Megabahita cipoensis, Camisão & Zahniser & Takiya, 2025

Camisão, Beatriz M., Zahniser, James N. & Takiya, Daniela M., 2025, On the genus Megabahita Linnavuori & DeLong, 1978 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): new species, redescriptions, key to species, and a synonymy, Zootaxa 5637 (2), pp. 326-336 : 330-331

Megabahita cipoensis sp. nov.

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Type-locality: Jaboticatubas, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.

Length: 5.7 mm.

Coloration: Crown light brown; frontal region with two dark brown irregular shaped maculae; discal region with a pair of orange bands and a pair of dark brown irregular shaped maculae near the posterior margin ( Fig. 2A ). Frons dark brown, with light brown lines over lateral muscular insertions ( Fig. 2B ). Pronotum dark brown, with yellow, orange and light brown spots and maculae ( Fig. 2A ). Mesonotum brown; scutum with two trapezoidal dark brown maculae and several light-yellow spots; scutellum with three light yellow maculae, two near the lateral margins, with a triangular dark brown macula inside each, and the third one on the apex ( Fig. 2A ). Forewing translucent; veins brown, with transparent and dark brown maculae inside several cells on corium and clavus ( Figs. 2 A-B). Ventral surface and legs dark brown, with light brown maculae ( Fig. 2B ).

External morphology: Head short; crown not produced anteriorly; coronal suture extending beyond midlength of crown; frontal region upturned in lateral view; texture of anterior margin of head transversely striate; lateral frontal suture touching outer lateral margin of ocellus ( Fig. 2A ). Clypellar suture straight. Forewing outer anteapical cell apex rounded; with reflexed costal veins ( Fig. 2A–B ). Profemur intercalary row with 20 macrosetae; row AV with 10-11 macrosetae. Other characters as in the generic description.

Male genitalia: Pygofer dorsoapical margin incised near midlength; without dorsal processes; with ventral processes long, curved upwards and spatulate; posterior margin rounded ( Fig. 2C ). Valve subtriangular ( Fig. 2D ). Connective stem longer than anterior arms in dorsal view ( Fig. 2E ). Style with apophysis apical region between preapical lobe and apex shorter than rest of style; apex acuminate, curved outwards in dorsal view ( Fig. 2E ). Aedeagus shaft distinctly upturned at apical third; without processes ( Fig. 2F–G ).

Female terminalia: Female unknown.

Etymology: The name of the new species refers to the type locality, which is in Parque Nacional do Cipó, an important national park in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Notes: M. cipoensis resembles M. spatulata , as they both have the pygofer with a ventral process spatulate. However, the new species can be distinguished by the absence of dorsal process on the pygofer; the overall shape of the pygofer and styles; and aedeagus atrium more robust.

Type-material: holotype ♂, “ Brasil, MG, Jabotica | tubas, PN Serra do Cipó | Alojamento sede | pano branco MG 2011/02 | 10.XII.2011 DMT”, “ENT 2795” “ DZRJ-AUCH-827 ” ( DZRJ) .

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FIGURE 2. Megabahita cipoensis sp. nov., male holotype. A, Dorsal habitus; B, Lateral habitus; C, Pygofer, lateral view; D, Valve and subgenital plates, ventral view; E, Connective and left style, dorsal view; F, Aedeagus, lateral view; G, Aedeagus, caudal view.