Balera

Coelho, Luci Boa Nova, Nessimian, Jorge Luiz & Da-Silva, Elidiomar Ribeiro, 2013, A new species of Balera Young and redescription of Habralebra gillettei Young (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae) from Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, Zootaxa 3637 (1), pp. 39-46 : 44

Key to species of Balera

(Modified from Freytag 1992)

1 Aedeagus without processes on apical region, with lobes, keels or bifurcation ( Figs 16–18 )........................... 2

- Aedeagus with processes on apical region ( Figs 14 , 19–21, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29 ).................................... 4

2 Aedeagus inflated, shaft keeled laterally, with 3 apical lobes ( Fig. 16 ).................... B. pellucida (Osborn) ( Bolivia)

- Aedeagus not inflated, shaft with or without keels, without apical lobes ( Figs 17–18 )................................ 3

3 Aedeagus bifurcated distally ( Fig. 17 )............................................. B. bracata Ruppel ( Colombia)

- Aedeagus not bifurcated, with pair of lateral keels on apical half ( Fig.18 ).................... B. pusilla Young ( Panama)

4 Aedeagus with one pair of apical processes ( Figs 19, 21, 23, 24, 26, 28 ).......................................... 5

- Aedeagus with two or more pairs of apical processes ( Figs 14 , 20, 29 ).......................................... 10

5 Style with acute apex ( Figs 13 , 25, 27 ).................................................................... 6

- Style with truncate apex ( Fig. 22 ).................................................. B. obtusa Freytag ( Ecuador)

6 Apices of aedeagal processes convergent, in ventral view, near stem base ( Fig. 23 )........ B. napoensis Freytag ( Ecuador)

- Apices of aedeagal processes not convergent ( Figs 24, 26, 28 )................................................. 7

7 Apex of aedeagus narrow and pointed in ventral view ( Figs 24, 26 ).............................................. 8

- Apex of aedeagus not pointed in ventral view ( Figs 19, 28 )................................................... 9

8 Style slightly angled on apical half ( Fig. 25 ); pygofer long, with posterior margin well developed, narrowly rounded off.................................................................................. B. plagata Freytag ( Ecuador)

- Style strongly angled on apical half ( Fig. 27 ); pygofer broad, with posterior margin little developed................................................................................................. B. ecuadora Freytag ( Ecuador)

9 Posterior margin of pygofer broadly rounded................... B. caraguatae Young ( Brazil, Panama, Trinidad-Tobago)

- Posterior margin of pygofer with acuminate process............................ B. signata Dworakowska ( Venezuela)

10 Aedeagus with two pairs of apical processes ( Figs 20, 29 ).................................................... 11

- Aedeagus with three pairs of apical processes ( Fig. 14 )..................................... B. fiuzai sp.nov. ( Brazil)

11 Dorsoapical pair of aedeagal processes longer than ventral pair ( Fig. 20 ).................... B. myersi Freytag ( Ecuador)

- Dorsoapical pair of aedeagal processes approximately same length than ventral pair ( Fig. 29 ).................................................................................................... B. emarginata (Osborn) ( Bolivia)

Figures

FIGURES 16 – 29. Balera pellucida (Young): (16) aedeagus (lateral); B. bracata Ruppel: (17) aedeagus (ventral); B. pusilla Young: (18) aedeagus (ventral); B. signata Dworakowska: (19) aedeagus (ventral); B. myersi Freytag: (20) aedeagus (ventral); B. obtusa Freytag: (21) aedeagus (ventral), (22) style (lateral); B. napoensis Freytag: (23) aedeagus (ventral); B. plagata Freytag: (24) aedeagus (ventral), (25) style (lateral); B. equadora Freytag: (26) aedeagus (ventral), (27) style (lateral); B. caraguatae Young: (28) aedeagus (ventral); B. emarginata (Osborn): (29) aedeagus (apex dorsal). Fig. 16 redraw from Young (1952), Fig. 17 redraw from Ruppel (159), Figs 18, 29 redraw from Young (1957), Fig. 19 redraw from Dworakowska (1994), Figs 20 – 28 redraw from Freytag (1992).

FIGURES 7 – 15. Balera fiuzai, sp. nov.: (7) forewing; (8) hind wing; (9) abdominal apodeme (ventral); (10) pygofer (lateral); (11) subgenital plate (lateroventral); (12) style (ventral); (13) style (lateral); (14) aedeagus and connective (ventral); (15) aedeagus (lateral).