Cyphotes nodosa Burmeister, 1835

(Figures 8A–C; 9A–C; 10A–C; 11A–C; 12A, 12C; 13)

Cyphotes nodosa Burmeister, 1835: 143 [New genus; type loc: Brazil]; Metcalf & Wade, 1965 a: 616 [Catalogued], McKamey, 1998: 150 [Catalogued]; Aspona bullata Stål, 1862: 29 (type loc: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro); Metcalf & Wade, 1965: 618; Deitz, 1975: 70; McKamey, 1998: 150 [Catalogued]. Sakakibara, 2005a: 463 [taxonomic notes, photograph].

Aspona gibosa Fonseca & Diringshofen, 1969: 154, fig. 8 (type loc: Brazil, Santa Catarina: Rio Vermelho); McKamey, 1998: 150. Sakakibara, 2005a:463 [Synonym of A. bullata]. Taunaya gibbosa Remes-Lenicov, 1973: 137 (type loc: Argentina, Misiones); McKamey, 1998: 155. Sakakibara, 2005a:463 [Synonym of A. bullata].

Diagnosis. (1) Pronotum in lateral view with preapical part of posterior pronotal process trapezoidal (Fig. 9D); (2) first valvulae, VID bent in midsection (Fig. 12A); (3) pronotum coloration uniform without marked black spots.

Description. Color. General color dark red or yellow, vertex, frontoclypeus, basal margin, metopidium, humeral angles, and middorsal portion dark red; posterior process behind the posterolateral pronotal area with a transversal yellow band. Sculpture. Densely pubescent, pronotum reticulate, punctuate. Head. Frontoclypeus with a longitudinal rugae (Fig. 8A). Thorax. Pronotum. In lateral view, preapical part of posterior pronotal process raised abruptly in a narrow ridge (Figs. 9A–C); in dorsal view, lyriform, humeral angles triangular, posterolateral area of pronotum rounded, gradually narrowing with posterior process (Figs. 10A–C). Forewings. without macula in apical cells (Figs. 11A–C). Abdomen. Male. Subgenital plate fused basally, dorsal margin rounded; lateral plate not fused to pygofer, margin dorsal truncate (Fig. 13B); aedeagus scoop-shaped (Fig. 13D), in posterior view parallel sided (Fig. 13F), corona denticulate (Fig. 13E), style in posterior view distal area curved anteriorly (Fig. 13F). Female. First Valvulae. Ventral interlocking device (VID) bent downward at midlength (Fig. 12A). Second valvulae. Without teeth on dorsal margin (Fig. 12C).

Measurements. male/female (mm): Total length 6.71/7.98; head width 2.20/2.59; head length 1.29/1.59; pronotum length 6.22/7.52; width between humeral angles 3.10/ 3.89.

Distribution. Argentina (Remes-Lenicov, 1973), Brazil.

Material examined. Photograph of holotype. “ nodosa Label information: Bras. [Bmr?]”, “Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, Zentralmagazin Naturw.Sammlungen, 2/3/2009.05.2016” (MLUH: 1 female ). || BRAZIL, Santa Catarina, Benedito Nova. S. C. 16-XI-1874 (DZUP: 1 male) || BRAZIL, Guanabara, Corcovado, 30- IX-1972. Alveranga & Seabra. (DZUP: 1 female) . || Photograph in Remes-Lenicov (1973). Label: “ ARGENTINA, Misiones, Dto. Concepcion, Santa Maria, XI-1956. Viana Leg. Division Entomología Museo de Ciencias Naturales ‘Bernardino Rivadavia: 3 females ”.

Comments. This is the type species of the genus. Cyphotes nodosa has the following synonyms: Aspona bullata Stål, 1862 Aspona gibosa Fonseca & Diringshofen; Taunaya gibbosa Remes-Lenicov (1973) . We follow Sakakibara (2005) in treating Aspona gibosa Fonseca & Diringshofen, 1969 (Figs. 8B; 9B; 10B) and Taunaya gibbosa Remes-Lenicov (1973) as junior synonyms of A. bullata (now C. nodosa). After morphological examination and in correlation with the geographic distribution of the specimens (Fig. 21), A. bullata (Figs. 8C; 9C; 10C) is considered here a synonym of C. nodosa . Specimens of C. nodosa have only been reported from southeastern South America and lower elevations from 130–740 meters.