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Issue: Vol. 3608 No. 2: 17 Jan. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-01-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3608.2.6
Page range: 151–157
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species and key to species of the agriculturally important sharpshooter genus Sonesimia Young (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini)

Laboratório de Biodiversidade Entomológica, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Av. Brasil 4365, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Rua José Marcelino de Vasconcelos 471, Anchieta, 21655-480 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-980 Curitiba, PR, Brasil
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha Bolivia leafhopper morphology taxonomy

Abstract

The new sharpshooter species Sonesimia nessimiani is described from Bolivia based on specimens collected on sugar cane. An identification key to males and females of all known species of the genus is given. In addition to the external morphology, color pattern, and male genitalia, female genital structures are also described and illustrated. Notes comparing the new species with the remaining six Sonesimia species are provided.

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