Sofiella nicolasi, Domahovski & Alasmar & Cavichioli, 2023

Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz, Alasmar, Luísa & Cavichioli, Rodney Ramiro, 2023, The genus Sofiella gen. nov. (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Cicadellini) with description of two new species from Brazil, Zootaxa 5318 (4), pp. 571-579 : 576-578

Sofiella nicolasi sp. nov.

( Figs 22–31 )

Type-locality: S„o José do Barreiro, State of S„o Paulo, Southeast Brazil.

Measurements (mm). Holotype (male)—4.7.

Color. Dorsum ( Figs 22, 23 ) with black background, with ivory to yellowish maculae and dots as follows: crown with yellowish dots; pronotum median third with large irregular yellowish maculae and posterior third with few yellowish small dots; mesonotum with few yellowish irregular small dots; forewing with yellowish small scattered dots, four yellowish rounded maculae, one in anterior third, near clavus, two anteapically and one in ventral margin of membrane; apex with membrane smoky. Head ( Fig. 24 ) with frons with a yellowish irregular transverse macula on anterior margin and yellowish small scattered dots posteriorly; gena and clypeus with yellowish dots. Legs ( Fig. 23 ) blackened with yellow maculae.

Male genitalia. Pygofer ( Fig. 25 ), in lateral view, moderately produced; posterior margin subtriangular; macrosetae distributed along ventral margin and on posterior two-thirds of disk. Valve ( Fig. 26 ), in ventral view, slender and transverse, subrectangular. Subgenital plate ( Fig. 26 ), in ventral view, triangular, narrowing towards apex; outer margins with uniseriate row of macrosetae and long filiform setae near base; in lateral view ( Fig. 25 ), plates attaining nearly to pygofer apical third. Style ( Fig. 27 ) short, attaining basal third of subgenital plate; with conspicuous preapical lobe; apex truncate, foot-like. Connective ( Fig. 27, 28 ), in dorsal view, short, Y-shaped, arms broad and stem narrow, with large keel surpassing apex posterad. Aedeagus ( Figs 30, 31 ) symmetrical, in lateral view, apodeme narrow, not as long as shaft; aedeagal shaft directed posteriorly, slightly curved dorsally, with pair of flanges laterally, originating from shaft basiventral margin and extending dorsally to near apex; pair of acute subapical processes directed posterodorsally; ventroapical portion forming an expanded laterally structure with an short median process directed anterad, and lateral margins expanded laterally forming pair of serrated processes, convergent each other in ventral view, with gonopore below. Paraphyses ( Figs 28, 29 ) symmetric with pair of long and slender rami, in ventral view, tapering to an acute apex, curved inwards.

Female terminalia. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype male: “ Brasil, SP, 10 Km a SW \ de S. [S„o] J. [ José do] Barreiro, Serra \ da Bocaina, 1690m, \ 22.708ºS 44. 635ºW, \ 23.X. 2011, D. Luz ” ( DZUP).

Etymology. The species name is in honor of Nicolas, son of Prof. Dr. Daniela Maeda Takiya.

Figures

FIGURES 22–24. Sofiella nicolasi sp. nov., male holotype. 22, Body, dorsal view. 23, Body, lateral view. 24, Face, frontal view. Scale bars in mm.

FIGURES 25–31. Sofiella nicolasi sp. nov., male genitalia. 25, Genital capsule, lateral view (dotted portion indicates lost area). 26, Valve and subgenital plates, ventral view. 27, Connective and style, dorsal view. 28, Connective and paraphyses, lateral view. 29, Paraphyses, ventral view. 30, Aedeagus, lateral view. 31, Aedeagus, ventral view. Scale bars in mm.