Linnavuoria tingomariaensis, Dai, Wu & Dietrich, Christopher H., 2015

Dai, Wu & Dietrich, Christopher H., 2015, A new genus of Iassinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Peru and a new species of Daveyoungana Blocker & Webb, Zootaxa 3946 (2), pp. 285-295 : 291

Linnavuoria tingomariaensis sp. nov.

( Figs 1A, B , E, 2A–D, 3A–E, 4A–G)

Description. Length of male 7.0 mm. Yellowish brown, crown brown with two symmetrical orange spots, face numerous small black spots on dorsal and lateral margin, some merging to form transverse arc band across antennae, frontoclypeus and anteclypeus yellow. Pronotum, scutellum and forewing with numerous small black spots, some on scutellum merging to form larger irregular markings; exposed part of mesonotum with pair of brown triangular markings on posterolateral margins; forewing hyaline, veins whitish. Aedeagus without processes, with posterior convexity near base of shaft in lateral view. Style with preapical tooth, apex abruptly narrowed and tapered.

Material examined. Holotype, male, PERU: Huánuco, 5km S, Tingo María, Pte. Perez, 600m, 9°20'51'S, 75°58'51'W, 25 Oct 2002, C.H.Dietrich, merc.vapor light, 02-41-1, PE41-1 ( USML).

Notes. The species name is based on that of the type locality, the capital of Leoncio Prado Province in the Huánuco Region in central Peru. DNA extracted from the holotype and stored at INHS was sequenced and included in the molecular phylogenetic of Iassinae by Krishnankutty (2012), which placed Linnavuoria tingomariaensis as sister to Pachyopsis in a larger clade also comprising Selenomorphus and Scaroidana with strong branch support.

Figures

FIGURE 1. A – D, Dorsal and lateral habitus; E – G. Head, anteroventral view. A, B, E. Linnavuoria tingomariaensis sp. nov.; C, D, F, G. Daveyoungana maniforma sp. nov.