Taxonomic review of Scopogonalia Young, 1977 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini) with description of six new species

Scopogonalia is a genus of small sharpshooters with 11 described species, all known from South America. In the present paper, we describe and illustrate six new species of Scopogonalia: S. amazonensis, S. alba, S. agkistroides, S. dolixoura, S. euxloa and S. osteiphera. We also provide redescription...

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Published inJournal of natural history Vol. 50; no. 23-24; pp. 1513 - 1542
Main Authors Leal, Afonso Henrique, Creão-Duarte, Antonio José, Mejdalani, Gabriel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis 25.06.2016
Subjects
Cicadellinae
leafhopper
morphology
Neotropical Region
sharpshooter
taxonomy
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Summary:Scopogonalia is a genus of small sharpshooters with 11 described species, all known from South America. In the present paper, we describe and illustrate six new species of Scopogonalia: S. amazonensis, S. alba, S. agkistroides, S. dolixoura, S. euxloa and S. osteiphera. We also provide redescriptions of S. subolivacea and S. interruptula, and new geographical records of S. echinura and S. altmanni. All new species are recorded from Brazil, except for S. osteiphera from Argentina. With S. amazonensis, the genus has its geographical distribution increased to Northern Brazil and, with S. alba and one of the new records of S. echinura, to Northeastern Brazil. We provide a new taxonomic key to males of Scopogonalia.
ISSN:0022-2933
1464-5262
DOI:10.1080/00222933.2016.1166530