Propetes sakakibara, Prando & Gonçalves & Takiya, 2017

Prando, Jádila Santos, Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa & Takiya, Daniela Maeda, 2017, On the wasp-mimicking sharpshooter genus Propetes Walker, 1851 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae): description of a new species, proposal of a new synonymy, and distributional notes, Zootaxa 4281 (1), pp. 165-175 : 167

Key to species of Propetes

(females of P. sakakibara sp. nov. unknown)

1 Female............................................................................................. 2

- Male............................................................................................... 3

2(1) Crown and pronotum with distinct yellow stripes ( Takiya et al. 1999; fig. 7). Posterior margin of abdominal sternite VII with slightly rounded median lobe ( Takiya et al. 1999; fig. 1). Body length from 13.2 to 14.0 mm............. Propetes schmidti

- Crown and pronotum without distinct yellow stripes ( Fig. 7 ). Posterior margin of abdominal sternite VII with distinct subquadrate median lobe, slightly longer than lateral lobe ( Fig. 19 ). Body length 15.0 to 18.0 mm.............. Propetes triquetra

3(1) Crown with distinct median longitudinal yellow stripe extending from apex to about midlength ( Takiya et al. 1999; fig. 9). Aedeagus with shaft longer than atrial process; atrial process bifid ( Young 1968; fig. 191f‒ 191g)........ Propetes schmidti

- Crown completely dark-brown or with anterior half yellow. Aedeagus with shaft shorter than atrial process; atrial process trifid ( Figs 14‒15, 17‒18 ).................................................................................. 4

4(3) Connective anterior margin with distinct median rounded lobe ( Fig. 16 ). Aedeagus atrial process, in lateral view, with ventral ramus short (approximately one-tenth of whole process length) and distance from apices of dorsal rami longer than length of one ramus ( Fig. 18 )...................................................................... Propetes triquetra

- Connective anterior margin straight, without median lobe ( Fig. 11 ). Aedeagus atrial process, in lateral view, with ventral ramus long (approximately one-third of whole process length) and apices of dorsal rami distant from each other for at most the length of one ramus ( Figs 12‒13 )....................................................... Propetes sakakibara sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Dorsal and lateral habitus of Propetes species. 1 – 2, P. sakakibara sp. nov., male holotype. 3 – 4, P. sakakibara sp. nov., male paratype from Acre (Brazil). 5 – 6, P. triquetra, male from Bolívar (Venezuela). 7 – 8, P. triquetra, female from Pará (Santo Antonio do Tauá, Brazil). Scale bars = 2 mm.

FIGURES 19 – 26. Female genitalia of Propetes triquetra specimen from Pará (Santo Antonio do Tauá, Brazil). 19, abdominal sternite VII, ventral view. 20, sternite VIII, ventral view. 21, pygofer and anal tube, lateral view. 22, first valvifer and first valvula, lateral view. 23, detail of first valvula apex showing dorsal sculpturing and denticles on ventral margin. 24, second valvifer and second valvula, lateral view. 25, detail of second valvula showing teeth on dorsal margin. 26, third valvula, lateral view. Scale bars, figures 19 ‒ 22, 24, 26 = 1 mm; figures 23, 25 = 0.25 mm.

FIGURES 9 – 18. Male genitalia of Propetes species. 9 – 13, P. sakakibara sp. nov., holotype. 9, pygofer, subgenital plates, valve and anal tube, lateral view. 10, subgenital plates and valve, ventral view. 11, connective and styles, dorsal view. 12, aedeagus, caudoventral view. 13, aedeagus, lateral view. 14 – 15, P. sakakibara sp. nov., male paratype from Acre (Brazil). 14, aedeagus, caudoventral view. 15, aedeagus, lateral view. 16 – 18, P. triquetra, male from Pará (Santo Antonio do Tauá, Brazil). 16, connective and styles, dorsal view. 17, aedeagus, caudoventral view. 18, aedeagus, lateral view. Scale bars = 1 mm. DRAP: Dorsal Rami of Atrial Process. VRAP: Ventral Ramus of Atrial Process.