Abstract
Selamorpha variegata gen. et sp. nov. is described from Coquimbo Region, Chile. It is characterized by the body dorsally saddle-shaped, brachypterous, tegmina with moderate reticulation, metope elongate, and terga caudally elevated. The new taxon is the second genus of Elicini in Chile and the third of South America. It was found associated with Calceolaria polifolia Hook. (Calceolariaceae).
References
Anufriev, G.A. & Emeljanov, A.F. (1988) Suborder Cicadinea (Auchenorrhyncha). In: Ler, P.A. (Ed.), Keys to the insects of the Far East of the USSR in six volumes. Vol. II. Homoptera and Heteroptera. Nauka, Leningrad, pp. 12–495.
Ballou, C.H. (1936) Insect notes from Costa Rica in 1935. The Insect Pest Survey Bulletin, 16, 437–497.
Bourgoin, T. (1993) Female genitalia in Hemiptera Fulgoromorpha, morphological and phylogenetical data. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Nouvelle Série, 29 (3), 225–244.
Bourgoin, T., Wang, R.R., Asche, M., Hoch, H., Soulier-Perkins, A., Stroiński, A., Yap, S. & Szwedo, J. (2015) From micropterism to hyperpterism: recognition strategy and standardized homology-driven terminology of the forewing venation patterns in planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha). Zoomorphology, 134 (1), 63–77.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00435-014-0243-6Brèthes, J. (1913) Description d’un nouveau genre et d’une nouvelle espèce d’Hémiptère Homoptère Sud-américaine. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 17, 151–152.
Doering, K.C. (1939) A contribution to the taxonomy of the subfamily Issinae in America North of Mexico (Fulgoridae, Homoptera). Part III. University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 26 (2), 83–167.
Fennah, R.G. (1978) The higher classification of the Nogodinidae (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea) with the description of a new genus and species. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 113, 113–118.
Fowler, W.W. (1900) Order Rhynchota. Suborder Hemiptera-Homoptera. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 1, 57–76.
Gajardo, R. (1994) La vegetación natural de Chile: clasificación y distribución geográfica. Editorial Universitaria, Santiago, 165 pp.
Gnezdilov, V.M. (2002) Morphology of the ovipositor in members of the subfamily Issinae (Homoptera, Cicadina, Issidae). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 81 (3), 605–626. [English translation published in Entomological Review, 82 (8), 957–974]
Gnezdilov, V.M. (2007) On the systematic positions of the Bladinini Kirkaldy, Tonginae Kirkaldy, and Trienopinae Fennah (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea). Zoosystematica Rossica, 15 (2), 293–297.
Gnezdilov, V.M. (2013a) “Issidisation” of Fulgoroid planthoppers (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea) as a case of parallel adaptive radiation. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 92 (1), 62–69. [English translation published in Entomological Review, 93 (7), 825–830]
https://doi.org/10.1134/S001387381307004XGnezdilov, V.M. (2013b) Contribution to the taxonomy of the family Tropiduchidae Stål (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea) with description of two new tribes from Afrotropical Region. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 60 (2), 179–191.
https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnd.201300024
Gnezdilov, V.M., Holzinger, W.E. & Wilson, M.R. (2014) The Western Palaearctic Issidae (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea): an illustrated checklist and key to genera and subgenera. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 318 (Supplement 1), 1–124.
Gnezdilov, V.M., Bartlett, C.R. & Bourgoin, T. (2016) A new tribe of Tropiduchidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) with revision of the genus Buca and description of asymmetric hind leg spinulation. Florida Entomologist, 99 (3), 406–416.
https://doi.org/10.1653/024.099.0311Melichar, L. (1898) Vorläufige Beschreibnungen neuer Ricaniiden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 48, 384–400.
Melichar, L. (1906) Monographie der Issiden (Homoptera). Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 3, 1–327.
Morrone, J.J. (2015) Biogeographical regionalisation of the Andean region. Zootaxa, 3936 (2), 207–236.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3936.2.3Prates Jr., P.H.S. & Carvalho, G.S. (2002) Issíneos do Río Grande do Sul (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Issidae). Biociências, 10 (1), 85–105.
Schmidt, E. (1912) Diagnosen neuer Fulgoriden-Gattungen und Arten nebst einigen bemerkungen. Entomologische Zeitung, 73, 67–102.
Schmidt, E. (1932) Neue und bekannte Zikadengattungen und Arten der neuen Welt (Hemipt.-Homopt.). Entomologische Zeitung, 93, 35–54.
Spinola, M. (1852) Tribu IV. Hipocephalocera. In: Gay, C. Historia Física y Política de Chile. Zoología. Tomo VII. Maulde et Renou, París, pp. 238–305.