Sphenoclypeana parana ( Distant, 1909 )

Paladini, Andressa, Carvalho, Gervásio Silva & Cavichioli, Rodney Ramiro, 2010, Taxonomic review of Sphenoclypeana and cladistic analysis of Ischnorhinini (Hemiptera, Cercopidae, Tomaspidinae), Zootaxa 2502, pp. 24-36 : 32-33

Sphenoclypeana parana ( Distant, 1909)

( Figs. 18–26 )

Tomaspis parana Distant, 1909: 193 ; Metcalf, 1961: 126 –127; Tomaspis parana var. a Distant, 1909: 193; Tomaspis parana var. d istanti Lallemand, 1912: 96 (nomen praeoccupatum).

Guarania parana var. major Nast, 1951: 60 ; Metcalf, 1961: 127 (nome substituto para Guarania parana var. distanti (Lallemand, 1912: 96) nec Guarania chapada distanti (Lallemand, 1912: 91) .

Tomaspis consanguinea Distant, 1909: 194 ; Tomaspis (T.) consanguinea ; Lallemand, 1912:92; Guarania consanguinea ; Nast, 1951: 59; Sphenoclypeana consanguinea ; Nast, 1975: 99. Syn. nov.

Length (mm). Male: 21.87 Female: 21.87

Redescription. Head red, wider than length of vertex, vertex black, narrow and smooth with fine setae; ocelli reddish, separated by about a diameter of one of them, closer to each other than to eyes and posterior margin of head, eyes prominent and arranged transversely; antennae blackish, visible dorsally, pedicel with a layer of setae long and abundant; postclypeus red, inflated, angled in profile, forming a straight or obtuse angle, longitudinal carina well marked, narrow and prominent; tylus quadrangular, red, with longitudinal carina well marked, smooth and covered by fine pilosity; rostrum blackish-red. Pronotum red, hexagonal with two black spot in anterior portion near dorsal margin, smooth with a few setae; scutellum blackish, with median concavity and transverse ridges strongly marked. Tegmina finely punctured, red with three black longitudinal bands: one parallel to costal margin (reaching this margin only in the middle third of its length), the second located between veins M and Cu1 extending from middle third of these to apex of tegmina, the third occupying middle portion of the clavus, M and Cu1 united in basal third, A1 and A2, present and distinct, apical reticulation reduced. Wings with venation reddish-brown. Legs long and slender, red-blackish, hind legs: femur with inconspicuous spine on the inner face, tibia elongated apical crown with 15–20 apical spines, distributed in two rows; basitarsus approximately with 10–17 apical spines distributed in two rows, covered with a layer of long and scarce setae; subunguiel process present, similar to another tarsal claw.

Male genitalia. Pygofer black with a finger-like process between anal tube and subgenital plates ( Fig.22 ), these short in relation to pygofer with round apex; parameres subrectangular with apex long and curved Cshaped, apical spine acute and directed back, dorsal elevation developed and rounded ( Fig.26 ); aedeagus cylindrical with apex enlarged compared to shaft, two spiniform processes, inserted laterally just below apex, shaft with a slight curvature and one dorsal process, inserted at the beginning of the apical third ( Figs.23 and 24 ).

Female genitalia. First valve of ovipositor long and slender with acute apex and basal process developed, rounded, turned back ( Fig.25 ); second valve long and slender, knife-shaped, dorsal margin smooth without teeth ( Fig.25 b), third valve short and wide, with long setae ventrally ( Fig.25 c).

Comments. In the description of Tomaspis consanguinea, Distant noted its resemblance to T. parana differentiating the species by the size of the tegmina and some features related to coloration: “Allied to T. parana, Distant , but the tegmina comparatively shorter and broader, not quite three times longer than broad; head and pronotum sanguineous, without black markings; scutellum and legs wholly sanguineous; tegmina similarly fascited as in T. parana ”. Nast (1951) in the redescription of Guarania parana cited the similarity in color with the tegmina of Guarania conanguinea : “ G. parana is in coloration of forewing very similar to G. consanguinea , but the black pattern is more strongly developed...”. Again the proposal of synonymy between these two species is considered valid and justified.

Examined material. Brasil: Espírito Santo: Santa Teresa, 16.XI.1967, C.T. & C. Elias leg. 1Ƥ. São Paulo: Ubatuba, 14.XII.1990, A.M. Sakakibara leg. 1Ƥ, São Sebastião, XI.1956, sem coletor, 1Ƥ. Santa Catarina: Florianópolis, 07.XII.1990, M. A. Pagani leg., 13. Paraná : Tibagi, Salto da Conceição, XI.1956, sem coletor, 13; 15 km a SE de Tibagi, Fazenda Santa Lídia, Iapó das Pedras, 24º31’S 50º17’W 990m, 29.XI.2003, Melo & J. Prado leg. 1Ƥ; Tibagí, Parque Estadual Guartelá, 06.XII.2009, P.C. Grossi leg. 13; Curitiba, 03.IX.1983, Trigueiro leg. 1Ƥ. Rio Grande do Sul: Porto Alegre, 02.XII.1985, G.S. Carvalho leg., 2Ƥ; idem, X.1991, G.S.Carvalho leg. 13; idem, 20.XI.1979, Butignol leg., 23; idem, 14.XI.1979, G.S. Carvalho leg., 13; idem, 04.XII.1980, Inácio leg., 13; idem, 21.XI.1969, Oliveira leg., 1Ƥ; idem, 27. XI.1984, H. Janke leg., 1Ƥ; idem, 09.XII.2005, A. Paladini leg., 1Ƥ; idem, 23.XI.2003, W.S. Azevedo-Filho leg. 1Ƥ; idem, 14.X.2005, G.S. Leal leg. 1Ƥ; idem, 15.XII.2005; A. Paladini leg. 1Ƥ; Santa Maria, 28.X.1978, L.C. Becker leg., 13, Restinga Seca 08.XI.1978, L. D. Paul leg., 1Ƥ, Viamão, 12.XII.1991 A. F. R. Rech leg., 1Ƥ, Estrela, RGA. Brackes leg.1Ƥ, Guaíba, Sítio Matzenbacker, 20.XI.2004, A.P.Pinto leg., 13, 2Ƥ, São Francisco de Paula, Pró Mata, 10.11.1997, Koehler leg., 13; idem, 6.I.2000, Johan Ketterl leg., 1Ƥ, Montenegro, 29.X.2010, 29º30’S, 51º28’W, A.Paladini leg.

Figures

FIGURES 18 – 26. Sphenoclypeana parana. 18. Tomaspis parana, Syntype (female), dorsal view; 19. Tomaspis consanguinea, Syntype (female), dorsal view; 20. head and thorax, lateral view; 21 Sphenoclypeana parana, dorsal view; 22. pygofer, lateral view; 23. aedeagus, dorsal view; 24. aedeagus, lateral view; 25. female, valvulaes of ovipositor; 26. paramere, external lateral view.