Yarrubura nigricephala

Yarrubura nigricephala de Mello & Campos, n. sp.

Figs. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

Type specimens. Holotype male, 5 male, 5 female paratypes [MZSP]; 5 male, 5 female paratypes [Coleção de Invertebrados do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)]; 38 male, 56 female kept at Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, UNESP—São Paulo State University, Botucatu campus.

Etymology. Referring to the black color of the head.

Description. Male. Head: mostly black, contrasting with the anterior portion of pronotum, which is reddish (fig. 12A–D); eyes blackish, large, somewhat prominent, circundated by a reddish-brown ring (fig. 12E); top of the head and occiput black (fig. 12C, D); maxillary palpi yellowish brown (fig. 12G); frons dark brown to black; gena medium brown; clypeus as in fig. 12D; labrum yellowish (fig. 12D). Thorax: pronotum covered by bristles, reddish-brown with a thick dark brown band along distal margin (Fig. 12 A, C); thoracic sternites as in fig. 12K. Fore wings as described for the genus (fig. 12F; 16E). Legs: yellowish to reddish brown (fig. 12A, L), remaining details as for the genus; (Fig. 12 J). Abdomen: general color dark brown, lighter ventrally; supra-anal plate medium brown, posterior pigmented area with two whitish lines, hind margin broadly round (fig. 12H); subgenital plate light to medium brown, pilose (fig. 12I). Phallic Complex (fig.13A, B, C): as described for the genus. Female: general coloration lighter than the male, except by the head which is similarly blackish; pronotum reddish, without a darker band along hind margin (fig. 12B); ovipositor light yellowish brown, depressed (Fig. 12 M, N, O); copulatory papilla yellowish, tip of the structure unpigmented, nipple-shaped (fig. 15G).

Material examined. 21 male, 15 female and 15 nymphs. Brazil, Amazonas, Manaus, Reserva Adolpho Ducke (2°57'S 59°57'W), 1–15.vii.2011, F. A. G de Mello & C. F. Sperber leg. All specimens preserved in 80% alcohol.