A new species of the leafhopper genus Naevus Knight, 1970 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini), from Saudi Arabia

SAAD A. EL-SONBATI; MICHAEL R. WILSON; HATHAL M. AL DHAFER

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4059.2.10

Issue: Vol. 4059 No. 2: 22 Dec. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-12-22

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.2.10

Page range: 393–400

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**A new species of the leafhopper genus Naevus Knight, 1970 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini), from Saudi Arabia**

SAAD A. EL-SONBATI⁺⁻
MICHAEL R. WILSON⁺⁻
HATHAL M. AL DHAFER⁺⁻

King Saud University Museum of Arthropods, Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia

Department of Natural Sciences, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, CF10 3NP. Wales, United Kingdom

King Saud University Museum of Arthropods, Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia

Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Opsiini leafhopper distribution

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Abstract

The genus Naevus Knight, 1970 is recorded from the mountains of southwestern Saudi Arabia, the first record from the Arabian Peninsula. A new species, Naevus hathali El-Sonbati & Wilson sp. n. is described here, which appears to have an asymmetric aedeagus. An illustrated key to Naevus species is presented to facilitate identification.