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Issue: Vol. 5604 No. 3: 14 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8
Page range: 361-372
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 3

Review of the genus Tenuacia DeLong (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), including two new species and Rubacea DeLong raised to generic status

Laboratório de Entomologia; Departamento de Zoologia; Instituto de Biologia; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Cidade Universitária; Rio de Janeiro; 21941-902; RJ; Brazil
Laboratório de Entomologia; Departamento de Zoologia; Instituto de Biologia; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Cidade Universitária; Rio de Janeiro; 21941-902; RJ; Brazil
Laboratório de Entomologia; Departamento de Zoologia; Instituto de Biologia; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Cidade Universitária; Rio de Janeiro; 21941-902; RJ; Brazil
Hemiptera Guatemala Iassinae leafhoppers Peru taxonomy

Abstract

The Neotropical leafhopper genus Tenuacia DeLong, 1977 is reviewed, its former subgenus Rubacea DeLong stat. nov. is elevated to genus rank, and new diagnostic characters for Rubacea and Tenuacia are proposed. In addition, two new species are described and illustrated: Rubacea indivisa sp. nov. based on two male specimens collected in Peru and Tenuacia quetzali sp. nov. based on two male specimens collected in Guatemala. Furthermore, a distribution map for Rubacea and Tenuacia species is provided.

 

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