Apogonalia pennata Nielson & Godoy, 1995

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scientific name

Apogonalia pennata Nielson & Godoy, 1995
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Apogonalia pennata Nielson & Godoy, 1995

( Figs 75–77)

Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum almost entirely black. Pronotum ( Fig. 75) with small white maculae. Mesonotum ( Fig. 75) posteriorly white. Forewing ( Fig. 75) uniformly red; apical portion dark. Face almost entirely black. Clypeus laterally white and with large dorsal black macula. Male pygofer posteriorly truncate with inner, ventroapical short tapered spine, medially directed. Paraphyses with Y-shaped basal plate; rami long and narrow, with strong subapical expansion and apex acute, right ramus apical and left one subapical. Aedeagal shaft with basiventral paired hook processes, anteriorly directed. Female sternite VII ( Fig. 76) with posterior margin broadly convex with median trapezoidal emargination bordered by minute spines and slight central triangular projection. Sternite VIII ( Fig. 77), in dorsal view, with broad, subtrapezoidal bilobate sclerotized plate; anterior margin truncate with deep and broad median emargination.

Female length. 9.6–10.0 mm (n = 3).

Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII ( Fig. 76) slightly produced posteriorly; posterior margin broadly convex with median trapezoidal emargination bordered by minute spines and slight central triangular projection. Sternite VIII ( Fig. 77), in dorsal view, with broad, subtrapezoidal bilobate sclerotized plate; anterior margin of plate truncate, with deep and broad median emargination; posterior margin broadly concave. Pygofer similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula I, in ventral view, with basal portion very similar to that of A. blanchardi ; blade similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta ; teeth spaced from one another about one tooth length on median portion of blade.

Material examined. Costa Rica: Limón, four males and four females ( BYU).

Nielson, M. W. & Godoy, C. (1995) A new genus and new species of cicadelline leafhoppers from Costa Rica (Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae). Contributions on Entomology, International, 1, 189 - 204.

BYU

Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

Genus

Apogonalia