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Issue: Vol. 5759 No. 5: 19 Feb. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-02-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5759.5.8
Page range: 595-600
Abstract views: 26
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Two new species of Macropsini (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae) from the highlands of New Guinea

Department of Entomology; Faculty of Biology; M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University; Vorobyevy Gory; Moscow; 119234 Russia.
Hemiptera leafhoppers taxonomy morphology

Abstract

Illustrated descriptions of two new species of Macropsini from the highlands of New Guinea, Pediopsis vikhrevi sp. nov. and Macropsella habbema sp. nov., are provided. Pediopsis vikhrevi sp. nov. differs from all other known species of Pediopsis by the shape of the dorsal connective processes and the aedeagus. M. habbema sp. nov. has peculiar bifurcated pygofer appendages, differing in this character from other Australian and New Guinean Macropsini.

 

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How to Cite

Tishechkin, D.Y. (2026) Two new species of Macropsini (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae) from the highlands of New Guinea. Zootaxa, 5759 (5), 595–600. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5759.5.8