Apogonalia

The sharpshooter genus Apogonalia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini) includes species with forewings bearing yellow or orange maculae bordered by black lines; the disc often has two pairs of yellow or orange maculae irregularly bordered by black lines, one mediolateral pair elongate and another lateral pair short; the clavus may have elongate yellow or orange maculae between claval veins. The frons typically has a pair of narrow, longitudinal dorsomedian dark brown stripes and mediolateral portions with a pair of elongate Y-shaped dark brown marks connected to a median mark; the clypeus may have a median, dorsally bifurcated dark brown stripe. The pronotum often bears four yellow maculae on the disc, one mediolateral pair and one lateral pair. Female genitalia include an arch-shaped sclerotized plate, broadly convex anteriorly with a small posteromedian emargination; the posterior margin is broadly convex with a median trapezoidal emargination bordered by a small projection and a central triangular notch. The aedeagus may have a pair of ventral acute processes anteriorly curved.

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