Pintalia fasciatipennis 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 : 23-24

Pintalia fasciatipennis Stål, 1862

( Figs. 1 C , 5 A–D , 11 C )

Type material. Holotype ♀. Brazil ( BRA); ( NHRS-GULI000075712 ).

Supplementary description. Coloration (preserved specimen). Body mostly brownish black (65), contrasting with some regions of pale orange yellow (73) on the head, pronotum medially, tegulae and legs. Tegmina mostly hyaline, strong yellowish brown (74), with transversal spots in dark yellowish brown (78), some regions in pale orange yellow (73) on costal margin, radial area, and some veins.

Body length. Female (examined): 4.1 mm (n =1); 4.3 mm ( Stål, 1862).

Head. Vertex ( Fig. 5B–C ): distinct; carinae weakly or not elevated. Apical compartment 4.8 to 5.0 times wider than medially long; apical transverse carina and subapical carina arched; basal compartment with well-developed median carina. Frons ( Fig. 5A ): 1.1 times longer than maximally wide; approx. 1.7 times wider medially than apically; lateral carinae weakly elevated; median carina well developed; anterior region of the frons trapezoidal wide, straight apically. Frontoclypeal suture: bent upwards, moderately semicircular, slightly straight laterally and below the frontal ocellus. Post and anteclypeus: wide apically, well rounded medially with median carina moderately developed.

Thorax. Pronotum ( Figs. 5B–D ): submedian carinae weakly developed; hind margin obtusely angulated or rectangular; light coloration in the region between the eyes (as at the vertex). Mesonotum ( Figs. 5B–D ): tricarinate; uniformly dark; flat in lateral view with distal region slightly inclined. Tegmina (forewings) ( Figs. 5D , 11C ): length 5.3 mm; hyaline/opaque with two transverse dark spots, one near the tegulae and the other in the center of tegmina; postcostal cell with light longitudinal spot next to the costal vein and four transverse dark spots close to the pterostigma; radial area with two light spots near of the distal margin; distinct veins and cells; Cua1 and Cua2 fork starting more proximally to the basal cell than the fork in ScP+ RA and RP that occurs more distally; C5 with 5 crossveins; C4 with 4 crossveins, occurring at approx. the same height as the crossveins of C5; C3b very elongated; mcu-1 closer to bc than rm-1; rm-1 occurs posteriorly of the first fork of MP; RA bifid with punctual anastomosis RA + RP 1; RP quadrifid; MP 1+2 bifid; MP 3+4 bifid; simple tubercles in all veins; 12 apical cells (small); 7–13 subapical cells (elongated).

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

Diagnosis. Pintalia fasciatipennis can be distinguished from other species of the genus Pintalia mainly by the distinct frons, slightly longer than wide, with non-elevated lateral carinae, vertex clear in dorsal view, nodal line near the distal margin and two transverse dark spots on the tegmina, one near the tegulae and the other in the center of tegmina.

Distribution. The only location reported by Stål (1862) is Brazil (type locality).

Remarks. It was difficult to observe some of the veins and cells in the images, since they are in light blue in Fig. 11C , so the information about the pattern of veins and cells of the tegmina of P. fasciatipennis provided here must be interpreted with care.

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 5. Pintalia fasciatipennis Stål, 1862: Head, A, ventral view; B, dorsal view; C, transition vertex to frons; D, habitus female in right lateral view.

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).