A new species of the sharpshooter genus Dasmeusa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini) from Central Amazon

ABSTRACT A new species of the genus Dasmeusa Melichar, 1926 is described and illustrated from specimens collected in the State of Amazonas, Northern Brazil. Dasmeusa imperialis sp. nov. can be distinguished from the five known species of the genus, as well as from those of closely related genera, by the following combination of features: dorsum yellow with orange, preapical transverse irregular stripe on forewing; male pygofer moderately produced posteriorly, with posterior margin broadly rounded; style without preapical lobe, narrow and truncate apically; aedeagus with robust apical process directed ventrally, ventral margin of this process dentate; paraphyses with pair of dorsal dentiform projections on stalk, rami slender and directed posterodorsally; posterior margin of female sternite VII with small quadrate lobe; first ovipositor valvula with dentiform apex; second ovipositor valvula with apical third directed ventrally. This paper includes the first detailed description and illustrations of the female terminalia of a Dasmeusa species. In addition, the known geographic distribution of the genus is presented; D. pauperata (Fabricius, 1803) is newly recorded from the Brazilian states of Roraima, Amazonas, Pará, Sergipe, and Bahia; the records from the last two states are interesting because they are from areas of Atlantic Forest. Previously, the genus was known only from the Amazon Forest.

Two new species of Hanshumba from Southeastern Brazil and a key to males of the genus (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini)

ABSTRACT The genus Hanshumba Young, 1977 is recorded from Southeastern and Southern Brazil (Atlantic Forest) and currently includes only three species. Here we describe and illustrate, based mainly on features of the male terminalia, two new species from State of Espírito Santo, Municipality of Santa Teresa: H. setifera sp. nov. and H. teresa sp. nov. The former can be distinguished by the male pygofer and anal tube with large processes bearing numerous setae and the aedeagus with pair of dentiform processes on median portion, whereas the latter has three pairs of longitudinal flanges on the aedeagal shaft. A key to males of the genus is added and its taxonomic status is briefly discussed.

A new species of the sharpshooter genus Onega Distant, 1908 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini) from Ecuador and Peru

ABSTRACT Onega comprises nine valid species distributed in South American countries, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru, commonly at high altitudes. The genus has as diagnostic characteristics the transition crown-frons with transversal carina; crown and superior portion of frons with concavities; pronotum wider than transocular width of head; and paraphysis, when present, as a median esclerite. The present paper describes Onega musa sp. nov., from Ecuador and Peru, which can be distinguished from other Onega species by: body mostly yellow, with brown maculae distributed on dorsum; posterior margin of male pygofer serrate, with long microsetae on the basiventral margin; aedeagus with shaft bisinuate with dorsal acute preapical process; female sternite VII with posterior margin slightly convex; and first valvula of ovipositor with 38 noncontiguous teeth. Intraspecific morphological variations are discussed.

Monitoramento populacional das cigarrinhas vetoras de Xylella fastidiosa, através de armadilhas adesivas amarelas em pomares comerciais de citros / Population monitoring of leafhopper vectors of Xylella fastidiosa, through yellow sticky traps in commercial citrus orchards

A Clorose variegada dos citros (CVC) é uma doença causada pela bactéria de xilema Xylella fastidiosa Wells. A disseminação ocorre por meio de insetos vetores pertencente à ordem Hemiptera, família Cicadellidae (subfamília Cicadellinae), os quais transmitem a bactéria depois de se alimentarem em plantas contaminadas. Neste trabalho, objetivou-se identificar e monitorar as espécies de cigarrinhas vetoras em um pomar comercial no município de Paranavaí, Paraná. O experimento foi realizado em um talhão comercial de laranja doce (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck), variedade Pera, com 1.000 plantas de dez anos de idade. A amostragem foi realizada por meio de armadilhas adesivas amarelas, distribuídas na área periférica e central do pomar, com duas repetições por rua amostrada. As etiquetas foram distribuídas entre a 5ª e 30ª plantas em 10 ruas, totalizando 20 armadilhas que foram renovadas no pomar, a cada trinta dias, durante o período de avaliação que foi entre junho de 2005 e setembro de 2006. As principais espécies de Cicadellinae capturadas foram Acrogonia citrina Marucci & Cavichioli, Dilobopterus costalimai Young e Macugonalia cavifrons Stal. Essas espécies apresentaram ocorrência constante e frequência de 3,97 por cento, 4,2 por cento, 13,0 por cento respectivamente, em relação ao total de cigarrinhas coletadas.

Citrus variegated chlorosis (CVC) is the disease caused by the bacteria Xylella fastidiosa Wells. Dissemination occurs through insect vectors belonging to the order Hemiptera, family Cicadellidae (subfamily Cicadellinae), which transmit the bacteria after feeding on infected plants. The objective of this study was to identify the species of insect vectors in an orchard in the municipality of Paranavaí, in the State of Paraná. The experiment was conducted in a commercial stand of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck), Pêra variety with 1,000 10-year-old plants. Monitoring was performed using yellow sticky traps, distributed in the central and peripheral areas of the orchard with two traps on each one. The stickers were distributed between the 5th and 30th plant in each 10 rows, totaling 20 traps in the orchard and renewed every thirty days during the evaluation period, which was between June 2005 and September 2006. The main species caught were Cicadellinae Acrogonia citrina Marucci & Cavichioli Dilobopterus costalimai Young and Macugonalia cavifrons Stal. These species occurred constantly, with frequencies of 3.97 percent, 4.2 percent, and 13.0 percent respectively, compared to the total leafhoppers collected.

Análise faunística de cigarrinhas (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) na cultura da videira no Rio Grande do Sul / Faunistic analysis of leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) species in vineyards of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil

In some American countries, grapevines are affected by Pierce's disease (PD), which is caused by a particular strain of Xylella fastidiosa not yet reported in Brazil. In order to investigate the potential for PD spread in Brazil in case of pathogen introduction, we conducted a faunistic analysis of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) associated to vineyards in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, with emphasis in the subfamily Cicadellinae (sharpshooters), which includes the main potential vectors of X. fastidiosa. Leafhopper samplings were carried out fortnightly during two years (9/2004-9/2006) in four Vitis vinifera vineyards in the municipalities of Bento Gonçalves and Farroupilha (RS). Thirtyfour leafhopper and six spittlebug species were collected, but most (98.4 percent) of the 3,893 specimens trapped were leafhoppers, distributed in the subfamilies Cicadellinae (60.2 percent), Gyponinae (34.1 percent), Deltocephalinae (3.8 percent) and Coelidinae (0.3 percent). The sharpshooter specimens were divided in the tribes Cicadellini (68.5 percent; 12 species) and Proconiini (31.5 percent; 11 species). Based on the faunistic indices, five species of Cicadellini, Bucephalogonia xanthophis (Berg), Dilobopterus dispar (Germar), Macugonalia cavifrons Stal, Sibovia sagata (Signoret) and Spinagonalia rubrovittata Cavichioli, and three of Proconiini, Molomea consolida (Schõder), Oncometopia facialis (Signoret) and Oncometopia fusca Melichar were prevalent in the vineyards. The high diversity of native sharpshooters in Rio Grande do Sul indicates the existence of a high risk of PD spread if the pathogen is introduced in grapevines.

A new species of Aurigoniella Takiya, Mejdalani & Felix (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Cicadellini) from southern Brazil / Uma nova espécie de Aurigoniella Takiya, Mejdalani & Felix (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini) do sul do Brasil

Aurigoniella meridionalis, sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Morretes and São José dos Pinhais, Paraná State, southern Brazil. It can be easily distinguished from the Aurigoniella type-species, A. dutrai, by its distinct color pattern, smaller size, shorter crown, hindleg knees attaining lateral lobe of pronotum, aedeagus broadest height around mid-length, and paraphyses ramus biramous.

Aurigoniella meridionalis, sp. nov. é descrita e ilustrada de Morretes e São José dos Pinhais, Paraná, sul do Brasil. Ela pode ser diferenciada da espécie-tipo de Aurigoniella, A. dutrai, por seu padrão de coloração distinto, menor tamanho, coroa mais curta, joelhos das pernas posteriores atingindo o lobo lateral do pronoto, edeago com altura mais larga na metade da haste e ramos da paráfise birramados.

Levantamento populacional de cigarrinhas (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) associadas à transmissão de Xylella fastidiosa em pomares cítricos do Litoral Norte da Bahia / Survey of sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) associated with Xylella fastidiosa transmission in citrus groves of the North Coast of Bahia State

The causal agent of citrus variegated clorosis, Xylella fastidiosa, is transmitted by leafhoppers of the subfamily Cicadellinae, whose species vary regionally. The goal of this study was to identify potential vectors of this pathogen in citrus groves of Bahia North Coast, Brazil. The survey was done from March/2002 to February/2003 in three seven- to nine-year-old sweet orange (Citrus sinensis, Pêra variety) groves located in Rio Real, BA. Fifteen yellow sticky cards (8.5x11.5 cm) were installed 40 m apart in each grove, hanged at 1.5 m high on the upper north side of citrus canopies, and replaced fortnightly. A sweep net was periodically used to sample leafhoppers on herbaceous weeds inside the groves, by selecting five points at random and performing 30 sweeps in each point. A total of 1,360 specimens of 49 Auchenorrhyncha species were collected in this study, mostly in the family Cicadellidae (90.2 percent). The subfamily Cicadellinae, which includes the sharpshooter vectors of X. fastidiosa, showed the largest number of species (14) and specimens (84.8 percent). Acrogonia flagellata Young, A. citrina Marucci & Cavichioli, Homalodisca spottii Takiya, Cavichioli & McKamey and an unidentified Cicadellini (species 1) were the dominant species trapped on citrus canopies, while Hortensia similis (Walker) and Erythrogonia dubia (Medler) were dominant in the weedy vegetation. Among the Cicadellinae species already known as vectors of X. fastidiosa in citrus, only A. citrina, Bucephalogonia xanthophis (Berg) e Ferrariana trivittata (Signoret) were found. The two latter species were accidentally trapped by sweep net in the weedy vegetation.

O agente causal da clorose variegada dos citros, Xylella fastidiosa, é transmitido por cigarrinhas da subfamília Cicadellinae, cujas espécies variam regionalmente. O objetivo deste trabalho foi identificar potenciais vetores do patógeno em pomares cítricos do Litoral Norte da Bahia. Os levantamentos foram conduzidos de mar/2002 a fev/2003, em três propriedades no município de Rio Real, em pomares de laranjeira doce (Citrus sinensis) variedade Pêra, com sete a nove anos. Em cada pomar, 15 cartões adesivos amarelos foram dispostos a 40 m entre si, instalados a 1,5 m de altura em ramos da face norte, na periferia da copa, sendo substituídos quinzenalmente. Também foram realizadas amostragens com rede de varredura na vegetação rasteira dos pomares, em cinco pontos escolhidos aleatoriamente, efetuando-se 30 redadas por ponto. No total, foram coletados 1360 espécimes pertencentes a 49 espécies de Auchenorrhyncha, a maioria da família Cicadellidae (90,2 por cento). A subfamília Cicadellinae, que inclui os vetores de X. fastidiosa, apresentou maior número de espécies (14) e de indivíduos coletados (84,8 por cento). Entre as espécies de Cicadellinae, Acrogonia flagellata Young, A citrina Marucci & Cavichioli, Homalodisca spottii Takiya, Cavichioli & McKamey e uma espécie não-identificada de Cicadellini (espécie 1) foram dominantes na copa das plantas cítricas, enquanto que Hortensia similis (Walker) e Erythrogonia dubia (Medler) foram dominantes na vegetação rasteira. Entre os cicadelíneos já conhecidos como vetores de X. fastidiosa em citros, apenas A. citrina, Bucephalogonia xanthophis (Berg) e Ferrariana trivittata (Signoret) foram observados, sendo que as duas últimas espécies tiveram ocorrência acidental na vegetação rasteira.

Faunistic analysis of sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae) in a 'Westin' sweet orange orchard / Análise faunística de cicadelíneos (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae) em pomar de laranjeira 'Westin'

The purpose of this study was to analyze sharpshooter fauna in a five-year-old 'Westin' sweet orange orchard. Yellow sticky traps were placed on the edge of a forest, and on the periphery and inside the citrus stand. The traps were evaluated fortnightly, for three years. The most frequent species were Acrogonia citrina Marucci & Cavichioli, Bucephalogonia xanthophis (Berg), and Oncometopia facialis (Signoret). B. xanthophis occurred more in the forest edge, especially on spring and winter. A. citrina occurred most frequently in the forest edge, especially on spring. The highest incidence of O. facialis was inside the citrus stand, on spring and summer. Other cicadellids occurred more often in the forest edge, especially on summer. A. citrina, B. xanthophis, Dilobopterus costalimai Young, and O. facialis were predominant in all places studied. A. citrina, B. xanthophis and O. facialis were super dominant, super abundant, super frequent, and constant, except inside the stand, where B. xanthophis was dominant, very abundant, very frequent, and constant. D. costalimai and Homalodisca ignorata Melichar were dominant, very abundant, and very frequent in the forest edge and in the periphery of the stand, and D. costalimai was also predominant inside the stand. Scopogonalia subolivacea (Stål) was predominant in the forest edge and inside the stand, while Plesiommata corniculata Young was predominant in the periphery (both were dominant, very abundant, very frequent, and accessory).

O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar a fauna de cigarrinhas em pomar de laranjeira 'Westin' enxertada sobre limoeiro 'Cravo', em plantas com cinco anos de idade. Foram instaladas armadilhas adesivas amarelas na borda da mata, na periferia do talhão e no interior do talhão, sendo avaliadas quinzenalmente, por três anos. As cigarrinhas que ocorreram com maior freqüência foram Acrogonia citrina Marucci & Cavichioli, Bucephalogonia xanthophis (Berg) e Oncometopia facialis (Signoret). B. xanthophis ocorreu mais na borda da mata, principalmente na primavera e inverno. A. citrina ocorreu mais na borda da mata, principalmente na primavera. A a maior incidência de O. facialis foi no interior do talhão, e maior na primavera e verão. A ocorrência de outros cicadelíneos foi maior na borda da mata, principalmente no verão. Segundo a análise faunística, A. citrina, B. xanthophis, Dilobopterus costalimai Young e O. facialis foram predominantes em todos os locais estudados; A. citrina, B. xanthophis e O. facialis foram super dominantes, super abundantes, super freqüentes e constantes, exceto no interior do talhão, onde B. xanthophis foi dominante, muito abundante, muito freqüente e constante. D. costalimai e Homalodisca ignorata Melichar foram dominantes, muito abundantes e muito freqüentes na borda da mata e periferia do talhão, sendo que D. costalimai também foi predominante no interior do talhão. Scopogonalia subolivacea (Stål) foi predominante na borda da mata e interior do talhão e Plesiommata corniculata Young, na periferia do talhão (ambas foram dominantes, muito abundantes, muito freqüentes e acessórias).

Aspectos biológicos das cigarrinhas Acrogonia gracilis (Osborn), Dilobopterus costalimai Young e Oncometopia facialis (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) em Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck / Biological aspects of the leafhoppers Acrogonia gracilis (Osborn), Dilobopterus costalimai Young and Oncometopia facialis (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) on Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck

Foram estudados os aspectos biológicos das cigarrinhas Acrogonia gracilis (Osborn), Dilobopterus costalimai Young e Oncometopia facialis (Signoret) em plantas jovens de laranja Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck em condições controladas de 25±2ºC, 60±10 por cento de umidade relativa e 12h de fotofase. Essas cigarrinhas são vetoras de Xylella fastidiosa Wells em citros. Foram observados cinco ínstares em D. costalimai e O. facialis e seis em A. gracilis. O período médio de duração de ovo a adulto e a longevidade foram, respectivamente, 54,5 e 72,4 dias para A. gracilis, 54,7 e 36,4 dias para D. costalimai e 67,1 e 15,5 dias para O. facialis.

The biological aspects of the leafhoppers Acrogonia gracilis (Osborn), Dilobopterus costalimai Young and Oncometopia facialis (Signoret) on young plants of Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck was studied at 25±2ºC, relative humidity of 60±10 percent and photophase of 12h. These species are vectors of Xylella fastidiosa Wells to citrus. Five instars were observed for D. costalimai and O . facialis and six for A. gracilis. The mean duration from egg to adult and longevity were, respectively, 54.5 and 72.4 days for A. gracilis, 54.7 and 36.4 days for D. costalimai and 67.1 and 15.5 days for O. facialis.