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Issue: Vol. 1749 No. 1: 14 Apr. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-04-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1749.1.1
Page range: 1–17
Abstract views: 40
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Five new species of Chromagallia from South America (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Agalliinae)

Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha Membracoidea taxonomy morphology leafhopper

Abstract

Five new species of Chromagallia Linnavuori, 1954, C. lamasi sp. nov., C. carvalhoi sp. nov., C. zanolae sp. nov., C. lanceolata sp. nov. (all from Brazil) and C. paraguayensis sp. nov. (Paraguay, new country record), are described and illustrated. These species can be distinguished mainly by the aedeagal and pygofer morphology. Agallia longistilata Coelho & Dutra, 1992 is transferred to Chromagallia and newly recorded from Paraná State, southern Brazil. By the addition of these taxa, the number of Chromagallia species is increased to eight, with seven of them occurring in Brazil. The female genitalia in Chromagallia are described and illustrated in detail for the first time. A key to the species and taxonomic notes on the genus are provided.

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