Open AccessReview of the Sharpshooter Genus Splonia, with Descriptions of Three New Submacropterous Species (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae:Cicadellinae: Proconiini)
Author(s) -
Daniela M. Takiya,
Gabriel Mejdalani
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
annals of the entomological society of america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.671
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1938-2901
pISSN - 0013-8746
DOI - 10.1603/an10155
Subject(s) - hemiptera , biology , terminalia , auchenorrhyncha , key (lock) , leafhopper , genus , zoology , botany , homoptera , ecology , pest analysis
Three new submacropterous species of SploniaSignoret, 1891 are described and illustrated: Splonia dietrichi (Peru, new record for the genus), Splonia flavoscutellata (Ecuador), and Splonia fritilla (Venezuela). A detailed redescription of the genus is given, including the first account of the female terminalia (based on S. fritilla). A key to males of the now six known Splonia species is provided.