Author Institution: Department of Entomology, The Ohio State UniversitySix new species of Ponana, P. hilara n. sp., P. panera n. sp., P. sena n. sp., P. seresa n. sp., P. serrella n. sp., and P. tabula n. sp., are described. Three species, P. sena, P. seresa, and P. tabula, are from Guatemala; P. panera was collected in Mexico; and P. hilara and P. serella are from Peru

DeLong, Dwight M.

Martinson, Candace

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STUDIES OF THE GYPONINAE (HOMOPTERA:CICADELLIDAE): SIX NEW SPECIES OF PON AN AFROM CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA1' 2DWIGHT M. D E L O N G AND CANDACE MARTINSONDepartment of Entomology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 4-3210ABSTRACTSix new species of Ponana, P. hilara n. sp., P. panera n. sp., P. sena n. sp., P. seresan. sp., P. serrella n. sp., and P. tabula n. sp., are described. Three species, P. sena, P.seresa, and P. tabula, are from Guatemala; P. panera was collected in Mexico; and P.hilara and P. serella are from Peru.A revisional study of the species of Ponana, published by DeLong and Freytagin 1967, treated 69 species which were placed in three subgenera, Ponana, Aeo-ponana, and Bulbana. Species of Ponana are known to occur only in the Americas,though several of the types are in European museums. The types may be repre-sented by only one sex, which in several cases is the female. Only the males arereadily separated by morphologic characters of the genital chamber, and in gen-eral males and females cannot be referred to the same species name unless col-lected together in the field. Since completing and publishing the above synopsis,material from Central and South America which contains apparently undescribedspecies has been obtained from the American Museum of Natural History (J. G.Rozen), North Carolina State University (D. A. Young), and the DeLong Col-lection at The Ohio State University. These are designated as "apparently un-described" because the males described here cannot be associated with previouslydescribed females.Of the six species described here, four, P. panera, P. sena, P. seresa, and P.tabula, belong to the subgenus Ponana and two, P. hilara and P. serrella, are placedin the subgenus Neoponana.Ponana tabula n. sp.(Figs. 1-5)Length of male 7 mm. Crown broad, rounded, more than one-half longer at middle thanbasal width between eyes. Color: Crown yellow. Pronotum pale brown with a row of darkerbrown spots along anterior margin. Scutellum brown. Forewings yellow, veins brown, twopairs of dark brown spots along commissure, one at anterior end and one at posterior end ofdiscal cell.Male genitalia with plates almost three times as long as median width, apices rounded.Style with apical fourth curved dorsally, apex pointed and curved basad. Aedeagal shaft slender,with a broad U-shaped notch at apex. Paired parameres curving inwardly at enlarged apices,tips pointed.Ponana tabula is related to P. yera, but can be separated by the more extended apex of thestyle and the shorter parameres of P. tabula. In appearance P. tabula resembles P. seresa, butcan be separated from it by the deep V-shaped apical aedeagal notch of P. seresa.Holotype male labeled Morales, Guatemala, October 1930 (J. J. White) in the North CarolinaState University Collection.Ponana seresa n. sp.(Figs. 6-10)Length of male 7.5 mm. Crown broad, rounded, more than half as long at middle as basalwidth between eyes. Color: Crown yellow with a dark-brown spot caudad to each ocellus, atThis work was supported by The Ohio State University Development Fund.2Manuscript received February 20, 1973.THE OHIO JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 73(3): 176, May, 1973.No. 'A NEW SPECIES OP PONANA 177base. Pronotum yellow with a row of six brown spots across anterior margin; central and pos-terior portions with numerous brown punctate spots. Scutellum yellow. Forewings yellow withbrown punctate spots on basal portion of cavus and caudal costal area. Two pairs of dark-brown spots along commissure on clavus and dark-brown spots on corium.FIGS. 1-15. FIGS. 1-5 Ponana tabula n. sp. 1-aedeagus, ventrally. 2-aedeagus, laterally.3-style, ventrally. 4-plate, ventrally. 5-pygofer, laterally. FIGS. 6-10 Ponana seresa n. sp.6-aedeagus, ventrally. 7-aedeagus, laterally. 8-style, ventrally. 9-plate, ventrally. 10-plate, laterally. FIGS. 11-15 Ponana panera n. sp. 11-aedeagus, ventrally. 12-aedeagus, later-ally. 13-style, ventrally. 14-plate, ventrally. 15-pygofer, laterally. 50X.178 DWIGHT M. BELONG AND CANDACE MARTINSON Vol. 73Male genitalia with plates three times as long as broad, apices narrowed, bluntly pointed.Style with blade bending dorsally at apex, tip pointed. Aedeagal shaft slender, apex with a deepV-shaped notch. Paired parameres not reaching apex of aedeagal shaft, tips curved, pointed.Ponana seresa can be separated from P. tabula by the deep V-shaped apical aedeagal notch ofP. seresa.Holotype male labeled Morales, Guatemala, October 1930 (J. J. White) in the North CarolinaState University Collection.Ponana panera n. sp.(Figs. 11-15)Length of male 9 mm. Crown broad, rounded, slightly more than half as long at middle asbasal width between eyes; anterior margin slightly elevated, with conspicuous striae. Color:Crown pale brown with a darker brown spot caudad to each ocellus at base. Pronotum palebrown with a row of dark brown markings across anterior margin. Scutellum dull yellow withbrown basal angles. Forewings pale brown with darker brown spots located in bands acrosswings; four across anterior portion, four across middle, and a band of smaller spots across wingsat apex of clavus.Male genitalia with plates three times as long as median width, apices narrow, blunt, rounded.Style with blade narrowed subapically by concavity on dorsal margin; apex enlarged, pointed attip. Aedeagal shaft enlarged at apex (in ventral view) with a broad apical U-shaped notch.Paired parameres appearing concavely excavated on dorsal margin on apical fourth and narrow-ing to form slender apices which curve dorsally.Ponana panera is closely related to P. quatama, but can be separated by the ventral sub-apical enlargement of the style of P. quatama and the broad apical excavation of the aedeagalshaft of P. panera.Holotype male labeled Orizaba, Vera., Mexico X-8-41 (DeLong, Good, Caldwell, Plummer)in the DeLong Collection.Ponana serrella n. sp.(Figs. 16-20)Length of male S mm. Crown short, broad, more than twice as wide between eyes at baseas median length. Color: Crown yellow, a large round black spot caudad to each ocellus, atbase. Pronotum dull yellow, a black spot caudad to each eye, at half length of pronotum.Scutellum pale brown. Forewings dull yellow, veins pale brown, a dark-brown spot on costaat half length of forewing. Three dark-brown spots on apical third of costa and on first andsecond apical cross veins.Male genitalia with plates three times as long as median width, apices broad, rounded.Style roundedly notched on ventral margin near base; median third broadened and serrate onventral margin, apical portion tapering to a dorsally bent, sharp-pointed tip. Aedeagal shaftnarrowly notched at apex, with a pair of short, apical processes bending basad on ventral margin.Paired parameres narrow, extending to apex of shaft and tapering to slender arjices.Female genitalia with lateral angles rounding to posterior margin, the median two-thirdsof which is produced into a rounded lobe, slightly concave at middle. The lobe is more than one-third length of segment, slightly concave at middle of apex and produced well beyond the apicalmargins of lateral angles.Ponana serrella is related to P. hilara, but can be separated from it by the enlarged apicalportion of the style of P. serrella.Holotype male labeled Tingo Maria, Huan., Peru, January 11, 1947, Alt. 2200 ft. (J. C.Pallister coll., Frank Johnson donor) in American Museum, ot Natural History Collection.Ponana sena n. sp.(Figs. 21-25)Length of male 7.5 mm. Crown broad, rounded, more than one-half longer at middle thanbasal width between eyes. Color: Crown yellow with a dark-brown spot at base caudad to eachocellus. Pronotum yellow with six dark-brown spots across anterior margin; posterior and cen-No. 3 NEW SPECIES OF PON AN A 79tral portions with brown punctate spots. Scutellum yellow. Forcwings yellow with brownspots on elavus and corium; a row of brown spots just anterior to claval vein.Male genitalia with plates two and one-half times as long as median width, apices narrowed,rounded. Style with apical third of blade curved dorsally, apex blunt. Aedeagal shaft slenderwith a V-shaped notch at apex; parameres stout, exceeding aedeagal shaft in length, apicesbluntly pointed.Ponana sena is related to P. panama and P. tresa. It can be separated from these speciesby the larger V-shaped notch of the aedcagus and the stouter straight parameres of P. scna.FIGS. 16-30. Ponana serrella n. sp. 16-aedeagus, ventrally. 17-aedeagus, laterally. 18-style, ventrally. 19-plate, ventrally. 20-pygofer, laterally. FIGS. 21-25 Ponana sena n. sp.21-aedeagus, ventrally. 22-aedeagus, laterally. 23-style, ventrally. 24-plate, ventrally.25-pygofer, laterally. FIGS. 26-30 Ponana hilara n. sp. 26-aedeagus, ventrally. 27-aedeagus,laterally. 28-style^ laterally. 29-plate, ventrally. 30-pygofer, laterally. 50X.180 DWIGHT M. DELONG AND CANDACE MARTINSON Vol. 73Holotype male labeled Morales, Guatemala, September 1928 (J. J. White) in the NorthCarolina State University Collection.Ponana hilara n. sp.(Figs. 26-30)Length of male 8.5 mm. Crown produced, rounded anteriorly, more than half as long atmiddle as basal width between eyes. Anterior margin of crown slightly elevated, with ratherdeep striae. Color: Crown pale yellow. Pronotum pale yellow with four round, black spotsacross anterior margin; one caudad to each eye and to each ocellus. Scutellum yellow withbasal angles pale brown. Forewings pale yellow with a few larger black spots and numeroussmaller black spots located, one at base of each forewing, a pair along commissure near base, apair near middle of commissure, and the largest spot on disc of forewing.Male genitalia with plates three times as long as median width, apices narrowed, rounded.Style with blade roundedly enlarged, on ventral margin near middle, ventral margin serrate;apical half tapering to a slendei-pointed apex. Aedeagal shaft bearing a pair of apical processesextending basad on ventral margin. Paired parameres enlarged near base then narrowed, ex-tending to apex of shaft, slightly enlarged at apex.Ponana hilara can be distinguished from all other described species by the tapeied, serratestyle.Holotype male labeled Santa Isabel, Cusco, Peru Dec:. 3, 1951 (F. L. Woytkowski) in theNorth Carolina State University Collection.LITERATURE CITEDDeLong, Dwight M., and Paul H. Freytag. 1967. Studies of the world Gyponinae (Homoptera:Cicadellidae). A synopsis of the genus Ponana. Amer. Entomol. Institute, 1(7): 36 p.

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