Oragua jurua Young, 1977

Camisão, Beatriz M., Cavichioli, Rodney R. & Takiya, Daniela M., 2014, Eight new species of Oragua Melichar, 1926 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Amazonas State, Brazil, with description of the female terminalia of Oragua jurua Young, 1977, and new records for the genus, Zootaxa 3841 (4), pp. 501-527 : 522-523

Oragua jurua Young, 1977

( Fig. 10 A–E)

Length. Males, 8.0 mm, Females, 7.9–8.0 mm. Males of 9.5 mm are described in Young (1977).

External morphology. Surface of crown, pronotum, mesonotum, clavus, and first half of corium punctate. Forewings with 5 apical cells (R1 present). Other characters as in the generic and species description ( Young, 1977: 618).

Female terminalia. Abdominal sternite VII ( Figs. 10 A, 10B) with posterior margin produced, with two lateral concavities, apex acute and bifurcate. Internal abdominal sternite VIII membranous. Valvifers I ( Fig. 10 C) higher than longer; anterior margin slightly concave; posterior margin round; with fingerlike projection on ventral margin.

Valvulae I ( Fig. 10 C) bases with outer margins produced anteriorly ( Fig. 10 D); shaft with sculpturing strigate dorsally, becoming concatenate apically and imbricate ventrally; ventral membrane with short, longitudinal striae, sparsely spaced. Valvulae II ( Fig. 10 E), in lateral view, moderately broad, gradually tapered towards the apex, dorsal margin slightly arcuate, with 44 subtriangular teeth with denticles on anterior and posterior margins ( Fig. 10 F); apex with ventral anteapical denticles present ( Fig. 10 G).

Material. ♂ and ♀, “ BRASIL: Amazonas | ParNa Jaú , Seringalzinho | (Nazaré), right margin Rio | Jaú , 46m asl PNJ019 | 0152’55”S, 61°35’12”W, 01-VII-2003 | light trap 7:30–8:30pm | terra firme D. M. Takiya” ( INPA). ♂, same data as preceding, ( DZRJ). ♀, same data as preceding except 30-VI-2003 ( DZRJ)

Figures

FIGURE 10. Oragua jurua. A – G, Female. A, Abdominal sternite VII, ventral view; B, Abdominal sternite VII, pygofer, and gonoplac, lateral view; C, Valvifer I and valvula I (right), lateral view; D, Base of valvulae I, ventral view; E, Valvula II (right), lateral view; F, Tooth of valvula II, lateral view; G, Apex of valvula II, lateral view. Scale bars in mm.