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Issue: Vol. 5683 No. 1: 19 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5683.1.7
Page range: 127-136
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Three new species of Dikrella Oman (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) associated to urban trees in Argentina

División Entomología; Edificio Anexo Laboratorios del Museo; Facultad de Cs. Naturales y Museo; Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Departamento Entomología; Instituto de Biología de la Altura (INBIAL); Universidad Nacional de Jujuy (UNJu)
PROIMI–Biotecnología; CONICET. Instituto de Entomología; Fundación Miguel Lillo; San Miguel de Tucumán; Tucumán
Centro de Bioinvestigaciones (CEBIO)–Universidad Nacional del Noroeste de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
División Entomología; Edificio Anexo Laboratorios del Museo; Facultad de Cs. Naturales y Museo; Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha Typhlocybinae Dikraneurini taxonomy morphology

Abstract

Three new species of Dikrella (Readionia) Oman, D. lilloi sp. nov., D. urbana sp. nov. and D. yungaensis sp. nov. from Tucumán and Jujuy provinces, Argentina, are described. Detailed morphological descriptions with genitalia illustrations of the new species and a key for identification of males of Dikrella (Readionia) are provided.

 

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How to Cite

Pereyra, M., Hamity, V.C., Albarracín, E.L., Catalano, I. & Paradell, S. (2025) Three new species of Dikrella Oman (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) associated to urban trees in Argentina. Zootaxa, 5683 (1), 127–136. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5683.1.7