Patara Westwood 1840

Bahder, Brian W., Gore-Francis, Janil & Bartlett, Charles R., 2021, A new species of planthopper in the genus Patara (Hemiptera: Derbidae) on coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) from the island of Barbuda, Zootaxa 4941 (3), pp. 369-380 : 372

Genus Patara Westwood 1840

Type species: Patara guttata Westwood 1840

Modified Diagnosis. Small (less than 5 mm) fragile forms. Head in lateral view rounded, frons slightly extended past eyes; in frontal view, frons greatly compressed, lateral margins touching in center; vertex triangular (broader in females than males). Sensory pits on the head absent (may be vestigial on the frons). Antennae sexually dimorphic with scape small, pedicle greatly elongated and flattened (length exceeding front margin of head); male antennae longer than female. Forewings with Pcu + A1 reaching the wing margin before CuP (i.e., clavus closed), and CuA not forked prior to m-cu crossvein such that a ‘procubital cell’ (i.e., a closed C5 cell, as distinct from an open marginal C5 cell) is absent. Pygofer opening lacking medioventral process. Gonostyli elongate and broadly spatulate with an elongate process on dorsal margin. Aedeagus asymmetrical, shaft more or less straight, capped with short bulbous flagellum, usually with a large process arising near base of flagellum and a variable number of additional processes. Anal segment short, not exceeding gonostyli.