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Cyphonia sakakibarai Mckamey 2017, n. sp.
No full textCyphonia sakakibarai, n. sp. (Figs. 3–7) Diagnosis. Body orange except with some black markings; pronotum with suprahumeral spines straight and distal trifurcate process non-bulbous. Description of male. Dimensions (mm): pronotal length 4.3, width across suprahumeral spines 2.3; width across lateral braches apices of distal trifurcate process 2.4. Pronotal surface smooth, covered with long black setae, overall orange, darker anteriorly, except black posteriorly on suprahumeral spines, on apices of median process, and on base, lateral spines, and at mid length of central spines of distal trifurcate process. Abdominal pygofer black. Pronotum with suprahumeral spines located anteriorly in lateral view, almost straight in dorsal view; distal trifurcate process elevated, lateral spines narrow and attenuate. Forewing veins black, cells hyaline. Genitalia. Aedeagus symmetrical, shaft laterally compressed, with single apical gonopore, apex with 1 pair of apical, flattened processes, serrate along their outer margins, extending ventrally and slightly laterally, to about 2/3 length of shaft, twisted 180 degrees distally at mid length (Fig. 7). Female. Unknown. Material examined. Holotype male, “ BRAZIL: Rondonia [sic]. 62 | km SW Ariquemas, nr | Fzda. Rancho Grande | 30-III-10-IV-1992 | J. E. Eger, coll.”, “collected at | mercury vapor & | black lights,” and “ HOLOTYPE | Cyphonia | sakakibarai | S.H. McKamey ” (DZUP). Distribution. Brazil: Rondônia Sate. Etymology. This species is named in honor of Dr. A. M. Sakakibara for his significant contributions to our knowledge of Cyphonia. Discussion. The aedeagus of the new species is unlike any previously described species, most of which are serrate or dentate on the shaft margins distally or have only very short apical processes. Other species of Cyphonia with narrow distal trifurcate processes include: C. longistyla Sakakibara (Fig. 1); and C. trifida (Fabricius) and C. flavomaculata Sakakibara, which are both similar to C. longistyla but with shorter spines.Published as part of Mckamey, Stuart H., 2017, Two new species of unusual Ceresini (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Smiliinae), pp. 115-119 in Zootaxa 4281 (1) on page 116, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4281.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/81598
Smilirhexia naranja McKamey 2008, sp. n.
No full text<i>Smilirhexia naranja</i> McKamey, sp. n. <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: F473B88C-4AF2-45CF-9F7D-964FBCDF7B3F</p> <p> <b>Description of male.</b> Length including forewings in repose 8.0 mm, width between humeral angles 4.6 mm. Color. Head yellow-orange. Pronotum yellow-orange dorsally and posteriorly, yellow laterally except with large lateral indentation at mid-length black. Forewing fuscous at coriaceous base and transversally at distal crossveins, cells tinted yellow basally, hyaline distally. Male terminalia (Figs 4-6): lateral plate distinct,</p> <p>long, lacking protuberances. Aedeagus narrow in anterior view, in lateral view Ushaped and widest at mid-length, anterior margin with many denticulae of increasing size ventrally; styles simple, distally recurved (Fig. 4), apex acute.</p> <p> <b>Female.</b> Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> COSTA RICA: Puntarenas Prov.: Coto Brus, nr. San Vito, Estación Biológica Las Alturas, 8 o 57’N, 82 o 50’W.</p> <p> <b>Material Examined.</b> Holotype male, pinned, dissected, with labels “Est. Biol. Las Alturas, / 1500m., Coto Brus, Prov. / Puntarenas. Costa Rica, / F. Araya, 23 mar a 2 may / 1992, L-S 322500,591300”, “ COSTA RICA INBIO / CR1000 / 777014”, and “ HOLOTYPE / <i>Smilirhexia /</i> <i>naranja</i> McKamey ”. Deposited at the Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The species epithet is a Spanish adjective for orange, the predominant pronotal color of the species.</p> <p> <b>Notes.</b> In Costa Rica, most oaks occur in submontane and montane forests (1500- 3200m) (Kappelle et al. 1992). In the Cordillera de Talamanca, which contains the type locality, there are at least eight oak species, with at least three reported from Coto Brus itself: <i>Quercus seemannii</i> Liebm., <i>Q. oocarpa</i> Liebm., and <i>Q. rapurahuensis</i> Pittier ex Trel. (Giddy 2008), and another (<i>Q. insignis</i> M. Martens & Gal.) at 1300m on the trail to Las Alturas (Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad 2008). In short, it is easily possible that this new treehopper genus, like others in the tribe, feeds on <i>Quercus</i>.</p>Published as part of <i>McKamey, Stuart, 2008, A new genus, Smilirhexia, of Smiliini (Hemiptera, Membracidae) from Costa Rica, pp. 51-55 in ZooKeys 3 (3)</i> on pages 53-54, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.3.29, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/576417">http://zenodo.org/record/576417</a>
Two new species of unusual Ceresini (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Smiliinae)
No full textMckamey, Stuart H. (2017): Two new species of unusual Ceresini (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Smiliinae). Zootaxa 4281 (1): 115-119, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4281.1.1
Poppea unispina Mckamey 2017, n. sp.
No full text<i>Poppea unispina</i>, n. sp. <p>(Figs. 8–10)</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Pronotum without suprahumeral spines, dorsum with numerous swellings, lateral lobes of distal trifurcate process lacking apical spines.</p> <p> <b>Description of female.</b> Dimensions (mm): pronotal length 6.1; maximum width across lateral lobes of distal trifurcate process 2.6. Covered with long pale setae, pale orange throughout, except valvulae black and wings hyaline. Head vertex with middle and sides separately swollen; clypeus swollen (Fig. 9). Pronotum with 2 swollen lobes anteriorly above vertex, 2 just behind, 2 more lateral and suprahumeral, 1 medial just behind the former, and 2 small lobes along lateral margin anterior to trifurcate process (Figs. 8, 10); all forks of distal trifurcate process bulbous, lateral bulbs lacking apical spines (Fig. 10).</p> <p>Male. Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> Holotype female, “ Costa Rica: Guanacaste | Pitilla | 700 msnm VI-89 | Col. WSC,” and and “ HOLOTYPE | Poppea | unispina | S.H. McKamey ” (USNM).</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Costa Rica: Guanacaste Province.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The species epithet refers to the single pronotal spine on the pronotum, present at the mid apex of the pronotum, in contrast to the 3–5 spines present in other species of the genus.</p> <p> <b>Discussion.</b> The only <i>Poppea</i> species approaching <i>P. unispina</i> is <i>P. variegata</i> (Plummer), which has minute suprahumeral spines and a medial lobe in the same position as in the new species. <i>Poppea variegata</i>, however, has all forks of the distal trifurcate process bearing apical spines. The only described species of <i>Poppea</i> without 5 apical spines is <i>P. evelyna</i>, which has prominent suprahumeral spines.</p>Published as part of <i>Mckamey, Stuart H., 2017, Two new species of unusual Ceresini (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Smiliinae), pp. 115-119 in Zootaxa 4281 (1)</i> on page 118, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4281.1.11, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/815981">http://zenodo.org/record/815981</a>
Fangamanus morrisoni He & Zhang & Mckamey & Zahniser 2019, n. comb.
No full textFangamanus morrisoni (Kwon and Lee), n. comb. Hecalus morrisoni Kwon and Lee, 1979 a:42 [sp. n.] Memnonia morrisoni; Hamilton 2000: 472 [n. comb.]Published as part of He, Zhiqiang, Zhang, Yalin, Mckamey, Stuart H. & Zahniser, James N., 2019, The Chinese Hecalina (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Hecalini) with descriptions of a new genus and seven new species, pp. 257-285 in Zootaxa 4679 (2) on page 278, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4679.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/377250
Chileanoscopus serrulatus Xue, McKamey & Zhang, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Chileanoscopus serrulatus</i> Xue, McKamey & Zhang, sp. nov. <p>(Figs. 1, 3)</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Length (including wings): male 4.3–4.4 mm.</p> <p>Crown yellowish, with brownish markings. Face stramineous, with brownish and black markings; lateral and base margin of anteclypeus black, apical region brown; base of antenna black (Fig. 1 C). Female color similar to male, except face without more black markings (Fig. 1 D).</p> <p>Male abdomen with tergal apodemes broad, longer than one segment long (Fig. 3 D).</p> <p>Male genital. Style lateral lobe rounded, without hook or pointed (Fig. 3 G). Aedeagal shaft slightly broad, obviously curved dorsally, nearly beyond dorsal apodeme, surface with irregularly serrate (Figs. 3 E–F).</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> Holotype: ♂, Chile, San Sebastian, nr. Cartagena, 1961. v.19, coll. N.L.H. Krauss (USNM). Paratypes: 15♂♂ 31♀♀, same data as holotype (USNM).</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The specific epithet refers to the serrate margins of the aedeagal shaft.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> This new species is similar to <i>C. hichinsi</i> (Heller, 1969) in body color, but can be distinguished by the serrate aedeagal shaft that is obviously curved dorsally, and the male tergal apodemes slightly longer than the length of one segment.</p>Published as part of <i>Xue, Qingquan, Mckamey, Stuart H. & Zhang, Yalin, 2017, A new species of the endemic Chilean leafhopper genus Chileanoscopus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Idiocerinae), pp. 567-573 in Zootaxa 4237 (3)</i> on page 572, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.3.6, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/344764">http://zenodo.org/record/344764</a>
Haplaxius cabrerensis Ferreira, McKamey
No full textHaplaxius cabrerensis Ferreira, McKamey, & Sanchez, n. sp. Figs. 1–3 Diagnosis. Aedeagus with a narrow dorsal process directed anteriorly and a broad falcate ventral process directed ventroanteriorly. Description. Length of male with forewings in repose 4.2 mm. Color stramineous to light brown throughout, including forewing veins and stigma. Pygofer in lateral view (Figs. 1, 2) with posterior margin sinuous, in ventral view (Fig. 3) with median lobe subtriangular, distally rounded. Abdominal segment X (the “anal flap” of Kramer 1979) simple, symmetrical, without ventral processes, in lateral view (Figs. 1, 2) ventroposteriorly acute with ventral length 3 × maximum height. Aedeagus asymmetrical with two processes: a narrow acuminate process dorsally, directed anteriorly along aedeagal shaft (Figs. 1, 2), a broadly based falcate process slightly left of center (Fig. 3), directed ventroanteriorly. Subgenital plates (Figs. 1–3) capitate, distally rounded. Material examined. Holotype ♂ (USNM): DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Prov. Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Cabrera, Payita, Baoba del Pinar, N 19 ° 30.709, W 69 ° 55.638. 8 -V- 2008. coll. Mileida Ferreira, Teresa Martinez y Andrea Feliz. Etymology. The specific epithet is based on the type locality, Cabrera. Notes. The collection was taken in a coconut plantation, sweeping grass (Poaceae) and weedy herbs. In Kramer’s (1979) key to Neotropical species, H. cabrerensis keys out to couplet 27, which includes H. tekton (Kramer) from Peru (aedeagus with three long processes) and H. frontalis (Fowler) from Mexico (aedeagus lacking long dorsal process). Haplaxius cabrerensis is easily distinguished from other insular species of the Caribbean by the broad falcate ventral process of the aedeagus, and its abdominal segment X is simple, lacking ventral processes. In contrast, H. crudus has a narrow digitate ventral process on the aedeagus and an abdominal segment X with a pair of small triangular processes at its base; H. hochae O’Brien (2006), from Dominica, has an abdominal segment X with a large convex projection at the base and a sinuous ventral margin. Three Haplaxius females were collected with the holotype, but their species identity cannot be determined because the collection lot also included a male of H. jamaicae (Kramer), the only other Antillean species.Published as part of Ferreira, Mileida, Mckamey, Stuart H. & Martinez, Reina T., 2010, New records of Haplaxius (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) in the Dominican Republic, with description of a new species, pp. 65-68 in Zootaxa 2614 on pages 66-67, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19788
FIGURES 8–10. Poppea unispina n in Two new species of unusual Ceresini (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Smiliinae)
No full textFIGURES 8–10. Poppea unispina n. sp., holotype (USNM), habitus in lateral, anterior, and dorsal views, respectively.Published as part of Mckamey, Stuart H., 2017, Two new species of unusual Ceresini (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Smiliinae), pp. 115-119 in Zootaxa 4281 (1) on page 118, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4281.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/81598
A new species of the endemic Chilean leafhopper genus Chileanoscopus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Idiocerinae)
No full textXue, Qingquan, Mckamey, Stuart H., Zhang, Yalin (2017): A new species of the endemic Chilean leafhopper genus Chileanoscopus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Idiocerinae). Zootaxa 4237 (3): 567-573, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4237.3.
FIGURES 3–7. Cyphonia sakakibarai n in Two new species of unusual Ceresini (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Smiliinae)
No full textFIGURES 3–7. Cyphonia sakakibarai n. sp., holotype (DZUP). 3–5, habitus in lateral, dorsal, and anterior views, respectively. 6–7, aedeagus in lateral and dorsoposterior views, respectively.Published as part of Mckamey, Stuart H., 2017, Two new species of unusual Ceresini (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Smiliinae), pp. 115-119 in Zootaxa 4281 (1) on page 117, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4281.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/81598
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