Diablophthalmus wygodzinskyorum, Dietrich, 2022

Dietrich, Christopher H., 2022, A New genus of flightless leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) from the Páramo of Northern South America, Zootaxa 5141 (3), pp. 270-276 : 274

Diablophthalmus wygodzinskyorum , sp. n.

( Figures 1A, B , 2 , 3A )

Description. Length of male 4.3 mm, female 4.7 mm. Overall color greenish brown, without distinct markings, dorsal part of head stramineous, face ventrad of median concavity dark brown, legs stramineous. Head with dorsal projections in dorsal view separated from each other by more than length of each projection; frontal carina absent medially, weakly delimited laterally. Pronotum without median posterior crest. Female sternite VII with median posterior notch about three times wider than deep.

Material examined. Holotype male, Colombia: Cundinamarca, Facatativa-Anolaima road, 2600 m., July 15, 1967, P. & B. Wygodzinsky ( AMNH) . Paratype female, same data ( AMNH) .

Note. The species is named in honor of Petr and Bona Wygodzinsky, collectors of the type series .

Figures

FIGURE 1, Diablophthalmus. A–B, D. wygodzinskyorum sp. n., male holotype, dorsal and lateral habitus. C–E, D. marmoratus sp. n.: C–D, dorsal and lateral habitus; E, head and thorax in part, anteroventral view. Scale bars = 1 mm.

FIGURE 2. Diablophthalmus wygodzinskyorum sp. n. A–B, male genital capsule, lateral and ventral views. C–D, male genitalia, lateral and ventral views.

FIGURE 3. Diablophthalmus female terminalia. A, sternite VII, D. wygodzinskyorum. B, same, D. marmoratus. C–G, D. marmoratus: C, first valvula; D, same, enlarged view of apex. E, second valvulae; F, same, enlarged view of apex. G, gonoplac.