Agalliopsis mutabilis Gonçalves, Mejdalani & Coelho, 2009

Gonçalves, Ana Clara, Mejdalani, Gabriel & Coelho, Luci B. N., 2009, Six new species of Agalliopsis from Southeastern Brazil (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Agalliinae), Zootaxa 2014, pp. 1-18 : 11-12

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.185901
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6217222
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B387EC-FFFA-4975-3EC9-FD9F85F08EEE
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Agalliopsis mutabilis Gonçalves, Mejdalani & Coelho
status	sp. nov.

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Agalliopsis mutabilis Gonçalves, Mejdalani & Coelho View in CoL , sp. nov.

( Figs 3 View FIGURES 1 – 3 , 51–64 View FIGURES 51 – 64 , 73, 74 View FIGURES 65 – 74 )

Length. Male holotype 3.8 mm; male paratypes 3.6–3.7 mm; female paratype 4.0 mm.

Description (holotype). Head and thorax (color). Ground color brownish-yellow. Crown ( Figs 51, 52 View FIGURES 51 – 64 ) with five maculae as follows: dark brown pair approximately equidistant between eyes and median line, dark brown pair near inner margin of eyes, and inconspicuous brown one medially. Face ( Fig. 52 View FIGURES 51 – 64 ) with brown, incomplete inverted Y-shaped macula between ocelli; with pair of dark brown maculae adjacent to ocelli. Frons ( Fig. 52 View FIGURES 51 – 64 ) with several irregular brown maculae forming pair of lateral rows; clypeus brown on lower portion; genae with dark brown macula adjacent to antennal bases. Pronotum ( Fig. 51 View FIGURES 51 – 64 ) with four distinct maculae: one dark brown pair, elongate, adjacent to anterior margin and one brown pair, round, on median region. Mesoscutum ( Fig. 51 View FIGURES 51 – 64 ) with pair of lateral, triangular dark brown maculae; mesoscutellum with irregular brown macula at median region. Forewings with conspicuous, elongate brown macula on costal anterior area, veins on basal half partially covered by brown marks.

Male genitalia. Pygofer ( Fig. 53 View FIGURES 51 – 64 ), in lateral view, with posterior margin with scattered setae ( Fig. 54 View FIGURES 51 – 64 ), bearing process with bifurcate apex directed inward ( Fig. 55 View FIGURES 51 – 64 ). Subgenital plates ( Fig. 56 View FIGURES 51 – 64 ), in ventral view, elongate, subtriangular, fused to valve and to each other along basal half, narrowing gradually towards apical 1/4; apex broad; in lateral view ( Fig. 53 View FIGURES 51 – 64 ), extending posteriorly slightly beyond pygofer apex. Styles ( Fig. 57 View FIGURES 51 – 64 ), in dorsal view, well developed, outer fork small and rounded, inner fork larger with basal portion strongly curved and apical portion digitiform. Connective ( Fig. 64 View FIGURES 51 – 64 ), in lateral view, linear, fused to aedeagus; in dorsal view, with form of short linear bar. Aedeagus ( Figs 58, 59 View FIGURES 51 – 64 ), in lateral view, with basal region well developed, subtriangular; shaft directed ventrally and then dorsally beyond basal region, posterior half with ventral and dorsal keels. Anal tube ( Fig. 53 View FIGURES 51 – 64 ) with segment X bearing pair of elongate processes, directed caudoventrally, with hook-shaped apex ( Fig. 60 View FIGURES 51 – 64 ); segment XI with spiniform projection on inferior margin.

Female (color). Abdominal sternite VII ( Fig. 61 View FIGURES 51 – 64 ) yellow; laterotergites of segment VIII yellow; pygofer ( Fig. 61 View FIGURES 51 – 64 ), in ventral view, with outer lateral margins brown; gonoplacs brown. Other features similar to those of the male holotype.

Female genitalia. Abdominal sternite VII ( Fig. 61 View FIGURES 51 – 64 ), in ventral view, with oblique posterolateral margins and small emargination on apical portion. First valvulae, in lateral view, dorsally curved from base; dorsolateral surface with oblique rows of scale-like processes on distal 1/2 of shaft; ventroapical region with scale-like processes; apex acute. Second valvulae ( Fig. 73 View FIGURES 65 – 74 ), in lateral view, dorsally curved from base, with broadest point at apical 1/4; dorsal prominence inconspicuous; small teeth ( Fig. 74 View FIGURES 65 – 74 ) along apical 1/3 of dorsal margin; denticles may be present on teeth; ventroapical region with tiny teeth; apex of shaft subacute. Gonoplacs as in A. dutrai sp. nov.

Intraspecific variation (male paratypes). Crown ( Figs 62, 63 View FIGURES 51 – 64 ) without brown macula on median region; face ( Fig. 63 View FIGURES 51 – 64 ) with Y-shaped macula more conspicuous than that of the holotype. Pronotum, mesonotum ( Fig. 62 View FIGURES 51 – 64 ), and forewings may present larger brown areas, being distinctly darker than in the holotype. Aedeagus ( Fig. 64 View FIGURES 51 – 64 ) without ventral keel.

Etymology. The species epithet, mutabilis , refers to the intraspecific variations observed in the color pattern and aedeagus shape.

Type material. Holotype: male, Brazil, “ Viçosa , MG [Minas Gerais State], Brasil \ Data 13/I/1987 \ P. S. Fiuza F. [Ferreira]” ( DZRJ). Three paratypes with same data as holotype, except: one female “ 29/IX/1992 ” ( DZRJ), one male “ 27/I/1982 ” (UFV), one male “ 05/III/1987 ” ( MNRJ).