Orthorapha invidia, Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2013

Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2013, Revision of Neotropical aphrophorine spittlebugs, part 2: tribe Orthoraphini (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea), Zootaxa 3710 (3), pp. 201-225 : 213

Orthorapha (s.s.) invidia sp. nov.

Etymology. invidia (noun in apposition), from the Latin for “envy.”

Diagnosis. Small; head paler than the base of the tegmina ( Fig. 33 E). Head and tegminal tips tan; anterior half of tegminal costa white; pronotum of male and dorsum of female including clavi and adjacent part of tegmina sordid greenish; rest of tegmina, and legs of male, black ( Fig. 33 E) except for pale leg joints; vein tips scarcely indicated; tip of tegmina broadly rounded; hind wings as in O. cassidioides ( Fig. 2 F). Theca lamellate, broadest at midlength, tapered to minutely truncate tip ( Fig. 5 A). Length: male 4.5 mm, female 5.5 mm. Width across head 1.8–1.9 mm, across pronotum 0.1 mm greater.

Types. Holotype male, BRAZIL: S [anta] Cath [arina]—Rio Natal, Jan. 1946 (A. Maller). Paratype female, Corupa (Hansa Humbolt) [west of Jaraguá do Sul], Dec. 1948 (A. Maller). Both types in AMNH.

Figures

FIGURE 2. New World Orthoraphini: habitus (A – B), hind wing (C – F) including detail of hamuli on costal margin (G – H), male abdomen in ventral aspect (J) and male genital capsule in lateral aspect (K). A, Orthorapha (Lepyronoxia) frontalis (Stål); B, F, H, O. cassidioides Westwood, female; C, Orthorapha (Lepyronoxia) obliqua (Jacobi); D, Orthorapha (Balsania) concinna (Stål); E, G, Orthorapha (Balsania) geminata (Jacobi); J, K, Orthorapha (Lepyronoxia) bufo (Walker).

FIGURE 33. Lateral aspect of the nominate subgenus of Orthorapha (A – E) and subgenus Balsania (F – L). A – B, color varieties of O. laeta Jacobi; C, O. cassidioides Westwood, male; D, same, female; E, O. invidia sp. nov.; F, O. inflata sp. nov.; G, O. concinna (Stål); H, O. geminata (Jacobi); J, O. sagittata sp. nov.; K, O. reducta Walker; L, O. testacea Walker. Scale line: 1 mm.

FIGURES 3 – 17. Male theca of Orthorapha s. s. (3 – 5), subgenus Balsania (6 – 7) and Lepyronoxia (8 – 17), lateral (A) and caudal aspect of tip (B): 3, O. cassidioides; 4, O. laeta; 5, O. invidia; 6, O. reducta; 7, O. sagittata; 8, O. obscurata; 9, O. inscripta; 10, O. decorata; 11, O. oculata; 12, O. bufo; 13, O. rana (type of O. glabrata); 14, O. subfasciata; 15, O. frontalis; 16, O. quadrimaculata; 17, O. sphaerata. Scale line: 0.05 mm.