Pandara indivisa, Silva & Gonçalves & Takiya, 2024

Silva, Marcelo Peixoto Gomes Da, Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa & Takiya, Daniela Maeda, 2024, Review of Pandara DeLong & Freytag (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), raised to generic status, including three new species and an identification key, Zootaxa 5463 (2), pp. 247-261 : 254

Pandara indivisa sp. nov.

( Figs 3 , 6H–I )

Diagnosis. Male pygofer ( Fig. 3G ) with posterior margin truncated. Subgenital plates ( Fig. 3I ) with subparallel lateral margins. Style, in lateral view ( Fig. 3K ), with ventral margin smooth and approximately straight. Aedeagus ( Figs 3L–M ) with a single pair of preapical processes, slender, short, and directed dorsally.

Total length. Males, 7.5–8.5 mm (n=7).

Description. External morphological characters as in generic description.

Coloration. Color pattern as in generic description.

Male terminalia. Sternite VIII, in ventral view ( Fig. 3E ), approximately 1.5 times wider than long. Valve, in ventral view ( Fig. 3F ), about 1.3 times wider than long; posterior margin emarginated medially. Pygofer, in lateral view ( Fig. 3G ), approximately 1.4 times longer than high; dorsal margin slightly concave preapically; posterior margin truncated; apical dorsal process ( Fig. 3H ) subtriangular. Subgenital plates, in lateral view ( Fig. 3G ), not extending to apex of pygofer; in ventral view ( Fig. 3I ), approximately 4.6 times longer than maximum width; lateral margins parallel; apex acutely rounded. Connective ( Fig. 3J ) approximately half length of styles. Style, in lateral view ( Fig. 3K ), with outer lobe with subacute apex; ventral margin of apophysis smooth and approximately straight. Aedeagus ( Figs 3L–M ) shaft tubular, narrow at apex; with one pair (dorsal) of preapical processes, each elongate and directed dorsally, approximately one-fifth of length of shaft, not bifurcated, slightly exceeding apex of shaft, with apex acute, ventral pair absent.

Female unknown.

Distribution. Bolivia (Santa Cruz) and Peru (Cusco).

Etymology. The specific name refers to undivided pair of preapical processes of the aedeagus.

Material examined. Male holotype: “ Peru: Cusco 3rd Km E. Quincemil \ 13°13’03’’S 70°43’40’’W 633m \ 20.VIII-01.IX.2012, Malaise\ R.R. Cavichioli, J.A. Rafael, A.P.M. Santos & D.M. Takiya ” ( MUSM)

Paratypes: 4m, same data as the holotype (2m MUSM, 1m DZRJ, 1m DZUP) . 1m, “ Bolivia: Dpto. Santa Cruz \ Reserva Natural Potrerillo del\ Guanda ; 5-19.X.2009, 415m\ elev.; J.R. Cryan & A.J.Bell ” ( MNKM) . 1m, ibidem, except “ S17°40.281’ \ 63°27.451’W 400m; 3-\ 9.XI.2009 at MV.UV lights &\ gen. coll.; Coll. G.J. Svenson ” ( INHS) .

Notes. Pandara indivisa sp. nov. is easily distinguished from other species of the genus because it only has one pair of preapical processes on the aedeagus.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Pandara indivisa sp. nov. male holotype. A, head and thorax, dorsal view. B, head, ventral view. C, head and thorax, lateral view. D, forewing. E, sternite VIII, ventral view. F, valve, ventral view. G, pygofer, valve, subgenital plate, and anal tube, lateral view. H, right pygofer lobe, dorsal view. I, subgenital plate, ventral view. J, Connective and styles, dorsal view. K, style, lateral view. L, aedeagus, lateral view. M, aedeagus, caudal view. DPP: dorsal preapical process. Scale bars: A–C = 1 mm; D = 2 mm; E–G, I–M = 0.5 mm; H = 0.3 mm.

FIGURE 6. Habitus of Pandara species. A─C, Pandara eleganta DeLong & Freytag, 1972, male holotype (OSUC 0169576). A, dorsal view. B, lateral view. C, specimen labels. D─E, Pandara eleganta DeLong & Freytag, 1972, male. D, dorsal view; E, lateral view. F─G, Pandara inca sp. nov., male holotype. F, dorsal view. G, lateral view. H─I, Pandara indivisa sp. nov. male holotype. H, dorsal view. I, lateral view. J─M, Pandara parallela sp. nov., male holotype. J, dorsal view. K, lateral view. female paratype. L, dorsal view. M, lateral view. Scale bars = 2.0 mm.