Papagona succinea Ball, 1935

De Freitas, Abner S., Zahniser, James N. & Takiya, Daniela M., 2021, Review of the genus Papagona Ball, 1935 (Hemiptera: Caliscelidae) including a new Neotropical species, Zootaxa 5023 (1), pp. 107-120 : 116-117

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Papagona succinea Ball, 1935 View in CoL

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Papagona succinea View in CoL — Ball 1935: 41 (Original description)

Type locality. Arizona, Tucson Mountains (according to Ball 1935) .

Amended description. Body length. Male, 2.5 mm ( Ball 1935).

Color. Males ( Fig. 6A–C View FIGURE 6 ). Body mainly orangish red. Forewing orange with anterior and intern margin yellowish, and two small circular pale maculae ( Fig. 6B, C View FIGURE 6 ). Legs yellow with irregular brown maculae ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 ). Abdomen with tergite III with lateral white macula ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 ); in dorsal view, abdominal tergite medially orangish red and laterally yellow reddish ( Fig. 6B, C View FIGURE 6 ); each segment of abdomen with dorsal median pair of small and few conspicuous yellow maculae ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 ); in lateral view, sternites with lateral white macula ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 ).

Structure. Head and thorax. Vertex ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 ) with anterior margin rounded; as long as basal width at midline; subequal to pronotum length at midline. Frons ( Fig. 6A View FIGURE 6 ) with median carina which does not reach fastigium; in lateral view ( Fig. 6A, C View FIGURE 6 ), each side with row of seven sensory pits bordering sublateral carina, five pits bordering frontogenal carina, and three pits bordering fastigium (linking the other two rows providing a triangle-like arrangement—with four isolated pits within, aligned diagonally).

Pronotum ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 ) with six sensory pits bordering lateral margins of disc and a group of seven inner ones at posterior half. Mesonotum ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 ) without median carina; region outerad of lateral carina with eleven sensory pits.

Abdomen. Tergite III ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 ), in lateral view, with two to three sensory pits. Tergite IV ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 ), in lateral view, with one row of two to three (three in holotype) sensory pits followed by an isolated ventral pair. Tergite V ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 ), in lateral view, with one row of two to four (two in holotype) sensory pits followed by an isolated ventral pair. Tergite VI ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 ), in lateral view, with one row of two to three (two in holotype) sensory pits followed by an isolated ventral pair. Tergite VII ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 ), in lateral view, with one row of two to three (three in holotype) sensory pits followed by an isolated ventral pair. Tergite VIII, in lateral view, with three sensory pits .

Male terminalia. Pygofer with anterior margin concave; posterior margin convex. Connective with tectiform structure bearing tectiductus; ventral support inverted Y-shaped. Gonostylus ( Fig. 6D View FIGURE 6 ) hook-like; anterior portion pointed; caudal portion curved anterodorsally; dorsal margin follows almost straight and with a rounded protuberance in between anterior and median third; ventral margin mostly rounded; median third longer than high, setose. Endosoma ( Fig. 6E, F View FIGURE 6 ) enclosing almost all phallobase and aedeagus lengths laterally and ventrally; asymmetrical, with two different sides linked ventrally, of which: one side is longer and with apex curved ventrally, comma-like; and other side is shorter and apically truncated, bearing triangular expansion ventrally directed to the longest side of endosoma at aedeagus midlength ( Fig. 6E View FIGURE 6 ). Phallobase membranous, shorter than endosoma; enclosing aedeagus half-length laterally and ventrally; slightly visible in lateral view, apically and dorsally. Aedeagus ( Fig. 6E, F View FIGURE 6 ) opened dorsally; apically, narrowing and with pair of aedeagal hooks ( Fig. 6F View FIGURE 6 ), subequal in length, longer and thinner than aedeagus, and curved anterodorsally. Suspensorium V-shaped. Anal tube, in dorsal view, as long as wide and with posterior margin rounded; setose.

Taxonomic notes. Differently from the description of Ball (1935), the vertex of this species is not shorter than that of P. papoosa . The rest of the morphology is in accordance to the original description. This species can be easily distinguished from other Papagona based on its striking color pattern. However, the male terminalia of this species and of P. papoosa are very similar without major differences in overall structure of phallus. See taxonomic notes of P. dietrichi sp. nov. above for more comparative notes.

Distribution. United States: Arizona ( Ball 1935).

Plant associations. Tridens muticus (Torr.) Nash ( Poaceae , as Triodia mutica ) ( Ball 1935).

Studied material. Holotype: male, USA, Arizona, Tucson , 2 Apr. 1933 [original description lists as 4 Apr. 1933], E. D. Ball ( USNM ENT 01513569 View Materials ) . Paratype: male (dissected herein), USA, Arizona, Tucson , 14 Apr. 1934, E. D. Ball ( USNM) .