Oncometopia unispina, Rakitov, Roman, 2016

Rakitov, Roman, 2016, The Oncometopia orbona species group (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Proconiini), Zootaxa 4168 (1), pp. 109-133 : 131-132

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.1.5

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6079190

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BA1F382B-9C32-FF85-FF45-3167F261FAA9

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scientific name

Oncometopia unispina
status

sp. nov.

Oncometopia unispina View in CoL new species

( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 )

Description. Size (males): 9.8–10.2 mm. Other external characters as in O. orbona .

Coloration ( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 A–D). Similar to O. clarior , O. obtusa , and O. lepida .

Male terminalia. Similar to O. lepida and O. pelvica , but basal process of aedeagus ( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 E, F) with small accessory spine (in all studied specimens on right side). Subapical process of aedeagus significantly shorter than basal process and not nearly reaching its apex.

Female terminalia. Unknown.

Distribution. Costa Rica and Panama.

Types. Holotype male [TAMU]: COSTA RICA, CARTAGO, Juan Viñas , 05.viii.1990, W.F. Chamberlain . Paratypes: COSTA RICA, SAN JOSE, Cerros de Escazu , 4 km S of Escazu, 22.viii.1992, M.W. Nielson [1Ƌ, INBIO] ; 5 km S of San Antonio , 01.iii.1993, Nielson & More [1Ƌ, INBIO] .

Additional material examined. PANAMA, CHIRIQUI, Reserva La Fortuna, Est. Biologica, 25–28.vi.1996, Gillogly & Schaffner [1Ƌ, TAMU].

Etymology. The name refers to the small accessory spine on the basal process of the male aedeagus.

TAMU

Texas A&M University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

Tribe

Proconiini

Genus

Oncometopia

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