Fidicinoides sarutaiensis Santos, Martinelli & Maccagnan

Santos, Rodrigo Souza, Martinelli, Nilza Maria, Maccagnan, Douglas Henrique Bottura, Sanborn, Allen F. & Ribeiro, Renato, 2010, Description of new cicada species associated with the coffee plant and an identification key for the species of Fidicinoides (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Brazil, Zootaxa 2602, pp. 48-56 : 50-52

Fidicinoides sarutaiensis Santos, Martinelli & Maccagnan , sp. n.

Etymology. The name of the species refers to the type locality.

Type material. Holotype male “ BRASIL. São Paulo: Farm Lauro Barroso, Sarutaiá , SP. X.2003. (Ribeiro, R.) ( FCAV / UNESP). Paratypes: 14 3 and 15 ♀ same data as holotype ( FCAV / UNESP).

Description. Head ( figs. 1A and B ). Dorsum of head light brown, covered with many black bristles; brown with golden bristles ventrally. Arched vertex, with large black patch, of irregular contours, bordering frontoclypeal suture anteriorly, extending posteriorly to encompass ocelli. Median ocellus occupying frontal position, each lateral ocellus in ocular tubercle. Distance between lateral ocelli nearly two and half times less than distance separating each one from corresponding eye. Eyes prominent, oblique, forming short and wide ellipsoids, subocular patch on dorsal and posterior region black ( fig. 1A ). Postclypeus short and wide in superior view, arched, with sagittal groove ( fig. 1B ). Postclypeus blackened in frontal view with sagittal sulcus, arched laterally, with eight transverse grooves. Anteclypeus covered by golden bristles, two black patches laterally ( fig. 1B ). Rostrum brown with black apex, reaching metathoracic legs.

Thorax ( fig. 1A ). Pronotum light brown with black pile, longer than on head, posterior margin of internal area with two punctiform marks united or separated; suprahumeral lobes reduced. Mesonotum chestnut brown covered with black bristles; median black marks comma shaped; lateral marks only blackened at the base; scutal depression black. Cruciform elevation wide, flattened, with posterior apices not prominent and separate from one another to level of mesoscutellar expansions ( fig. 1B ). Male operculum brown, covered with golden bristles; short, posterior-lateral angle slightly obtuse, posterior margin sinuate ( fig. 2A ). Meracanthus vestigial. Legs brown, anterior femur with three black spines, primary spine completely inclined towards keel, secondary spine upright, and small tertiary spine inclined in anterior direction ( fig. 1D ).

Abdomen ( fig. 1C ). Tergites black centrally with lighter posterior margin, covered with black bristles. Timbal covering arched, black. Sternites brown with golden bristles. Male sternite VIII with concavity on posterior margin. Genitalia as in figs. 2B and C .

Wings. Fore wing hyaline with basal cell, proximal clavus and basal membrane blackened ( fig. 1E ). Hind wing wide and as long as half of the fore wing; blackened at base ( fig. 1F ).

Male measurements (in mm). N = 15 males, average (range). Body length: 26.9 (26.1–27.8); fore wing length: 35.2 (34.2–37.4); fore wing width: 10.7 (10.0–11.5); hind wing length: 18.2 (17.4–19.4); hind wing width: 8.1 (7.2–8.7); head width: 12.1 (11.6–12.5); mesonotum width: 9.9 (9.4–10.6); ocellus–ocellus distance: 1.6 (1.5–1.7); ocellus-eye distance: 3.5 (3.45–3.65).

Female measurements (in mm). N = 15 females, average (range). Body length: 27.7 (25.5–32.0); fore wing length: 38.4 (35.1–42.1); fore wing width: 11.0 (10.1–12.2); hind wing length: 19.3 (16.8–22.1); hind wing width: 8.6 (8.8–9.1); head width: 12.8 (11.0–14.0); mesonotum width: 10.0 (9.0–11.0); ocellus-ocellus distance: 1.6 (1.4–1.8); ocellus-eye distance: 3.5 (3.1–4.0).

Note. Analysis of the distribution of the nymphs and exuviae of F. sarutaiensis in coffee crops was presented by Ribeiro et al. (2006).

Diagnosis. The genitalia of F. sarutaiensis are unique among known species of Fidicinoides . Fidicinoides sarutaiensis sp. n. can be differentiated from F. rosabasalae Santos & Martinelli , F. brunnea Boulard & Martinelli , F. besti Boulard & Martinelli , F. sucinalae Boulard & Martinelli , F. saccifera Boulard & Martinelli , F. jauffreti Boulard & Martinelli , F. dolosa Santos & Martinelli , F. pseudethelae Boulard & Martinelli , F. duckensis Boulard & Martinelli , and F. poulaini Boulard & Martin elli by the lack of infuscation of the transverse nerves of the apical fore wing cells as found in all of these species. The nonsmoky apical fore wings of F. sarutaiensis sp. n. differentiate it from F. opalina (Germar) and F. sericans (Stål) . Fidicinoides pauliensis Boulard & Martinelli , F. picea (Wallker) , F. pronoe (Walker) , F. roberti (Distant) , F. lacteipennis (Distant) , F. determinata (Walker) and F. steindachneri (Kuhlgatz & Melichar) all have lateral mesonotal markings exceeding half the length of the mesonotum which are lacking in F. sarutaiensis sp. n. The mesonotal markings differentiate F. sarutaiensis sp. n. from F. spinicosta (Walker) and F. passerculus (Walker) . The medial mesonotal marking of F. carmenae Santos & Martinelli and F. brisa (Walker) are roughly triangular rather than comma shaped as in F. sarutaiensis sp. n. Finally, the mesonotal marking of F. sarutaiensis sp. n. extends onto the submedian sigilla but is restricted to the parasidal suture in F. distanti (Goding) and whose abdomen possesses two arching transverse black marks.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Fidicinoides sarutaiensis sp. n. A. Head and thorax (dorsal view). B. Head frontal view. C. Metathorax and abdômen (ventral view). D. Left fore femur (lateral view). E. Right fore wing. F. Right hind wing.

FIGURE 2. Lateral view (left) of male Fidicinoides sarutaiensis sp. n. genitalia. Posterior view (right) of male uncus.