Neocoelindroma Marques-Costa & Cavichioli, 2007

Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa & Prando, Jádila Santos, 2025, Description of a new species for monotypic genera: Deltocoelidia Kramer, Neocoelindroma Marques-Costa & Cavichioli, and Placoscopana Gonçalves, Marques-Costa & Ale-Rocha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Neocoelidiinae), Zootaxa 5660 (1), pp. 53-66 : 58-60

Neocoelindroma Marques-Costa & Cavichioli, 2007

( Figs 3A–L ; 5E, F )

Neocoelindroma Marques-Costa & Cavichioli 2007: 234 (description); Marques-Costa & Cavichioli 2012: 17 (phylogenetic relationship).

Type-species: Neocoelindroma nigricephala Marques-Costa & Cavichioli, 2007 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Crown ( Figs 3A ; 5E ) moderately produced anteriorly, median length approximately equal to interocular width; anterior margin angulated; lateral margins, adjacent to the eyes, elevated; coronal suture distinct and elongated. Ocellus ( Fig. 3B, C ) on anterior margin of head, not visible in dorsal view. Frontogenal suture ( Fig. 3B ) reaching to ocelli. Antennal ledge ( Fig. 3B ) well-developed, oblique, and carinate. Gena ( Fig. 3B ) not completely covering the episternum. Crown-face transition ( Figs 3C ; 5F ) angled, with transverse carina. Pronotum ( Figs 3A ; 5E ) with posterior margin acutely excavated. Forewing ( Figs 3D ; 5E, F ) with three anteapical and four apical cells; venation obscure, except apically. Hind wing with veins R 4+5 and M 1+2 preapically convergent, fused at apex, forming a single vein. Male pygofer ( Fig. 3E ) with a preapical ventral tooth; without macrosetae. Anal tube ( Fig. 3E, F ) with pair of basal processes. Subgenital plates ( Fig. 3H ) elongated; fused except for apical portion, free and abruptly tapered in ventral view. Connective ( Fig. 3I ) V-shaped. Style ( Fig. 3I, J ) elongated; preapical lobe reduced.Aedeagus ( Fig. 3K, L ) with shaft long, slender, arcuate, without process.

Distribution. Ecuador: Napo, Orellana [new record].

Remarks. According to Marques-Costa & Cavichioli (2007), Neocoelindroma resembles Coelindroma Kramer, 1967 , as both genera share the following characteristics: 1) head with black macula at apex of crown, absent in new species described here; 2) forewing with indistinct venation, except apically; 3) pygofer without processes; and 4) aedeagus elongated. However, in the phylogenetic analysis of Neocoelidiinae (Marques-Costa & Cavichioli 2012) , the relationship between Neocoelindroma and Coelindroma was not recovered. Instead, Neocoelindroma was resolved as the sister group to clade Xiqilliba Kramer, 1964 + Nelidina DeLong, 1953 . This relationship was supported by two homoplastic characteristics: 1) connective Y-shaped, although the original description of Neocoelindroma described it as V-shaped; and 2) connective approximately one-third length of styles.

Species of Neocoelindroma

Neocoelindroma albicephala sp. nov. Ecuador (Orellana).

Neocoelindroma nigricephala Marques-Costa & Cavichioli, 2007: 236 . Ecuador (Napo).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Neocoelindroma albicephala sp. nov., male holotype. A, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsal view. B, head, frontal view. C, head, pronotum and mesonotum, lateral view. D, forewing. E, pygofer and anal tube, lateral view. F, anal tube, ventral view. G, valve and subgenital plates, lateral view. H, valve and subgenital plates, ventral view. I, connective and styles, dorsal view. J, style, lateral view. K, aedeagus, lateral view. L, aedeagus, ventral view. Scale bars: A, B = 1 mm; D = 2 mm; C, E–J = 0.5 mm; K, L = 0.3 mm.

FIGURE 5. habitus of type specimens, dorsal and lateral view, respectively. A, B, Deltocoelidia longistyla sp. nov. male holotype (UNMSM). C, D, Deltocoelidia longistyla sp. nov. female paratype (UNMSM). E, F, Neocoelindroma albicephala sp. nov. male holotype (MEPN). G, H, Placoscopana birama sp. nov. male holotype (INPA). Scale bars = 2 mm.