Microsargane apicata, Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2016

Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2016, Neotropical spittlebugs related to Neaenini (Hemiptera, Cercopidae) and the origins of subfamily Cercopinae, Zootaxa 4169 (2), pp. 201-250 : 213-214

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B8B067BF-F6E6-4122-B884-AA385FF04421
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5613300
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A5742D-FFD9-AE07-FF76-AE58CFFBFE59
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Microsargane apicata
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Microsargane (s.s.) apicata sp.nov.

Etymology. apicata (adj.), at the tip.

Diagnosis. Thecal processes short, subequally forked in length, outer processes spatulate ( Fig. 51 View FIGURES 46 – 54 C). Description. Dorsum unmarked brown, crown blackish; frons pale brown, clypellus darker, at least at base; tegmina pale brown, each with 4 unaligned white spots, 2 on costa (the second large and triangular) and 2 on contrasting blackish apical band; transverse preapical pale band inconspicuous with at least a trace of red. Styles as in M. mutans ( Fig. 53 View FIGURES 46 – 54 E). Length: male 7.5 mm, female 8.5 mm.

Types. Holotype male, COLOMBIA: Rio Aguacatal , W. Cord[illeras] 2000 m, 7 [July?] 1912 (Fassl) . Paratype female, same data as holotype. Both types in SMFT .

Remarks. One male, COLOMBIA: Valle del Cauca, Bajo Anchicaya 400m, 23 Mar. 1984 ( M. Suarez T.), in NCSU combines the color pattern of pronotum and tegmina in M. vittata with the dark head and the male genitalia of M. apicata , suggesting color dimorphism.