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Issue: Vol. 2601 No. 1: 2 Sep. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-09-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2601.1.5
Page range: 53–60
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 1

Revision of the genus Rhabdotalebra Young (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Alebrini) and description of two new species from Argentina

Universidad Nacional de La Plata, División Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Universidad Nacional de La Plata, División Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Universidad Nacional de La Plata, División Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha morphology taxonomy distribution

Abstract

The genus Rhabdotalebra Young is revised, including two new species R. litoralensis sp.nov. and R. flava sp.nov., from Argentina. A detailed morphological description and illustrations of two new species are provided. A key to facilitate the comparison of the new species with those previously known—based on pattern coloration and male genitalia—is given.

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