TY - JOUR
T1 - Review of the enigmatic Neotropical leafhopper genus Brazosa Oman and other potentially related Athysanini genera (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), with descriptions of South American new genera and species
AU - Pinedo-Escatel, J. Adilson
AU - Dietrich, Christopher H.
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We would like express our sincere thanks to Luciana Musetti (OSUC) for loans of material studied. The senior author also thanks Mildred Torres, Kevin Missael, Diego yassir, Axel Cristóbal, Jorge Mario, Josefina Escatel, Carlos Mancillas, Bruno Rodríguez (“pato”), Mirlo Jiménez (“mirlo”), Rosaura Torres Moreno, Iskra M. Becerra Chiron, Laura P. Valencia, gustavo Moya Raygoza, Edith Blanco, Dmitry Dmitriev, Daniela Takiya, Stu McKamey, Brendan Morris and James Zahniser for helpful comments on the manuscript. Hugo Fierros-López kindly provided Figure 15. The first author is grateful to CONACyT for his Ph.D. scholarship (CVU: 705854). Fieldwork in Sierra de Madre del Sur, Mexico was supported by Rufford Foundation grant RSg 25290-1. This work was also supported in part by US NSF grant DEB 1639601.
PY - 2020/8/14
Y1 - 2020/8/14
N2 - Three new Neotropical athysanine (Deltocephalinae) leafhopper genera, Spaltumtettix Pinedo-Escatel Dietrich gen. nov., Pseudonapo Pinedo-Escatel Dietrich gen. nov., and Goiattus Pinedo-Escatel gen. nov., and 4 new species, S. coloradus Pinedo-Escatel Dietrich sp. nov. (Peru), P. waorani Pinedo-Escatel Dietrich sp. nov. (Ecuador), P. huanucensis Pinedo-Escatel Dietrich sp. nov. (Peru), and G. reyesi Pinedo-Escatel sp. nov. (Brazil), are described and illustrated. In addition, the genera Zabrosa Oman, Napo Linnavuori DeLong, Pseudalaca Linnavuori and Brazosa Oman are revised and redescribed. Six new species are described in Brazosa: B. campinacu Pinedo-Escatel Dietrich sp. nov. (Brazil), B. espatula Pinedo-Escatel Dietrich sp. nov. (Brazil), B. encrustada Pinedo-Escatel Dietrich sp. nov. (Brazil), B. mildredireanae Pinedo-Escatel sp. nov. (Peru), B. negra Pinedo-Escatel Dietrich sp. nov. (Peru and Bolivia) and B. beni Pinedo-Escatel Dietrich sp. nov. (Bolivia). Brazosa caesarea Linnavuori Heller comb. nov. is transferred to Spaltumtettix. The South American species Z. aquareza Linnavuori DeLong syn. nov. is proposed as junior synonym of Z. unicampi Menezes. Keys to species of each genus are provided. Unusual aspects of the morphology of these genera are discussed and a comparative table is provided.
AB - Three new Neotropical athysanine (Deltocephalinae) leafhopper genera, Spaltumtettix Pinedo-Escatel Dietrich gen. nov., Pseudonapo Pinedo-Escatel Dietrich gen. nov., and Goiattus Pinedo-Escatel gen. nov., and 4 new species, S. coloradus Pinedo-Escatel Dietrich sp. nov. (Peru), P. waorani Pinedo-Escatel Dietrich sp. nov. (Ecuador), P. huanucensis Pinedo-Escatel Dietrich sp. nov. (Peru), and G. reyesi Pinedo-Escatel sp. nov. (Brazil), are described and illustrated. In addition, the genera Zabrosa Oman, Napo Linnavuori DeLong, Pseudalaca Linnavuori and Brazosa Oman are revised and redescribed. Six new species are described in Brazosa: B. campinacu Pinedo-Escatel Dietrich sp. nov. (Brazil), B. espatula Pinedo-Escatel Dietrich sp. nov. (Brazil), B. encrustada Pinedo-Escatel Dietrich sp. nov. (Brazil), B. mildredireanae Pinedo-Escatel sp. nov. (Peru), B. negra Pinedo-Escatel Dietrich sp. nov. (Peru and Bolivia) and B. beni Pinedo-Escatel Dietrich sp. nov. (Bolivia). Brazosa caesarea Linnavuori Heller comb. nov. is transferred to Spaltumtettix. The South American species Z. aquareza Linnavuori DeLong syn. nov. is proposed as junior synonym of Z. unicampi Menezes. Keys to species of each genus are provided. Unusual aspects of the morphology of these genera are discussed and a comparative table is provided.
KW - Hemiptera, Tropics, Auchenorrhyncha, morphology, taxonomy, new species
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U2 - 10.11646/zootaxa.4830.3.1
DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4830.3.1
M3 - Article
C2 - 33056142
VL - 4830
SP - 401
EP - 454
JO - Zootaxa
JF - Zootaxa
SN - 1175-5326
IS - 3
ER -