Abstract
Five new species of Peltonotellini (Caliscelinae) are described and illustrated: Bruchomorpha pseudodorsata sp. nov., Fitchiella brachyrhina sp. nov., Protrocha nigrilutea sp. nov. and P. punctatosa sp. nov. from Mexico, and Fitchiella zahniseri sp. nov. from Panama. Additionally, five previously described species are redescribed based on newly collected specimens: Aphelonema brevata Caldwell, 1945 (proposed original combination), Bruchomorpha decorata Metcalf, 1923, Bruchomorpha mormo Kirkaldy, 1907, Nenema virgata (Doering, 1941) and Protrocha nesolitaria (Caldwell, 1945). Bruchomorpha decorata is recorded from Panama for the first time. Redescriptions provide new information on the distribution of sensory pits and the first detailed descriptions of male and female terminalia for these species.
Highlights
Caliscelidae Amyot & Serville, 1843 is a small fulgoroid family distributed worldwide (Gnezdilov 2013) with 235 species described in 76 genera (Bourgoin 2019)
Body mainly light brown with some regions dark brown (Fig. 1); central plate dark brown with pair of swirl-shaped light brown maculae (Fig. 1A); sides of frons with two rows of sensory pits on each side (Fig. 1C); clypeus not swollen (Fig. 1A, C), with median carina (Fig. 1A); lateral lobe of pronotum with approximately three sensory pits arranged in group (Fig. 1C); abdominal tergites (Fig. 1C, 26A) with row of sensory pits followed by single isolated ventral sensory pit or by isolated pair of diagonally aligned ventral sensory pits
Our ongoing studies of the Neotropical fauna of Caliscelidae have revealed several new genera and species, mainly in South America, showing that the diversity of this family is very underestimated in the New World
Summary
Caliscelidae Amyot & Serville, 1843 is a small fulgoroid family distributed worldwide (Gnezdilov 2013) with 235 species described in 76 genera (Bourgoin 2019). 2002), except for representatives of the tribe Augilini Baker, 1915, which are always macropterous, and Adenissini Dlabola, 1980, which are usually macropterous. They are small, generally measuring from 1 to 5 mm, but can reach up to 16 mm. Emeljanov (1999) reestablished Caliscelidae as a family based on specific features of the ovipositor (Gnezdilov 2013) Other studies corroborate this classification with analyses of bioacoustic data (Tishechkin 1998, 2003) and molecular phylogenetic data (Yeh et al 1998, 2005; Urban & Cryan 2007; Song & Liang 2013; Wang et al 2016)
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