Two new Brazilian species of the Neotropical sharpshooter genus Ruppeliana (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

Carvalho, Rachel A.; Cavichioli, Rodney Ramiro; Rodrigues, Luiz G N; Gonçalves, Alessandro C.

doi:10.1590/s1984-46702014000100009

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“…The peculiar asymmetrical aedeagus of Prodigiella, including its bifid apical portion and basal and apical unpaired processes (Figs 6-8), will readily distinguish the new taxon from Macugonalia, Ruppeliana, Versigonalia and other South American Cicadellini genera. The aedeagus is symmetrical in Macugonalia, Ruppeliana, and Versigonalia; in the first two genera, it usually bears paired basal processes (Young 1977;Cavichioli 2004;Carvalho et al 2014;Cavichioli et al 2017), whereas in the third genus an unpaired basal sclerite, which appears as a distinct ventral aedeagal process or as a paraphysis, is present (Young 1977, but see Camisão et al 2014 for notes on the possible incomplete preservation of the male terminalia of the single specimen (syntype) of Versigonalia vermiculata (Signoret, 1855) that has been dissected). Genera of Cicadellini that include species with an asymmetrical aedeagal shaft are quite distinct and apparently not related to Prodigiella gen. nov. (e.g., Allogonia Melichar, 1926, Apulia Distant, 1908, Fingeriana Cavichioli, 2003, Lebaziella Cavichioli, 2010, Macunolla Young, 1977, Nielsonia Young, 1977, and Ramosulus Young, 1977.…”

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A new genus and species of Cicadellini (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

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The remarkable sharpshooter Prodigiella silvanoi gen. et sp. nov. is described and illustrated (including the external form, color, male and female terminalia) from the Atlantic Forest of southern and southeastern Brazil (states of Paraná and Rio de Janeiro). The new genus can be distinguished from other Neotropical genera of the Cicadellini by a combination of various morphological features, including an asymmetrical aedeagus with a bifid shaft and peculiar basal and apical processes and ovipositor valvula II distinctly expanded beyond basal curvature, its dorsal margin with 35–40 teeth, and ventral margin without preapical prominence. A discussion comparing Prodigiella with superficially similar taxa of the genera Macugonalia Young, 1977, Ruppeliana Young, 1977, and Versigonalia Young, 1977 is provided. The discovery of this peculiar new genus indicates that much collecting work in the remaining parts of the Atlantic Forest is clearly and urgently needed.

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