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Issue: Vol. 3070 No. 1: 27 Oct. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-10-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3070.1.3
Page range: 23–28
Abstract views: 28
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A new species of Tetralidia Marques-Costa & Cavichioli (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Neocoelidiinae) from Amazon Region

Coordenação de Pesquisas em Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - INPA, C. postal 478, 69011-970, Manaus-AM
Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Av. Marechal Rondon, s/n, Jardim Rosa Elze, 49100-000, São Cristóvão-SE, Brasil
Coordenação de Pesquisas em Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - INPA, C. postal 478, 69011-970, Manaus-AM
Hemiptera leafhoppers Neotropical Region Tetralidia curvipenis sp. nov. identification key

Abstract

A new species of Tetralidia Marques-Costa & Cavichioli, 2008, Tetralidia curvipenis sp. nov., is described and illustrated. The new species can be distinguished from the other species of the genus by the following characteristics: (1) style with apical third moderately curved ventrally; (2) connective Y-shaped; (3) aedeagus S-shaped with apical fifth abruptly curved ventrally and with pair of dorsal preapical spine-like processes, forming “V” in ventral view (4) anal tube with pair of moderately long basiventral processes, with slightly curved and sclerotized apices, reaching posteroventral margin of pygofer. A revised generic diagnosis and an identification key to males of the species are also provided.

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