Oragua flavolineata, Mejdalani, Gabriel, Da Silva, Cristiane M. F. & Takiya, Daniela M., 2016

Mejdalani, Gabriel, Da Silva, Cristiane M. F. & Takiya, Daniela M., 2016, Two new species of the sharpshooter genus Oragua Melichar, 1926 from Southeastern Brazil (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini), Zootaxa 4132 (3), pp. 422-430 : 426

Oragua flavolineata sp. nov.

( Figures 12–14 , 16 )

Total length of male: 9.8 mm (holotype).

Very similar to O. linnavuorii sp. nov. but with apical aedeagal processes ( Figs 12, 13 ) distinctly longer and, more importantly, paraphyses ( Figs 12, 14 ) with stalk thick and rami bearing two pairs of short, spiniform apical processes ( Fig. 14 ).

Female unknown.

Known distribution. Atlantic Forest, Southeastern Brazil (Mantiqueira mountain range), Minas Gerais State.

Type material. Male holotype: “ Brasil, Minas Gerais \ Bocaina de Minas \ P. N. do Itatiaia \ 17-XI-2013, 1600-2000 m \ 22°19'20"S 44°38'23"W \ D. M. Takiya col.” ( DZRJ). Unfortunately, the holotype has lost the left legs (except the three coxae and hind trochanter) and tarsi of right legs; genitalia were dissected.

Etymology. The species epithet, flavolineata , refers to the color pattern of the forewings ( Fig. 16 ).

Taxonomic notes. See discussion below.

Figures

FIGURES 12 – 14. Oragua flavolineata sp. nov. (male). 12, aedeagus, anal tube, and paraphyses, lateral view. 13, apical portion of aedeagus, caudal view. 14, paraphyses, dorsal view. Compare with Figs 6 - 8 of O. linnavuorii sp. nov. AED = aedeagus; ATB = anal tube; PAR = paraphyses. Scale bar: 9 = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 15 – 17. Body in dorsal view (antennae and legs not depicted). 15, male paratype of Oragua linnavuorii sp. nov. (total length 9.9 mm), yellow color of body marks altered due to previous preservation in alcohol. 16, male holotype of O. flavolineata sp. nov. (total length 9.8 mm), slightly laterodorsal. 17, male of Aguana sp. (total length 15.3 mm). The anterior margin of the crown is obtusely rounded in Oragua, whereas it is broadly rounded and truncate medially in Aguana. See discussion for additional differences between the two genera.