TY - JOUR
T1 - Nomenclatural changes and two new species in the leafhopper genus Usanus DeLong (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with notes on conservation status
AU - Adilson Pinedo-Escatel, J.
AU - Dietrich, Christopher H.
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to Curator Luciana Musetti (OSUC) for providing loan of specimens examined. The first author thanks deeply to Diego Yassir´s efforts (CUCSH, UdeG) with Nahuatl translation from native communities to facilitate access within remote places in Guerrero state. This research and fieldwork was supported in part by Rufford Foundation (RSG 25290-1). PhD scholarship given to senior author by the CONACYT (CVU: 705854). Additional supplies for fieldwork by PROINPEP/ P3E in part of BEMARENA graduate department of the Universidad de Guadalajara at Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Zapopan, Jalisco, México. We also acknowledge support from US NSF grant 1639601.
Funding Information:
We are grateful to Curator Luciana Musetti (OSUC) for providing loan of specimens examined. The first author thanks deeply to Diego Yassir´s efforts (CUCSH, UdeG) with Nahuatl translation from native communities to facilitate access within remote places in Guerrero state. This research and fieldwork was supported in part by Rufford Foundation (RSG 25290–1). PhD scholarship given to senior author by the CONACYT (CVU: 705854). Additional supplies for fieldwork by PROINPEP/ P3E in part of BEMARENA graduate department of the Universidad de Guadalajara at Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Zapopan, Jalisco, México. We also acknowledge support from US NSF grant 1639601.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2020 Magnolia Press
PY - 2020/8/7
Y1 - 2020/8/7
N2 - The Mexican leafhopper genus and species Devolana hemicycla DeLong, 1967 syn. nov., is recognized as a junior synonym of Usanus stonei DeLong, 1947. Three previously described species, U. tuxcacuensis (Pinedo-Escatel Aguilar-Pérez, 2019) comb. nov., U. youajla (Pinedo-Escatel, 2019) comb. nov., and U. xajxayakamej (Pinedo-Escatel, 2019) comb. nov. are transferred to Usanus. Two new species, U. xochipalensis sp. nov. and U. igualaensis sp. nov. from Guerrero, are described and illustrated. An updated key to all known species of Usanus is provided.
AB - The Mexican leafhopper genus and species Devolana hemicycla DeLong, 1967 syn. nov., is recognized as a junior synonym of Usanus stonei DeLong, 1947. Three previously described species, U. tuxcacuensis (Pinedo-Escatel Aguilar-Pérez, 2019) comb. nov., U. youajla (Pinedo-Escatel, 2019) comb. nov., and U. xajxayakamej (Pinedo-Escatel, 2019) comb. nov. are transferred to Usanus. Two new species, U. xochipalensis sp. nov. and U. igualaensis sp. nov. from Guerrero, are described and illustrated. An updated key to all known species of Usanus is provided.
KW - Hemiptera, Mexico, Auchenorrhyncha, Deltocephalinae, taxonomy, native species, Athysanini, Devolana
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U2 - 10.11646/zootaxa.4822.4.6
DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4822.4.6
M3 - Article
C2 - 33056271
AN - SCOPUS:85091640599
SN - 1175-5326
VL - 4822
SP - zootaxa.4822.4.6
JO - Zootaxa
JF - Zootaxa
IS - 4
ER -