Docalidia torquerta, 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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2952.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5286461
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E70787A4-FFB2-E159-FF5D-E306CCDB8D4F
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Docalidia torquerta
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Docalidia torquerta View in CoL , sp. nov.

(Plate IVE, Figs. 243–250 View FIGURES 243–250 )

Length. Male 8.00 mm., female unknown.

External morphology. General color of dorsum yellow with numerous, irregular black markings; forewings with yellow spots on veins, apical ¼ yellow; eyes dark brown (Plate IVE); face yellow.

Head broad, distinctly narrower than pronotum, anterior margin obtusely angled; crown broad, narrower than eye, lateral margins convergent basally, produced anteriorly about 1/3 of entire length, disk depressed medially; pronotum about as long as crown, surface bullated; mesonotum large, about twice as long as pronotum; forewings long, broad, venation typical; clypeus elongate, narrow, lateral margins convex, medial longitudinal carina prominent; clypellus less than 1/3 as long as clypeus, lateral margins flared distally.

Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view narrowly triangulate, caudodorsal process long, attenuated distally, caudoventral process very long, ribbon like, twisted near middle ( Fig. 143 View FIGURES 143–150 ); segment X with moderately long ventral process ( Fig. 143 View FIGURES 143–150 ); right subgenital plate long, moderately broad, glabrous ( Fig. 144 View FIGURES 143–150 ); right style long, longer than aedeagus, apophysis very narrow, row of very short setae along apical half ( Figs. 145, 146 View FIGURES 143–150 ); aedeagus long, shaft narrow with short subapical process, gonopore subbasal ( Figs. 147, 148 View FIGURES 143–150 ); connective broadly T-shaped, membrane present, medial ridge long, extending beyond anterior margin of arms, base long, narrow; ( Fig. 149 View FIGURES 143–150 ); dorsal connective, long, base broad, attenuated distally ( Fig. 150 View FIGURES 143–150 ).

Material examined. Male holotype. BOLIVIA: Sta. Cruz, Buena Vista, 13 Feb 1997, F. D. Parker ( NMNH) .

Etymology. The name is descriptive for the twisted, caudoventral process of the pygofer.

Remarks. This species is similar to mordacis, sp. nov. in stylar and aedeagal configurations and can be separated by the much shorter setae on the stylar apophysis, shorter aedeagal ventral process, twisted caudoventral process of the pygofer and presence of the ventral process on segment X.