Curtara (Retusana) woldai ( DeLong & Martison, 1980 ) DeLong & Martinson, 1980

Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz & Cavichioli, Rodney Ramiro, 2017, Two new species of Nullana from southern Brazil (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini) with key to males, Zootaxa 4281 (1), pp. 207-218 : 215

Curtara (Retusana) woldai ( DeLong & Martison, 1980) n. comb.

( Figs 58–75 )

Nullana woldai DeLong & Martison, 1980: 501 . New combination.

Curtara (Retusana) exilia DeLong & Wolda, 1982: 301 . New synonymy.

The male genitalia of Nullana woldai also differ from the other species included in Nullana , including presence of atrial processes ( Figs 74, 75 ). DeLong & Martison (1980) referred to the atrial processes as basal processes in the description of the species: " Aedeagal shaft bearing 2 terminal processes which extend to base and 2 basal processes which extend to apex of shaft, base of shaft recurved". DeLong & Wolda (1982) described Curtara (Retusana) exilia , with illustrations that agree perfectly ( Figs 62–66 ) with the male genitalia of N. woldai ( Figs 71–75 ). Both are from the same locality: according to DeLong & Martinson (1980) the holopype of N. woldai should be labeled " Las Cumbres, Panama, 28-V-1973 H . Wolda coll." and according to DeLong & Wolda (1982), the holotype of C. (R.) exilia should be labeled " Panama, Las Cumbres , 9-X-1976 . at light. leg. H. Wolda". The label attached to the holotype of Nullana woldai indicates the date 27-V-1973 ( Fig. 70 ), which is the date quoted for the allotype by DeLong & Martinson (1980).

Both taxa have the same size (8 mm) and coloration: head and thorax yellowish. Pronotum with four black spots near anterior margin, disc with punctate brown spots. Forewing with larger brown spot on corium and irregular brown spots on clavus, costal margin and apex of wing. Study of photographs of the holotypes of both species ( Figs 58–61, 67–70 ), deposited in the C. A. Triplehorn Insect Collection (OSUC), and comparison to the original descriptions and illustrations indicates that the two taxa are the same species and, for now, it is retained in Curtara following DeLong & Wolda (1982). This species may belong in Ponana , but this change cannot be confirmed until specimens are studied.

Figures

FIGURES 58 – 75. 58 – 66, Curtara (Retusana) exilia DeLong & Wolda, 1982, holotype male (OSUC, 0169919). 58, habitus, dorsal view. 59, habitus, lateral view. 60, head, frontal view. 61, labels. 62 – 66, genitalia, redrawn from DeLong & Wolda (1982), pg. 302. 62, pygofer, lateral view. 63, subgenital plate, ventral view. 64, style, lateral view. 65, aedeagus, lateral view. 66, aedeagus, ventral view. 67 – 75, Nullana woldai DeLong & Martinson, 1980, holotype male (OSUC, 0169833). 67, habitus, dorsal view. 68, habitus, lateral view. 69, head, frontal view. 70, labels. 71 – 75, genitalia, redrawn from DeLong & Martinson (1980), pg. 500. 71, pygofer, lateral view. 72, subgenital plate, ventral view. 73, style, lateral view. 74, aedeagus, lateral view. 75, aedeagus, ventral view. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.