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Corresponding author: Gabriel Mejdalani ( mejdalan@acd.ufrj.br ) Academic editor: Mick Webb
© 2015 Gabriel Mejdalani, Rodney R. Cavichioli, Roberta S. Silva, Victor Quintas.
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Mejdalani G, Cavichioli RR, Silva RS, Quintas V (2015) Rediscovery and redescription of the sharpshooter Kogigonalia incarnata (Germar, 1821) comb. n. (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Cicadellini) from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, with a key to the species of the genus. ZooKeys 473: 137-146. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.473.3037
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The Brazilian sharpshooter Tettigonia incarnata Germar, 1821 was treated as incertae sedis in the most comprehensive and recent monograph of the New World Cicadellini. We have been able to identify male and female specimens of T. incarnata from northeastern and southeastern Brazil using high-resolution images of two syntypes deposited in the Museum für Naturkunde, Universität Humboldt, Berlin. Here we transfer T. incarnata to the genus Kogigonalia Young, 1977 and provide a detailed redescription of this species, including information on intraspecific color variation. In addition, we provide an updated key to the species of Kogigonalia. This is the first record of the genus from Brazil. Kogigonalia incarnata comb. n. can be recognized, among other features, by the subgenital plates with a distinct emargination at outer margin, aedeagus with a ventral unpaired process near midlength of shaft, and female sternite VII bearing an elongate strong projection on posterior margin.
Cicadellinae , leafhopper, morphology, Neotropics, taxonomy
Six species were included by
Tettigonia incarnata was described by
Techniques for preparation of male and female genital structures follow
Tettigonia incarnata Germar, 1821: 69. Catalogued (as Amblyscarta incarnata) by
Length of male 10.4–11.3 mm (n = 3), female 10.8–11.9 mm (n = 3).
Head (Fig.
Kogigonalia incarnata (Germar, 1821), comb. n. a crown, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsal view. b–i male terminalia: b pygofer, lateral view c valve and subgenital plates, ventral view d subgenital plate, lateral view e connective and styles, dorsal view f aedeagus, lateral view g aedeagus, ventral view h paraphyses, dorsal view i paraphyses, lateral view. APR = aedeagal ventral process; PEM = emargination of subgenital plate. Scale bars: a = 2 mm, b, h, i = 1 mm, c–g = 0.5 mm.
Thorax (Fig.
Color (Fig.
Male genitalia with pygofer (Fig.
Females with abdominal sternite VII (Fig.
Kogigonalia incarnata (Germar, 1821), comb. n., female terminalia: a sternite VII, ventral view b sternite VII, lateral view c pygofer, lateral view d first valvifer and valvula, lateral view e dorsal sculptured area at basal portion f dorsal sculptured area at apical portion g apex h second valvula, lateral view i teeth at basal portion j teeth at median portion k teeth at apical portion. BHA = basal hyaline area; DEN = denticle; DSA = dorsal sculptured area; DUC = duct; LPR = lateral process of sternite VII; RAM = ramus; TOO = tooth; VID = ventral interlocking device; VLI = first valvifer. Scale bars: a, b, d, h = 2 mm, c = 1 mm.
a–c color variation in Kogigonalia incarnata (Germar, 1821), comb. n., body, dorsal view: a–b male and female syntypes, respectively, from the state of Bahia, northeastern Brazil (Museum für Naturkunde, Universität Humboldt, Berlin) c female from Brazil d–f K. enola Young, 1977, male holotype from French Guiana (United States National Museum, Washington, D.C.): d body, dorsal view e paraphyses, dorsal view f aedeagus, lateral view. a–d reproduced, with permission, from
northeastern Brazil: state of Bahia: one female (MTD). southeastern Brazil: state of Espírito Santo: one male, Santa Teresa, 675 m, 1–2/IV/1969, Exp. Dep. Zool. col. (DZUP); Baixo Guandu, 17/IX/1966, C. Elias col. (DZUP); state of Rio de Janeiro: two males and one female, Casimiro de Abreu, Reserva Biológica União, 28–31/I/2013 (one male), 12/XII/2013–27/I/2014 (one male, one female), Lab. Diptera MN[RJ] col., Malaise trap (MNRJ); one male, Silva Jardim, III/1974, F. M. Oliveira col. (DZUP); one male, Magé, 3/III/1978, J. L. Nessimian col. (DZRJ). Brazil: one female, D. Swainson col. (DZUP); one specimen without abdomen (MTD).
Note: in addition to the present paper, the reader is referred to
1a | Dorsum red with a pair of yellow maculae on lateroposterior portions of crown and a pair of small yellow marks on lateral margins of pronotum | K. resoluta (Melichar, 1926) (known only from female) |
1b | Dorsum not as above | 2 |
2a | Aedeagus with a large, ventral unpaired process near midlength of shaft and no additional processes (Fig. |
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2b | Aedeagus without such a process or with additional processes | 4 |
3a | Subgenital plates, in lateral view, extending approximately as far posteriorly as pygofer apex and, in ventral view, without outer emargination at transition from broad basal portion to narrow apical portion | K. enola Young, 1977 |
3b | Subgenital plates, in lateral view, very short, not extending as far posteriorly as pygofer apex and, in ventral view, with distinct outer emargination at transition from broad basal portion to narrow apical portion (Fig. |
K. incarnata (Germar, 1821), comb. n. |
4a | Face with at least some black marking | 5 |
4b | Face without black marking | 6 |
5a | Genae yellow | K. spectabilis (Melichar, 1932) |
5b | Genae black | K. zarumoidea Young, 1977 |
6a | Pygofer without processes; paraphyses present | K. dietzi Young, 1977 |
6b | Pygofer with a process arising at middle of posterior margin; paraphyses absent | K. cajana Young, 1977 |
The aedeagus and paraphyses of K. incarnata are very similar to those of K. enola, a species described by
Michael Wilson (National Museum Wales) kindly gave us permission to use the photographs of the body of K. incarnata and K. enola. GM and RRC have fellowships from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq, processes number 301391/2011-4 and 303127/2010-4, respectively). RSS has a fellowship for doctoral studies from Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) and VQ has a fellowship for undergraduate studies (PIBIC) from CNPq. This study was supported in part by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) (grant number E-26/111.181/2011 to Nelson Ferreira-Jr – Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ). Useful comments on the manuscript were provided by Stuart McKamey (National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.), Daniela M. Takiya (UFRJ), and Rachel A. Carvalho (UFRJ).