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Issue: Vol. 4107 No. 2: 2 May 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-05-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4107.2.10
Page range: 285–292
Abstract views: 72
PDF downloaded: 5

Revision of Urubaxia Fennah (Hemiptera: Cercopidae: Ischnorhininae) with description of two new species

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
PPG Biologia Animal & Depto. de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Auchenorrhyncha Cercopidae Neotropics new species taxonomy

Abstract

We reviewed Urubaxia Fennah, 1968 and described two new species, Urubaxia solo n.sp. and Urubaxia chewie n.sp. from South America. Species of the genus can be easily distinguished by the shape of the paramere, with two divergent processes, and are usually collected in high altitude zones. An identification key and illustrations are provided.

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