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Issue: Vol. 5497 No. 1: 22 Aug. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.1.8
Page range: 133-141
Abstract views: 230
PDF downloaded: 15

A new species of Tapajosa Melichar from Curaçao, Lesser Antilles (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Proconiini)

Netherlands Institute for Vectors; Invasive plants and Plant health (NIVIP); National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO); Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA); Geertjesweg 15; 6706 EA Wageningen; The Netherlands; Naturalis Biodiversity Center; Darwinweg 2; 2333 CR Leiden; The Netherlands
Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola “Francisco Fernández-Yépez”; Facultad de Agronomía; Universidad Central de Venezuela. Apdo. 4579 Maracay 2101A Venezuela
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha Dutch Antilles Tapajosa arawaka sp. nov. Proconiini leafhoppers

Abstract

A new species of the Neotropical genus Tapajosa Melichar 1924 from Curaçao is proposed, described, and illustrated. Tapajosa arawaka sp. nov. differs from other species of the genus mainly in the shape of male genitalia. Its close morphological affinity with Tapajosa spinata Young, 1968 suggests that ancestors of the new species migrated from mainland Venezuela.

 

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