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Issue: Vol. 5493 No. 2: 9 Aug. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5493.2.8
Page range: 195-200
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New genus and new species of the tribe Elicini Melichar (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea, Tropiduchidae) with sternal sensory pits in imago from Western Australia

Zoological Institute; Russian Academy of Sciences; 1 Universitetskaya Emb.; Saint Petersburg 199034; Russia
Hemiptera Australia Elicinae new genus new species sternal sensory pit

Abstract

A new genus, Petocica gen. n., with a type species, Petocica perforata sp. nov., is described from vicinity of Leinster in Western Australia. A new species is peculiar by the presence of sensory pits on abdominal sternites IV–VI in adult female. The taxa of Fulgoroidea with sensory pits in adults and possible function of the pits are briefly discussed.

 

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