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Issue: Vol. 2531 No. 1: 9 Jul. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-07-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2531.1.4
Page range: 39–47
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 1

New leafhopper species and distribution records of Gabrita Walker, 1858 and Sandersellus DeLong, 1945 with revised keys to species (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae)

Adjunct, Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
Hemiptera Cicadellidae Coelidiinae Gabritini Sandersellini new species key distribution Neotropical

Abstract

A new species, Gabrita erwini, sp. nov. in the tribe Gabritini is described and illustrated from Ecuador, representing the first record of the genus and tribe in northwestern South America which extends its distribution across the Neotropical region from eastern localities in the countries of Brazil, French Guiana and Guyana. Three new species of Sandersellus in the tribe Sandersellini are described and illustrated: S. bigladius, sp. nov. from Bolivia, S. digitatus, sp. nov. from Brazil and S. bilanceus, sp. nov. from Peru. Brazil is a new record for the genus and tribe and extends the distribution eastward from its formerly known western range in Peru, Bolivia and Panama. Taxonomy is reviewed, a revised key to known males and distribution of the known species of Gabrita and Sandersellus are provided.

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