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Issue: Vol. 3530 No. 1: 30 Oct. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-10-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3530.1.4
Page range: 43–50
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new iassine leafhopper genera from Ecuador (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

320 Morrill Hall, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA
Illinois Natural History Survey, Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, University of Illinois, 1816 S. Oak Street, Champaign, Illinois, 61820, USA
Hemiptera Iassinae taxonomy Auchenorrhyncha morphology

Abstract

Two new iassine leafhopper genera, Nigrojassus gen. nov. and Neotrocnada gen. nov. (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Ecuador are described and illustrated. Nigrojassus gen. nov. is closely related to Hoplojassus Dietrich based on the elongate scutellum, arcuate base of the hindwing, leg chaetotaxy and flattened subgenital plate. Two new species, N. madhurai sp. nov. and N. ananthi sp. nov. are described in the genus. Neotrocnada is a monotypic genus with Neotrocnada napoensis sp. nov. as type species. Homologies of the highly modified structures of the male genitalia of Neotrocnada are assessed based on comparison to other New World genera.

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