Colpoptera sinuata Burmeister 1835

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. & O’Brien, Lois B., 2008, New taxa and combinations in Neotropical Issidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea), Insecta Mundi 2008 (31), pp. 1-26 : 22

Colpoptera sinuata Burmeister 1835 ( Fig. 50-62 )

Colpoptera sinuata Burmeister 1835: 155

Examined material: Mexico: 1 M, 1 F, syntypes, Deppe ( ZMHB) ; Tamaulipas: 1 M, 4 F, Cd Victoria - Soto la Marina , 68 th km, selva, 5.XI.2005, D.R. Kasparyan leg. ( ZIN) ; 4 M, 5 F, 5 mi E Nuevo Morelos, 1700 ft., 16.VIII.1971, C.&L.O’Brien & Marshall leg. ( LBOB) ; Vera Cruz : 3 M, 1 F, 29 mi SE Jalapa, 900 ft., 26.XII.1963, C.W.O’Brien leg. ( LBOB) .

Supplementary diagnosis: Metope elongate, with median carina extending through base of postclypeus. Coryphe transverse, anterior margin straight, posterior margin concave. Pronotum narrow, sometimes with median carina, anterior margin strongly convex. Mesonotum long, with arcuate transverse carina basally. Fore wing narrowing to rounded apex, with narrow hypocostal plate and many transverse veins apically. Radius, median, and cubitus anterior bifurcate (R 2 M 2 CuA 2). Hind wing: radius and cubitus anterior bifurcate, median, cubitus posterior, postcubitus, first and second anal veins simple (R 2 CuA 2 M 1 CuP 1 Pcu 1 A 1 1 A 2 1). M and CuA fused basally. CuA 2 combining with CuP. CuA 2 + CuP weakened, running into weak incision of wing margin. Pcu and A 1 not fused. Coupling lobe present. Hind tibia with single lateral tooth distally. Metatarsomere I with 5 intermediate socle setae.

Coloration. General coloration light brown. Fore wings with wide dark brown sinuate stripe. Females with abdominal segments including genital ones dark brown with light brown spots.

Male ( Fig. 50-56 ). Anal tube long, narrowing basally and to acuminate apex, lateral margins and apex directed downward (in lateral view). Anal column long. Pygofer with straight hind margin. Each dorsolateral phallobase lobe with long subapical bifurcate process (branches are equal in length). Ventral phallobase lobe reduced to short process. Aedeagus with a pair of short hooks distally. Connective large. Style with weakly convex hind margin, caudodorsal angle rounded. Neck of style with large lobe-shaped lateral process. Capitulum of style depressed dorsoventrally, broad, narrowing apically (in dorsal view), lateral tooth in shape of wide lobe.

Female ( Fig. 57-62 ). Hind margin of VII sternum with tooth-shaped median process. Anal tube long and narrow, distinctly longer than gonoplacs. Anal column long. Gonoplacs nearly triangular, fused medially. Proximal part of posterior connective lamina of gonapophyses IX convex. Distal parts of the lamina weakly convex. Median field of the lamina convex, with a pair of short apical lobes. Lateral fields of the lamina flat. Gonocoxa VIII with straight hind margin. Endogonocoxal process narrowing to apex. Anterior connective lamina of gonapophysis VIII with large process basally, with 4 (3 + 1) teeth in apical group and 4 teeth without carinae in lateral group.

Body length. Males - 5.5 mm. Females - 6.3 mm.

Figures

Figure 50-56. Colpoptera sinuata Burmeister, syntype, male genitalia. 50) Aedeagus, lateral view. 51) Aedeagus, ventral view. 52) Style, lateral view. 53) Style, dorsal view. 54) Anal tube, lateral view. 55) Anal tube, dorsal view. 56) Pygofer, lateral view.

Figure 57-62. Colpoptera sinuata Burmeister, syntype, female genitalia. 57) Anal tube, dorsal view. 58) Anterior connective lamina of gonapophysis VIII, lateral view. 59) Sternum VII. 60) Posterior connective lamina of gonapophyses IX, dorsal view. 61) Same, lateral view. 62) Gonoplac, lateral view.