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Issue: Vol. 3483 No. 1: 14 Sep. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-09-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3483.1.1
Page range: 1–28
Abstract views: 26
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Cladistic analysis of Neocoelidiinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with description of a new tribe

Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS), Av. Marechal Rondon, Jardim Rosa Elze, 49100-000, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), C.P. 19020, CEP 81531-980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
Hemiptera leafhoppers neocoelidiines morphology phylogeny taxonomy

Abstract

A cladistic analysis of Neocoelidiinae was conducted, including representatives of 31 genera of the 32 comprised in the subfamily (except Krocarites Dietrich & Vega, known from a single fossil species) to obtain a hypothesis of relationships among them. The analysis was based on a matrix with 71 terminal taxa, and 85 characters of external morphology and male genitalia. It yielded a single most parsimonious tree, in which Neocoelidiinae appears as a monophyletic group. All the genera constitute natural groups, except Coelidiana Oman, which appears as polyphyletic. Krocodona Kramer, Krocozzota Kramer, Retrolidia Dietrich, and Krocolidia Dietrich, constituted a distinct clade in Neocoelidiinae, and for this reason, herein a new tribe, Krocodonini, is established in the subfamily to include these taxa.

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