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New genus and species of Delphacini (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) from a salt marsh in northern Chile

J.M. Perceval 10259, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile.
Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha Fulgoromorpha Fulgoroidea South America Atacama Coastal wetlands

Abstract

Salinesia atacamensis gen. et sp. nov. is described from a coastal wetland of Atacama Region, Chile. It is characterized by the small size (males < 2 mm), dorsal side concolorous, with lateral carinae of pronotum reaching hind margin, armature of male pygofer narrow and not produced, phallus curved ventrad, and abdominal segment X of male without processes.

 

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