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Issue: Vol. 4281 No. 1: 22 Jun. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-06-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4281.1.8
Page range: 77–89
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Two remakable new species of Notocera Amyot and Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera, Membracidae, Hypsoprorini) from the Brazilian Caatinga

Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa PB 58059 900, Brazil.
Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa PB 58059 900, Brazil.
Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa PB 58059 900, Brazil.
Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa PB 58059 900, Brazil.
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Nazaré 481, Ipiranga São Paulo SP 04263 000, Brazil
Hemiptera Caatinga Auchenorryncha Cicadomorpha taxonomy

Abstract

In this paper, two remarkable new species of Notocera Amyot & Serville from the Brazilian Caatinga are described: N. colavitei Creão-Duarte and Róthea sp. nov. and N. sakakibarai Creão-Duarte and Lourenço sp. nov. Illustrations are presented for adult habitus and taxonomically relevant characters, which are briefly discussed. In celebration of Dr. Sakaki-bara’s oustanding career, photographs of the holotype of N. camelina Sakakibara, 1977 are provided, along with reproductions of his outstanding artwork featured in the original description of this species.

 

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