Corresponding author: Elidiomar R. Da-Silva (
Academic editor: Laurence Livermore
The Pan-American genus
The descriptive terminology adopted herein follows mainly
The specimen was collected in a fragment of Atlantic Forest inserted on the Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV) campus. UFV is located in Viçosa municipality, “Zona da Mata” of Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil (
The specimen examined belongs to Coleção Entomológica José Alfredo Pinheiro Dutra, Departamento de Zoologia (DZRJ), Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Length 7.8 mm. General color green with black and brown spots on pronotum and wings (Figs
Forewings translucent, apical region smoky, black spot at the insertion point; brown spot at the apex of each claval vein, inner discal cell with two brown spots, one basal and other apical; irregular brown band from clavus apex to median portion of fifth apical cell; about 3.3 times longer than wide; appendix brown, vestigial.
Sternite VII (Fig.
Pygofer, in lateral view, approximately triangular shaped, with apex rounded; scattered macrosetae at posterior margin (Fig.
General color green with black and brown spots on pronotum and wings (Figs
Brazil (Minas Gerais State, Viçosa municipality) and Mexico (Veracruz State, Xalapa municipality - formerly known as "Jalapa") (
Specimens were collected in a grove of Atlantic forest, feeding on
BRAZIL, Minas Gerais, Viçosa, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Recanto das Cigarras,
This is the first published description of the ovipositor valvulae of any
According to
We thank Dr. Ana Clara Gonçalves (University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign, USA) and Prof. Dr. Valéria Magalhães Aguiar (Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) for critical review of the manuscript. Prof. Dr. Lyubomir Penev (Managing Director - Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria) gave us invaluable help regarding technical support. This study was partially supported by project “Biodiversidade de cigarrinhas nos estados do Rio de Janeiro e Minas Gerais” (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Neotropical, UNIRIO, Brazil).
Dorsal view.
Face (detail: apical margin of clypeus).
Abdominal tip, ventral view.
Median lateral undulation of ovipositor valvulae II, ventral view.
Sternite VII, ventral view.
Pygofer, lateral view.
First valvifer and valvula I, lateral view.
Distal two thirds, lateral view.
Dorsal strigate area, lateral view.
Subapical ventral area, at the limit between longitudinal striae and strigate area, lateral view.
Lateral view.
Distal two thirds, lateral view.
Apical area of left valvula, lateral view.
Apical area of right valvula, lateral view.
Median-dorsal margin, lateral view.
Sub-basal ventral margin, lateral view.
Sub-apical ventral margin, lateral view.
Apical area, ventral view.