Docalidia turgida, Nielson, 2011

Nielson, M. W., 2011, New species in the Neotropical genus Docalidia with a key to known species, notes on distribution, taxonomy and a synoptic catalogue of the genus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae: Teruliini) 2952, Zootaxa 2952 (1), pp. 1-86 : 64-67

Docalidia turgida , sp. nov.

(Plate IVF), Figures. 251–259 )

Length. Male 8.90 mm., female unknown.

External morphology. Large, robust species. General color of dorsum unicolorous brown, suffused with black basally on forewings; mesonotum and pronotum suffused with black; crown light brown; eyes partially translucent (Plate IVF); face black; clypeus with anterior margin light brown, clypellus with light brown longitudinal median ridge.

Head broad, narrower than pronotum, anterior margin broadly rounded; crown broad, about as wide as eye, produced anteriorly about ¼ entire length, disk foveate on each side of middle; pronotum about as long as crown, surface bullated; mesonotum large, half again as long as pronotum; forewings long, broad, venation typical; clypeus long, broad, lateral margins broadly convex, median longitudinal carina prominent; clypellus about 1/3 as long as clypeus, lateral margins convex, narrow, median longitudinal ridge apparent.

Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view subquadrate, caudodorsal process very long, base broad, broadly curved medially with small, triangulate, subapical process on caudal margin; caudoventral process absent ( Fig. 251 ); segment X long with semi-inflated, ventral process, process setaceous on ventral margin ( Fig 252 ); right subgenital plate, moderately long, broadly convex on outer lateral margin, glabrous ( Fig. 253 ); right style robust, shorter than aedeagus, in dorsal view distal half of apophysis broad with row of short setae on inner lateral margin, in lateral view apophysis narrow throughout ( Figs. 254, 255 ); aedeagus long, stout, broadly constricted subbasally, inflated medially, tapered distally in ventral view, curved in distal 1/3 lateral view, flanged medially, long ventral process submedially, gonopore near middle, exiting ventrally ( Figs. 256, 257 ); connective T-shaped, arms narrow, membrane absent, paired medial ridge extending slightly anteriorly, stem long, broad ( Fig. 258 ); dorsal connective short, plate like ( Fig. 259 ).

Material examined. Male holotype. COLOMBIA: Amazonas, PNN., Amacayacu Cabaña Lorena, 3º0’D. 69º59’W., 210 m., 28 Aug 01–1 Sep 01, M.2237, Malaise, D. Campos (HB) .

Etymology. The name is descriptive for the semispherical ventral process on segment X.

Remarks. From rondoniensis , sp nov., to which it is similar, turgida , sp. nov. can be distinguished by the very long curved caudodorsal process, the setaceous ventral margin of the ventral process of segment X, the broad stem of the connective and lack of a triangulate spur on the middle of the style.

Figures

FIGURES 251–259. Docalidia turgida, sp. nov. (251) pygofer, lateral view; (252) segment X, lateral view; (253) right subgenital plate, ventral view; (254) right style, lateral view; (255) right style, dorsal view (256); aedeagus and dorsal connective, lateral view; (257) aedeagus, ventral view; (258) connective, caudal view; (259) dorsal connective, dorsal view.