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Issue: Vol. 1892 No. 1: 6 Oct. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-10-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1892.1.2
Page range: 26–34
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 1

Tetralidia gen. nov., a new neotropical genus of Neocoelidiinae (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae)

Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), C.P. 19020, CEP 81531-980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil Bolsista de Pós-Doutorado Especial em Taxonomia (PROTAX) do CNPq
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), C.P. 19020, CEP 81531-980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
Hemiptera leafhoppers morphology new combination new genus new species

Abstract

A new genus of Neocoelidiinae, Tetralidia gen. nov., is described to include one new species, Tetralidia admirabilis sp. nov., and Tetralidia prolata (Chiamolera & Cavichioli) comb. nov. from Cocoelidia DeLong. The new genus is closely related to Tozzita Kramer based on the tapered lateral margins of the clypeus and the absence of processes on the ventral margin of the male pygofer, but differs from other Neocoelidiinae genera mainly by the color pattern of the crown, with four orange maculae; the bifurcation of the connective’s stem at its articulation point with the aedeagus; and the very long aedeagus with pair(s) of apical or preapical processes or lamellae.

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