查看更多>>摘要：A review of the native Hawaiian leafhopper genus Nesophrosyne (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) is presented. Specimens were examined from across the entire Hawaiian Archipelago, Nesophrosyne is redescribed, and the subgenus Nesoreias is synonymized with Nesophrosyne. Eight new species associated with the widespread host plant species Broussaisia arguta are described: N. heopoko sp. n. from Kaua'i; N. makaihe sp. n. from O'ahu; N. magnaccai sp. n. from Moloka'i; N. broussaisiai sp. n., N. ogradyi sp. n., and N. kaupoi sp. n. from Maui; and, N. aakokohaikea sp. n. and N. kanawao sp. n. from Hawai'i Island. Morphological and molecular characters were employed to delineate new species. Populations associated with B. argutq on different islands, individual volcanic mountains, and discrete geographic areas represent reciprocally monophyletic species. A monophyletic complex of five sibling species, morphologically cryptic on individual islands, were identified from Maui and Hawai'i Island. The kanawao species group is erected for these species and is further subdivided into two species subgroups based on monophyly, island endemicity, and morphology: broussaisiai species subgroup containing N. broussaisiai, N. ogradyi, and N. kaupoi on Maui; and, aakokohaikea species subgroup containing N. aakokohaikea and N. kanawao on Hawai'i Island.
查看更多>>摘要：Two new species from China are added to the genus Mitjaevia Dworakowska, 1970 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), M. protuberanta sp. n. and M. wangwushana sp. n. A key to distinguish all species of the genus is provided. The leafhopper genus Mitjaevia was established by Dworakowska (1970) in the tribe Erythroneurini of Typhlocy-binae with Erythroneura amseli Dlabola, 1961 (Dworakowska, 1970; Korolevskaja, 1976) as its type species. The genus consists of fourteen species distributed in the Oriental and Palaearctic regions (Ahmed, 1970; Ahmed & Khokhar, 1971; Chiang & Knight, 1990; Dworakowska, 1979, 1980, 1994; Korolevskaja, 1976; Mitjaev, 1969). Two new species from Henan Province and Guizhou Province, China are here described and illustrated. A key to all known species of Mitjaevia is given. All specimens examined are deposited in the collection of the Insititute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China (GUGC).
查看更多>>摘要：A new species of Melzerella Lima is described from Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. A key to the four known species is provided, along with color photographs documenting their vibrant patterns. The genus Melzerella Lima, 1931 contains some of the moststrikingly colored and patterned Cerambycidae in the world. They are collected uncommonly and most specimens have been taken at lights. The genus was proposed by Lima (1931), based on-M lutzi which was described from Brazil. Lima indicated that the genusfit the tribe Aeren-icini (Lamiinae) based on the open mesocoxal cavities; third abdominal ventrite much shorter than either the first or fifth; eyes undivided; head not retractile, and presence of bifid tarsal claws. He defined the genus based on the elongate, cylindrical body; short, vertical frons; large, deeply emarginate eyes with lower lobes larger than upper lobes; short genae; cylindrical prothorax without lateral tubercles, and elongate, truncate elytra possessing dentiform or spinose processes at the suture and apicolaterad. Subsequently, a second species, M. costalimai from Venezuela, was described by Seabra (1961). A third species, M. huedepohli from Bolivia, was described by Monne (1979).
HENRY A. HESPENHEIDERICHARD L. WESTCOTTCHARLES L. BELLAMY
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查看更多>>摘要：The genus Agrilus Curtis 1825 is reviewed for the Baja California peninsula of Mexico. Of the 25 species included, 11 are recorded here for the first time and four are previously unknown to science and described as new: Agrilus barri new species, A. interstitialis new species, A. vescivittatus new species, and A. argythamniae new species. Four additional species may be expected based on their occurrence just north of the border in the United States. Upon further study Agrilus au-roguttatus Schaeffer1905, revalidated status, is judged to be a separate species from A coxalis Waterhouse 1889. Figures and a key to known and expected species are given, as well as a summary checklist.
查看更多>>摘要：Furculanurida tropicalia sp. no v., is described from leaf litter of the Atlantic forest of Southeast Brazil. It is characterized as being the first species of the genus that possess 8+8 eyes. New diagnosis and remarks on the genus and the species ofFurculanurida are made. The species Stachorutes arlei is transferred once more from Furculanurida to Stachorutes. The genus Furculanurida was created by Massoud (1967) and has, up to date, 13 nominal species distributed in the Neotropical, Ethiopian andthe Nearctic regions, each with seven, five and one described species, respectively. Among the seven species from the Neotropics, three were described from Brazil: F. belemensis Arle & Rufino, 1976, F. goeldiana Arle & Rufino, 1976 and F. nessimiani Fernandes & Mendonca, 2002. The first two species, described from the Brazilian Amazon Forest, Para State, and the third from the Atlantic Forest leaf litter of Serra do Mar, Sao Paulo State. The new species, F. tropicalia sp. nov., was found in leaf litterof the Table-1 and Atlantic Forest of Espirito Santo State and is the first species of the genus that have 8+8 eyes.
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