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Issue: Vol. 4822 No. 4: 7 Aug. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-08-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4822.4.6
Page range: 567–576
Abstract views: 116
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Nomenclatural changes and two new species in the leafhopper genus Usanus DeLong (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with notes on conservation status

Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, 1816 S. Oak St., Champaign, IL 61820, US. Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Guadalajara, km 15.5 carretera Guadalajara–Nogales, Las Agujas, Zapopan, C.P. 45110, Apdo. Postal 139, Jalisco, México
Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, 1816 S. Oak St., Champaign, IL 61820, US.
Hemiptera Mexico Auchenorrhyncha Deltocephalinae taxonomy native species Athysanini Devolana

Abstract

The Mexican leafhopper genus and species Devolana hemicycla DeLong, 1967 syn. nov., is recognized as a junior synonym of Usanus stonei DeLong, 1947. Three previously described species, U. tuxcacuensis (Pinedo-Escatel & Aguilar-Pérez, 2019) comb. nov., U. youajla (Pinedo-Escatel, 2019) comb. nov., and U. xajxayakamej (Pinedo-Escatel, 2019) comb. nov. are transferred to Usanus. Two new species, U. xochipalensis sp. nov. and U. igualaensis sp. nov. from Guerrero, are described and illustrated. An updated key to all known species of Usanus is provided.

 

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