Pintalia pictipennis Stål, 1862

Hoch, Júlio César Do Carmo Vaz Santos Hannelore, Bartlett, Charles R. & Ferreira, Rodrigo Lopes, 2025, Revision of the type series of the original species placed in the genus Pintalia Stål, 1862 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae), and description of 12 new species from Brazilian caves, Zootaxa 5678 (1), pp. 1-96 : 31-34

Pintalia pictipennis Stål, 1862

( Figs. 1 G , 11 G , 14 A–D )

Type material. Holotype ♂. Brazil ( RJ); ( NHRS-GULI000075716 ).

Supplementary description. Coloration (preserved specimen). Body mostly dark brown (59), contrasting with some regions of pale orange-yellow (73) on the vertex, frons laterally, pronotum, tegulae and legs. Pronotum light color as at vertex. Mesonotum uniformly dark in color. Tegmina hyaline with transverse spots in strong yellowish brown (74), medially with a large and diffuse spot covering the entire region near the postclaval margin and anterior cubital area.

Body length. Male (examined): 3.0 mm (n =1); 3.3 mm ( Stål, 1862).

Head. Vertex ( Figs. 14B–C ): apical compartment 4.0 to 5.0 times wider than medially long; apical transverse carina and subapical carina concave; caudal margin straight. Frons ( Fig. 14A ): 1.4 times longer than maximally wide; approx. 1.9 times wider medially than apically; median carina well developed; anterior region of the frons trapezoidal, concave apically. Frontoclypeal suture: semicircular, bent upwards, slightly straight laterally. Post- and anteclypeus: with median carina well developed.

Thorax. Pronotum ( Figs. 14B–D ): submedian carina weakly developed; hind margin obtusely angled or rectangular. Mesonotum ( Figs. 14B–D ): tricarinate; flat in lateral view with distal region slightly elevated. Tegmina (forewings) ( Fig. 14D , 11G ): length 4.8 mm; approx. 2.3 times longer than wide; hyaline / opaque with dark spots; anterior cubital area and Postclaval area totally dark with a triangular hyaline spot between CuA1 and the A2; costal/radial half predominantly hyaline with 6 dark stripes (as follows: 2 small between SC and C; 1 long and curved starting in vein C and ending on the opposite side, in A2 near CuP - 1 very thin starts in pt and ends near the fork of RP 2 and RP 3; 1 short but wide occurring between RP 3 and the radial margin; 1 thin, starts at the radial margin and ends in RP 4); fork of ScP+ RA and RP, ahead of forks CuA1 and CuA2; r-m1 occurring proximally first MP fork and mcu-1; m-cu1 occurs at the firs MP fork; RA bifid with punctual anastomosis RA + RP 1; RP quadrifid; MP 1+2 trifid; MP 3+ MP 4 bifid; C1b well small or inconspicuous; with small tubercles little evident on veins; 12 apical cells; 7 subapical cells.

Posterior legs. Hind tibia: 2 lateral spines and 6 apical teeth.

Male terminalia. Pygofer: in lateral view, without processes, dorsal margin straight/slanted, distal margin concave; ventromedian process triangular. Anal tube elongated and flattened dorsoventrally without ventral process distally; paraproct developed and flattened dorsoventrally with distal margin concave; epiproct short. Genital styles wider apically and slender near base.

Diagnosis. Pintalia pictipennis can be distinguished from other species of the genus Pintalia by the darker frons in the middle than on the developed lateral carinae, spots pattern of the tegmina, and anal tube long and dorsoventrally flattened without process lateroventral distally, and paraproct developed flattened dorsoventrally.

Distribution. The only location reported by Stål (1862) is Brazil and Rio de Janeiro State (type locality).

Note: The holotype is male instead of female as stated by Stål.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Head Pintalia types Stål, 1862 (scale bar A–I, 1mm.): A, P. lateralis Stål, 1862; B, P. consobrina Stål, 1862; C, P. fasciatipennis Stål, 1862; D, P. fraterna Stål, 1862; E, P. inornata Stål, 1862; F, P. obscuripennis Stål, 1862; G, P. pictipennis Stål, 1862; H, P. proxima Stål, 1862; I, P. ustulata Stål, 1862.

FIGURE 11. Tegmina cells patterns from the species described by Stål, 1862: A, Pintalia lateralis; B, Pintalia consobrina; C, Pintalia fasciatipennis; D, Pintalia fraterna; E, Pintalia inornata; F, Pintalia obscuripennis; G, Pintalia pictipennis; H, Pintalia proxima; I) Pintalia ustulata. Nodal cells (apical) (blue cells), cells difficult to identify (light blue), central prenodal cells (red cells) and lateral prenodal cells (yellow).

FIGURE 14. Pintalia pictipennis Stål, 1862: Head, A, ventral view; B, dorsal view; C, transition vertex to frons; D, habitus male in left lateral view.