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Issue: Vol. 2524 No. 1: 1 Jul. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-07-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2524.1.1
Page range: 1–23
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 2

Eight new species of Empoasca (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini) from Peru and Bolivia

Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Box 7613, Raleigh, NC, 27695
Illinois Natural History Survey, Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, University of Illinois, 607 Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL, 61820
Hemiptera leafhopper Neotropical

Abstract

Eight new species in the leafhopper genus Empoasca Walsh 1862 are described and illustrated (Empoasca acanthafera n. sp., Empoasca affinipeba n. sp., Empoasca apatapeba n. sp., Empoasca daggyi n. sp., Empoasca davidi n. sp., Empoasca nella n. sp., Empoasca peba n. sp., Empoasca pexa n. sp.). Relationships to previously described species are discussed. Solanasca Ghauri 1974 is treated as a junior synonym of Empoasca (new synonymy) and a revised generic diagnosis is provided.

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