Sakakidikra jazminae, Catalano & Dietrich, 2017

Catalano, María Inés & Dietrich, Christopher H., 2017, Two new Dikraneurini genera from Ecuador (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), Zootaxa 4281 (1), pp. 232-237 : 233-235

Sakakidikra jazminae n. sp.

Figs. 1–12

Description. Body length. 2.6–2.65 mm.

Coloration ( Fig. 1 ). Crown whitish with transverse orange basal band. Anteclypeus brown. Pronotum brown, with apical whitish stripe. Mesonotum pale, with dark lateral spots. Thoracic venter entirely dark. Forewing with large transcommissural saddle-shaped brown marking bordered with white, preapical area with small brown spot on outer margin of inner apical cell and additional linear brown apical markings extended to margin. Abdomen dark dorsally.

Abdomen. 2S apodemes ( Fig. 4 ) as described for genus.

Male genitalia. Pygofer ( Fig. 5 ) with basolateral and distal setae undifferentiated, without macrosetae; posterodorsal appendage arising from middle of posterior margin, hooklike, with two stout setae near midlength. Subgenital plate ( Fig. 6 ) with four macrosetae and scattered fine setae. Style ( Fig. 7 ) with two long and fine setae preapically; apex tapered.

Aedeagus ( Fig. 8 ) with a pair of slender lateral processes arising near midlength and extended along shaft, not exceeding apex of shaft. Connective ( Fig. 9 ) Y shaped, well sclerotized; with stem shorter than arms.

Female as described for genus.

Etymology. This species is named in honor of the first author's first daughter, Jazmín.

Material examined. Holotype male, ECUADOR: Orellana, Res. Etnica Waorani, Transect Ent. 1 km S Onkonegare Camp, 00°39'10"S, 076°26'00"W, 220 m, 5 October 1995, T. L. Erwin et al., lot 1193, fogging terra firme forest [ USNM] . Paratypes, 1 female, same data [ USNM] ; 2 males, same data except lot 1192 [ INHS] ; 5 males and 1 female, same data except 14 July 1995, lot 1154 [ INHS, USNM] ; 1 female, same data except 6 July 1995, lot 1117 [ INHS, USNM] ; 4 females, same data except 1 October 1996, lot 1683 [ INHS, USNM]

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 12. Sakakidikra jazminae n. sp. 1, dorsal habitus; 2, forewing; 3, hindwing. Male: 4, sternal apodemes 2 S; 5, pygofer, lateral view; 6, subgenital plate; 7, style; 8, aedeagus, lateral view; 9, connective. Female: 10, sternite VII; 11, large valve; 12, small valve.