Ileopeltus similarus, Godoy

Godoy, Carolina, 2004, (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), Zootaxa 608, pp. 1-4 : 2

Ileopeltus similarus, Godoy , sp. nov. ( Figs. 1–8 )

Type material: Holotype, maleʹ Costa Rica: Puntarenas: Finca Cafrosa, Embalse 2.5 Km. sur Progreso, 1280 m., 17­V­1998, Col. C. Godoy & P. Hanson, L­S 317800­N516200 ( INBio). Paratypes 5 male and 2 female same data as holotype ( CAS, INBio, NHM, UCR).

Description. Length of male 5.2–5.7 mm, female 5.5–5.8 mm. General color ochraceous, with three light to dark markings on the crown surrounding the coronal suture. Pronotum usually with four light brown longitudinal bands, occasionally continuing onto the scutellum. Forewing subhyaline with dark spots on claval area, proximal and distal ends of inner anteapical cell, and proximal end of central anteapical cell. Crown roundly produced, median length slightly longer than length next to eye ( Fig. 1 ). Spinulation of apex of hind femora 2+2+1.

Male genitalia: Pygofer in lateral aspect with posterior margin produced into long, distinctive, acute, posteriorly directed process ( Figs. 2, 3 ). Subgenital plate short, rounded apically, macrosetae uniseriate, lateral margin convex, fused to valve along anterior margin ( Fig. 4 ). Style apex linear, stout, and rugose, preapical angle absent ( Fig. 5 ). Connective as long as aedeagus ( Fig. 6 ). Aedeagus without processes, asymmetrical, shaft narrow ( Fig. 7 ), apex acute in caudoventral aspect, curved in lateral aspect; gonopore on right side at base of shaft.

Female abdominal sternum VII with posterior margin shallowly excavated, with two short teeth at middle of concavity ( Fig. 8 ).

Distribution. Known only from Costa Rica.

Diagnosis. Ileopeltus similarus is close to I. nanocanthus but the former lacks an orange band on the body and has a posterior process on the pygofer.

Natural History. The specimens were collected with black light in an open area.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Ileopeltus similarus, Godoy sp nov. (holotype). 1. dorsal habitus; 2. Pygofer; lateral view; 3. Pygofer; dorsal view without spines; 4. Subgenital plate and valve, ventral view; 5. Right style, dorsal view; 6. Connective and aedeagus, ventral view; 7. Aedeagus, lateral view; 8 female sternum VII, ventral aspect.