Cordela rubra, Gnezdilov, 2019

Gnezdilov, V. M., 2019, A new genus and a new species, representing a new tribe of the family Issidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea), from Costa Rica, Zoosystematica Rossica (China) 28 (1), pp. 108-115 : 112-113

Cordela rubra sp.nov.

( Figs 1–19, 23)

Holotype. Male , Costa Rica, “Sector Cocori, 30 km N. de Cariari, Finca / E. Rojas, Prov. / Limón, Costa Rica. / 100 m. Mar 1994. E. Rojas, / LN 286000_567500 # 2790” // “Costa Rica / INBIO / CRI001 / 740090” ( NHMUK).

Paratypes. Costa Rica: 1 female, “ Sector Cocori , 30k m al N. Cariari, / Prov. Limon, Costa Rica. 100 m. 4/ Feb 1995. E. Rojas, Malaise / L_N_286000_567500 # 5666” // “Costa Rica / INBIO / CRI002 / 310538” ( NHMUK) ; 1 female, “ Tuis , Cartago / 1000 m.” (green, hand written in ink) // “ Costarica ” (green, printed) // “1913 / 10“ (green, printed and hand written in ink) // “coll. A. Jacobi ” (white, printed) ( SNSD) .

Diagnosis. Metope with wide red or brownish red band in its upper half ( Figs 3, 4).

Description. Structure. As mentioned for this genus.

Coloration. General coloration light brownish green ( Figs 1–4). Metope with dark brown lateral margins below eyes up to postclypeus, and with dark brown to black spots representing traces of larval sensory pits between lateral margins and sublateral carinae; upper half of metope with wide light brownish red band divided by green median carina and with a pair of small oval green spots besides carina. Coryphe light green. Apices of rostrum and leg spines black. Tegula, forewing, pro- and mesonotum light brown. Hind wing matte, with brown veins. Claws and dorsolateral plates of arolium of pretarsus dark brown to black. Abdominal tergites and sternites green to light green. Styles light brown. Female anal tube and gonoplacs light brown; anal column dark brown. Gonocoxae VIII and sternum VII with black angles ( Fig. 19).

Male genitalia ( Figs 7–14). Pygofer wide, with medially convex hind margins ( Fig. 12). Anal tube long and narrow, not narrowing apically (in dorsal view) ( Fig. 10); lateral margins twice symmetrically concaved (in lateral view) ( Fig. 11). Anal column long, half as long as anal tube. Phallobase relatively narrow (in lateral view), horseshoe-shaped, weakly sclerotized dorsoapically; each side with deep slit-like notch ( Fig. 7). Each dorsolateral lobe with narrow, pointed horn-shaped apical process ( Figs 7, 8, ap). Ventral phallobase lobe wide, rounded, with heart-shaped growth medioapical part ( Fig. 9, vl). Aedeagus with wide apical processes visible above phallobase margin ( Figs 7–9, apae) and with pair of long and wide two-branched ventral hooks directed downwards. Connective with relatively small cup-shaped apodeme ( Fig. 7, cp). Style with straight hind margin; capitulum narrow, rounded apically, not narrowing to apex (in dorsal view), without neck, and with lateral tooth wide ( Figs 13, 14).

Female genitalia ( Figs 16–19). Sternum VII with deeply and widely concave hind margin ( Fig. 18). Anal tube long and narrow, narrowing apically (in dorsal view) ( Fig. 16). Anal column narrow, ¼ as long as anal tube. Gonoplacs flat, slightly elongate (in lateral view) ( Figs 17, 19).

Total length. Male – 7.0 mm. Females – 8.5 mm.

Etymology. The species name is derived from the Latin adjective “ruber” (red), referring to the red band of the metope.