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Issue: Vol. 5686 No. 1: 26 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5686.1.4
Page range: 106-120
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Completing the fantastic quartet of Bennarellini in Brazil: First record and description of a new species of Noabennarella Holzinger & Kunz, 2006 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae)

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia; Av. André Araújo; Petrópolis; 2936; CEP 69067-375; Manaus; Amazonas; Brazil
Coordenação de Biodiversidade; Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia; Caixa Postal 2223; CEP 69080-971; Manaus; Amazonas; Brasil.
Hemiptera Neotropical Region planthoppers taxonomy

Abstract

The third species of Noabennarella Holzinger & Kunz is described, Noabennarella franciscoi sp. nov., and represents the first record of the genus for Brazil. A key to genera and species of Bennarellini is provided.

 

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How to Cite

Viegas, E.F.G. & Ale-Rocha, R. (2025) Completing the fantastic quartet of Bennarellini in Brazil: First record and description of a new species of Noabennarella Holzinger & Kunz, 2006 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zootaxa, 5686 (1), 106–120. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.1.4