Mahanarva (Ipiranga) vittata (Walker, 1851)

Meneghetti, Jéssica, Biganzoli-Rangel, Alejandro Jose, Carvalho, Gervásio Silva & Paladini, Andressa, 2025, Taxonomic review, morphometry, and phylogenetic analysis of Mahanarva (Ipiranga) Fennah, 1968 (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cercopidae), Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 83, pp. 45-73 : 45-73

3.4. 5. Mahanarva (Ipiranga) vittata (Walker, 1851)

Figures 6 B , 8 A – P

Monecophora vittata Walker, 1851 b: 681

Tomaspis vittata : Lallemand 1912 a: 98; Metcalf 1961: 115

Mahanarva (Ipiranga) vittata : Paladini and Carvalho 2008: 325; comb. nov.

Monecphora fortunata Lallemand, 1924: 383. Metcalf 1961: 226

Kanaima vittata : Fennah 1979: 270; syn. nov.

Kanaima fortunata : Carvalho and Webb 2005: 66, status revalidated

Mahanarva (Ipiranga) fortunata : Paladini & Carvalho 2008: 325; comb. nov.

Mahanarva (Ipiranga) fortunata syn. nov.

Measurements male / female.

Head length: 0.895 / 0.88; head width: 1.88 / 1.99; pronotum length: 1.63 / 1.56; pronotum width: 2.96 / 3.0; tegmen length: 8.14 / 8.4; tegmen width: 2.50 / 2.56; total length: 10.00 / 10.04 (in mm)

Diagnosis.

Tegmina yellowish, with longitudinal brownish bands extending until the apical third; dorsal margin of subgenital plate straight or with rounded elevation.

Redescription.

Head brownish to yellowish, vertex subretangular with a slightly marked median carina, ocelli closer to each other than to eyes, separated by about one diameter from each other; tylus quadrangular, median carina indistinct (Fig. 8 A ); antenna brownish, pedicel sparsely setose, basal body of flagellum subcylindrical with a single and short arista shorter than the pedicel length. Postclypeus yellowish, inflated, with convex profile, longitudinal brownish carina present, lateral grooves slightly marked (Fig. 8 B, C ); rostrum with second segment yellowish and third segment brownish, reaching the base of mesocoxae. Pronotum brownish, hexagonal, with muscular insertions slightly apparent, median carina indistinct; anterior and anterolateral margins straight; posterolateral with slight sinuosity and posterior margin medially grooved, humeral angles acute; scutellum brownish, with slight central concavity and slightly marked horizontal grooves. Tegmina (Fig. 8 A, B ) yellowish, narrow, with longitudinal brownish bands united near the base of tegmina and extending until its apical third, veins M and Cu 1 united at base, veins A 1 distinct and A 2 indistinct, apical reticulation undeveloped, slightly visible venation. Hindwings hyaline, with brownish venation, Cu 1 thickened at the base, hamuli with three to five spines. Legs yellowish, metathoracic femur with a small apical black spine; tibia with two lateral spines, basal one smaller than the ones located at apical crown, which has 12–13 spines arranged in two rows; basitarsus with two rows of spines covered by long setae; subungueal process present. — MALE: Genitalia: Pygofer (Fig. 8 D, E ) with one finger-like process between anal tube and subgenital plate; subgenital plate long with acute, spine-like apex (Fig. 8 D – G ), apical third slightly inclined towards dorsal margin (lateral view); dorsal margin of subgenital plate straight (Fig. 8 D ) or with a rounded elevation (Fig. 8 E ) covered with small tooth-like spines. Paramere (Fig. 8 H, I ) subrectangular with a subtriangular apex; dorsal margin rounded and slightly developed (Fig. 8 H ) or mountain-shaped (Fig. 8 I ), one subapical hook-like spine directed outwards and forward. Aedeagus (Fig. 8 J – M ) subcylindrical, narrowing towards apex, with a pair of straight dorsal processes, shorter than half length of shaft (Fig. 8 K ) or with almost the same length of half of the shaft (Fig. 8 J ), presenting intermediate morphs as showed in Figure 3 , inserted between median and apical third of aedeagus. — FEMALE: Morphologically similar to male. First valvula of ovipositor long (Fig. 8 N, O ), with acute apex, basal process rounded and undeveloped, directed backwards; second valvula long (Fig. 8 P ) with rounded apex and dorsal margin covered by inconspicuous teeth in apical third; third valvula wide, with rounded apex, covered ventrally by long setae.

Remarks.

This species presents a high variation in the male genitalia, as shown in Figure 3 : the dorsal margin of the subgenital plate can range from straight to rounded; there are differences in the degree of elevation of the dorsal margin of paramere, and variability in the length of the dorsal processes of the aedeagus.

Distribution.

Brazil (Pará, Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Brasília [new record], São Paulo, Paraná).

Material examined.

BRASIL, Pará: Gorotire Xingu , 31.x.1977, D. A. Posey leg., 1 ♀ ( DZUP) ; Mato Grosso: Chapada dos Guimarães , 03–05.xii.1983, Exc. Dep. Zool-UFPR (Polonoroeste), 3 ♂, 1 ♀ ( DZUP) ; idem: 06.xii.1983, Exc. Dep. Zool-UFPR (Polonoroeste), 1 ♂ ( DZUP) ; idem: 01–03.xii.1983, Exc. Dep. Zool-UFPR (Polonoroeste), 1 ♀ ( DZUP) ; idem: 03.ii.1961, J. & B. Bechyné, 1 ♀ ( DZUP) ; Goiás: Jataí , xi.1963, M. Alvarenga leg., 1 ♀ ( MCTP) ; Novo Mundo , 13°55′45.1″S 49°58′17.8″W, 282 m, 26.xi.2010, Malaise, A. J. C. Aguiar leg. 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( DZUP) ; Minas Gerais: Alfenas , 30.xii.1982, Koller, W. W. leg., 28 ♂, 6 ♀ ( DZUP) ; Uberaba , 04.i.1984, Koller, W. W. leg., 2 ♂, 1 ♀ ( DZUP) ; Alpinópolis , ii.1961, Claudionor Elias, 1 ♂ ( MCTP) ; Pirapora , xi.1975, M. Alvarenga leg., 1 ♂ ( DZUP) ; Corinto , 15.xii.1979, C. Elias leg., 1 ♂ ( DZUP) ; idem: 1–15.xi.1979, C. Elias leg., 1 ♂ ( DZUP) ; Brasília: (no location data), 1000 m, 15–30.v.1957, Barros-Albuquerque leg., 1 ♀ ( DZUP) ; São Paulo: São Carlos , 15.iii.1983, Pacheco, J. leg., 21 ♂, 3 ♀ ( DZUP) ; Tabajara-Assis , 22°28′00.0″S 50°20′00.0″W, 9.iv.2011, Rosa, R. leg., 1 ♂ ( MCTP) ; Araras , 18.xii.1981, V. Longo leg., 1 ♂ ( MCTP) ; idem: 12.iv.1982, S. M. Nunes leg., 1 ♂ ( MCTP) ; idem, 16.i.1981, J. Borges leg., 1 ♀ ( MCTP) ; Batatais , 31.xii.1970, Pe. J. Moure leg., 3 ♂, 5 ♀, one without genitalia ( DZUP) ; idem 24.xii.1970, Pe. Moure leg., 1 ♀ ( DZUP) ; idem: 31.x.1969, Luiz C. Silva leg., 1 ♀ ( DZUP) ; idem: 02.i.1968, Pe. Moure leg., 1 ♀ ( DZUP) ; Altinópolis , xii.1967, Pe. J. Moure leg., 1 ♂ ( DZUP) ; Paraná: Bandeirantes , 30.i.2016, E. A. Taguti leg., 1 ♀ ( DZUP) .

Figures

Figure 3. Mahanarva (I.) fortunata syn. nov. and M. (I.) vittata male genitalia from the same specimens utilized in the PCA and Cluster analyses, see the unique number. A aedeagus, B paramere, C subgenital plate.

Figure 6. Holotypes of M. (Ipiranga) species. A M. (I.) rubicunda; B M. (I.) vittata; C M. (I.) integra; D M. (I.) aguirrei; E M. (I.) rubripennis; F M. (I.) bahiaensis; G M. (I.) takiyae; H M. (I.) obliqua sp. nov.; I M. (I.) nefasta sp. nov. Scale bars in mm.

Figure 8. Mahanarva (Ipiranga) vittata. Habitus: A dorsal view; B lateral view; C ventral view. Male genitalia, pygofer: D – E lateral view; F – G ventral view. Paramere: H – I lateral view. Aedeagus: J – K lateral view; L dorsal view; M ventral view. Female genitalia, ovipositor: N lateral view. First valvulae: O lateral view. Second valvulae: P lateral view. Scale bars in mm.