Ilyapa
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Ordo: Hemiptera
Familia: Cicadellidae
Name
Ilyapa Dietrich, 2011 gen. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Type species
Ilyapa longispina, sp. n.
Description
Medium sized, depressed leafhoppers (Figs 4–10, 12). Coloration pale orange or green with red/orange markings dorsally; crown with pair of oblique red maculae mesad of ocelli, pronotum with semicircular orange macula anteriorly, face and thoracic sternites black, legs dark basally and pale distally, abdomen heavily marked with dark brown dorsally and with varying amounts of dark brown pigmentation ventrally. Crown depressed, finely granulose, without setae, weakly pentagonal in dorsal view, marginal and medial carinae absent; ocelli on crown anterad of eyes slightly closer to lateral margin than to midline; antennal ledge broadly depressed, coincident with crown margin; flagellum slightly shorter than crown width; mesal margin of eye emarginate; frontoclypeus granulose with oblique anterodorsal section separated from nearly horizontal posteroventral section by distinct transverse ridge; muscle scars distinct laterally; clypeal suture obsolete medially; anteclypeus convex, tapered, apex narrower than lorum; lorum well separated from ventral genal margin; gena weakly produced laterally, partially concealing proepisternum. Pronotum weakly convex with irregular transverse striations, lateral margins divergent posterad, slightly wider than head, strongly carinate, carina even with eye. Exposed part of mesonotum and scutellum wider than long. Forewing (Fig. 29) opaquely sclerotized except apical cells, veins distinct but without marginal setae; R three branched, crossvein s absent; two r-m and 3–4 m-cu crossveins present; apical cells 2 and 3 very short; inner apical cell relatively broad; appendix very narrow. Hind wing (Fig. 30) with cell distad of r-m crossvein parallel-sided or narrowed distally. Prothoracic femur (Fig. 34) slender, AM1 large, located on ventral margin, AV1 well developed, row AV without preapical setae; intercalary row with ~17 slender, close-set setae; tibia 1+1, PV absent. Mesothoracic femur equal in length but wider than prothoracic femur; AV and PV with few widely separated setae, tibial row PD with apical seta, other rows with few irregularly spaced setae. Metathoracic femur macrosetal formula 2+1+1, rarely 2+1+1+1, tibia and tarsus as in Tungurahuala. Male with apodemes of sternite III well developed; pygofer (Figs 39–45) short with scattered macrosetae dorsolaterally, with ventral process glabrous, slender, arising posteroventrally and curved posterodorsad; anal tube in dorsal view as long as broad, flat ventrally, with or without pair of ventrolateral processes distally; valve short, rectangular, narrowly fused to pygofer; plates depressed basally, expanded and slightly compressed distally with band of macrosetae extended from lateral margin of base posteriorly across middle of apex; aedeagal shaft (Figs 53–62) arcuate posteriorly, often asymmetrical, gonopore apical; connective trilobed anteriorly, stem broad and depressed; style sinuate with large, sparsely setose preapical lobe, apophysis acuminate with ventral preapical tooth. Female seventh sternite (Figs 65–68) longer than sixth and concealing basal half of ovipositor in repose, posterior margin produced; first valvulae (Fig. 72–73) slender, dorsal sculpturing concatenate, second valvulae (Fig. 74) similar to those of Tungurahuala but with dorsal teeth more numerous, prominent and closely spaced, and dorsum at base of blade evenly rounded rather than angulate. Fifth instar nymph (Fig. 10) with overall form and chaetotaxy similar to that of adult except coloration pale greenish yellow with median dorsal longitudinal white stripe; crown with acrometope well delimited, longer than wide; metope well delimited; ocellar precursors well delimited and positioned as in adult on coryphe anteromesad of eyes, well separated from margin; face with distinct transverse shelf corresponding to epistomal suture (as in adult), cibarial muscle scars distinct; dorsum glabrous with scattered sparse, minute setae; enlarged setae absent; hind tarsomere I with three apical platellae.
Etymology
The name Ilyapa is based on that of the Inca god of thunder, lightning, and rain, but the gender is here considered feminine due to its ending.
Notes
This genus is closely related to Tungurahuala, as indicated by the similarities in cephalic structure (ocelli distant from margin, frontoclypeus with transverse carina), forewing venation (crossvein s lacking), leg chaetotaxy (hind tarsomere I pecten with tapered macrosetae), and male genitalia (pygofer with recurved posteroventral process, style with strong preapical lobe). It differs from Tungurahuala in the characters noted in the key.
The genus is described based on six species from the Andean region of South America. The species inhabit cloud forests and have been collected by sweeping grasses and other herbaceous vegetation in the understory. They are readily distinguished by differences in coloration, head proportions, and the structure of the male genitalia.
Key to species of Ilyapa (males)
Original Description
- Dietrich, C; 2011: Tungurahualini, a new tribe of Neotropical leafhoppers, with notes on the subfamily Mileewinae (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) ZooKeys, 124: 19-39. doi
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