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Issue: Vol. 5637 No. 2: 21 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5637.2.3
Page range: 271-291
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Uncovering Brazilian Otiocerinae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Derbidae): description of three new species and first records for the tribes Sikaianini Muir, 1913 and Patarini Emeljanov, 1995

Departamento de Zoologia; Setor de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Federal do Paraná; Curitiba; PR; Brazil
Laboratório de Entomologia; Departamento de Zoologia; Instituto de Biologia; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro; RJ; Brazil
Hemiptera Taxonomy planthoppers South America biodiversity wing venation

Abstract

Despite the subfamily Otiocerinae being the largest in Derbidae by a great margin, there was only one recorded species in Brazil to date. A survey conducted by the authors at the Coleção Entomológica Padre Jesus Santiago Moure of the Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) revealed a considerable number of undescribed Brazilian otiocerines, as well as other derbid species. Here, we describe three new species of Brazilian Otiocerinae: Mula flamma sp. nov., from Mato Grosso State; Otiocerus shamshir sp. nov., from Paraná State; and Patara paladinae sp. nov., from states of Paraná and Santa Catarina. Each species belongs to a different subtribe: Sikaianini Muir, 1913, Otiocerini Muir, 1917, and Patarini Emeljanov, 1995, respectively. The wing venations are described in detail, and hypotheses regarding vein identity are discussed.

 

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How to Cite

Bitar, M.V.S. & Domahovski, A.C. (2025) Uncovering Brazilian Otiocerinae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Derbidae): description of three new species and first records for the tribes Sikaianini Muir, 1913 and Patarini Emeljanov, 1995. Zootaxa, 5637 (2), 271–291. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5637.2.3