Paratubana, Young, 1977

Côrte, Isabele, Pecly, Nathalia H., Quintas, Victor, Ferreira, André L. D., Cavichioli, Rodney R. & Mejdalani, Gabriel, 2021, Two new species of the sharpshooter genus Paratubana (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae Cicadellini) from alpine fields of Rio de Janeiro state, southeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5005 (3), pp. 339-348 : 346

Key to males of Paratubana

(modified from Young 1977, Mauro et al. 2003, and Mejdalani et al. 2014)

1. Forewing dark red with two broad longitudinal yellowish-brown to whitish stripes, one along costal margin and another along inner claval margin....................................................................................... P. serrana Mejdalani, Quintas, Felix & Cavichioli, 2014 ( Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Paraná) ( Mejdalani et al. 2014, figs 1–19)

1b. Forewing not as above.................................................................................. 2

2. Forewing brown with diagonal white or yellow stripe along claval sulcus and parallel one in corium; aedeagus, in lateral view, short and with dorsal lobe................... P. westwoodi (Signoret, 1853) ( Young 1977, fig. 194) ( Brazil: Minas Gerais)

2b. Forewing without such stripes; aedeagus variable............................................................ 3

3. Paired pronotal pale spots attaining humeral margin; forewing red, without maculae or stripes... P. vittifacies (Signoret, 1855) ( Young 1977, fig. 195) ( Brazil: Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo), type species of the genus

3b. Paired pronotal pale spots, if present, usually not reaching humeral margin, or forewing color not as above............... 4

4. Pygofer, in lateral view, with posteroventral angle; paraphyses, in dorsal view, Y-shaped, stalk longer than rami....................................................... P. vitiliginis Young, 1977 ( Young 1977, fig. 196) ( Argentina: Misiones)

4b. Pygofer, in lateral view, without posteroventral angle; paraphyses, in dorsal view, variable but with stalk always shorter than rami................................................................................................ 5

5. Aedeagus with paired, lobate ventral processes and large dorsal lobe, without apical processes.................................. P. luteomaculata (Signoret, 1853) ( Young 1977, fig. 197) ( Brazil: Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná)

5b. Aedeagus not as above................................................................................. 6

6. Aedeagus with apical processes.......................................................................... 7

6b. Aedeagus without apical processes........................................................................ 9

7. Aedeagus with acute processes on median portion and apically..................................................................................... P. nigrocincta (Signoret, 1855) ( Young 1977, fig. 198) ( Brazil: São Paulo, Paraná)

7b. Aedeagus without processes on median portion, with apical processes only, acute or truncate.......................... 8

8. Aedeagus with single pair of dorsal, obliquely truncate apical processes; distal portion of style, in dorsal view, approximately rectilinear................................. P. webbi Cavichioli, 1989 ( Cavichioli 1989, figs 1–6) ( Brazil: Pernambuco)

8b. Aedeagus with two pairs of apical processes, one directed dorsally, obtuse, and another directed ventrally, spiniform; distal portion of style, in dorsal view, distinctly curved.................................................................................... P. albomaculata Mauro, Mejdalani & Felix, 2003 ( Mauro et al. 2003, figs 1–12) ( Brazil: Alagoas)

9. Paraphyses with inner spiniform process on basal half and with apex bifurcate, forming outer subquadrate projection and inner spiniform process ( Figs 5, 6 )...................................... P. auromarginata sp. nov. ( Brazil: Rio de Janeiro)

9b. Paraphyses with bases of rami robust, with pair of strong spiniform processes on basal half, directed dorsally and crossing each other ( Figs 12, 13 ).................................................... P. takiyae sp. nov. ( Brazil: Rio de Janeiro)

Figures

FIGURES 1–7. Paratubana auromarginata sp. nov., male. 1, genital capsule, lateral view. 2, pygofer, valve, and subgenital plate, lateral view. 3, valve and subgenital plate, ventral view. 4, connective and style, dorsal view. 5, paraphyses, dorsal view. 6, paraphyses, lateral view. 7, aedeagus, lateral view. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 8–14. Paratubana takiyae sp. nov., male. 8, genital capsule, lateral view. 9, pygofer, valve, and subgenital plate, lateral view. 10, valve and subgenital plate, ventral view. 11, connective and style, dorsal view. 12, paraphyses, ventral view. 13, paraphyses, lateral view. 14, aedeagus, lateral view. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.