad, lateral margins convex; median longitudinal carina prominent; clypellus short, about 1/3 as long as clypeus, narrow, lateral margins flared distally.

Male genitalia. Pygofer narrow with moderately large, very robust caudodorsal process, caudoventral process absent ( Fig. 41 ); right subgenital plate long, very broad medially, glabrous ( Fig. 42 ); right style stout, about as long as aedeagus, in dorsal view distal 1/3 of apophysis dolobrate, outer lateral margin with densely compacted, spongelike material, in lateral view 1/3 of apophysis semideltoid ( Fig. 43, 44 ); aedeagus in lateral view with shaft broad in basal 2/3, narrow in dorsal view, lateral margin with triangulate flange medially above ventral processs, dentate on opposite side, ventral process moderately long, submedial, gonopore medial, exiting ventrally ( Figs 45, 46 ); connective nearly T-shaped, arms membranous, medial ridge extended distad of anterior margin of arms, stem short, narrow, apex expanded ( Fig. 47 ); dorsal connective short, broad basally ( Fig. 48 ).

Material examined. Holotype male. BOLIVIA: Sta. Cruz, Buena Vista , 20 Feb 1999, Pan Trap, F. O. Parker ( NMNH).

Etymology. The species is named in honor of Simón Bolívar, liberator of Latin American countries.

Remarks. D. bolivari is nearest to D. spatulata ( Nielson, 1979:237) in configuration of the style and aedeagus but can be separated by the much narrower caudodorsal process of the pygofer, narrower subgenital plate and by densely compacted, sponglike material on the leading margin of the dolobrated apex.

Figures

FIGURES 41–48. Docalidia bolivari, sp. nov. (41) pygofer, lateral view; (42) right subgenital plate, ventral view; (43) right style, lateral view; (44) right style, dorsal view; (45) aedeagus and dorsal connective, lateral view; (46) aedeagus, ventral view; ((47) connective, caudal view; (48) dorsal connective, dorsal view.