A reclassification of western Hemisphere Typhlocybinae (Homoptera, Cicadellidae)

Abstract

The subfamily is treated for the New World. Keys to tribes, genera, and subgenera are included with illustrations of structures useful in classification. Describes four tribes, one of which is new; 58 genera and sub-Parallaxis McAtee (= Erythria Fieber of Baker, in part), Alconeura (Hyloidea) McAtee ( = Dikraneiiroidea Lawson ) , /omnia McAtee ( = Jorumella McAtee ) , Rabela tabebuiae (Dozier) { ^= Protalebra bicincta Osborn), Elabra attenuata (Osborn) (^Dikraneura albidula Osborn), Parallaxis donaldsoni (Baker) (= Parallaxis vacillans McAtee), Parallaxis guzmani (Baker) (=: Parallaxis clathrata McAtee ) , Donidea verticis ( Baker ) ( = Dikraneura ( Hyloidea ) eburnea Osborn), Dikrella calif ornica var. imbellis (Lawson) {^Dikraneura nevadensis Lawson), Idona beameri, n. n. { = Idona hyalina (Beamer nee Osborn)), Hymetta balteata McAtee {^ Hymetta distincta Fairbaim), Typhlocyba querci var. querci (Fitch) (=zTypJilocyba gillettei var. fitchii Mc-Atee) [Young and Christian], Beamerella tropicalis (Osborn) (= Erythronetira similis Osborn), Empoasca breviceps (Osborn) i=z Dikraneura alebroidea Osborn), Alconeura sanfaritana, n. n. ( = Alconeura beameri Griffith nee Lawson), Empoasca ornatella, n. n. (= Empoasca ornata Oman nee Osborn); new status: Aphanalebra McAtee, Kallebra McAtee, and Paralebra McAtee elevated to genus, Hyloidea McAtee reduced to subgenus of Alconeura Ball and DeLong, Rhabdotalebra siinilis (McAtee) elevated to species; Alebra dorsalis Gillette moved to Deltocephalini. The subgenus Scinda DeLong and Ruppel is elevated to generic rank. The University Science Bulletin ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The writer is greatly indebted to Professor R. H. Beamer of the University of Kansas under whose direction this work was performed, and to Dr. P. W. Oman of the Division of Insect Identification of the United States Department of Agriculture who was constantly in touch with the progress of the work, who made numerous helpful suggestions, who was most hospitable to the writer during a visit to Washington, D. C, and who loaned Plate 1 for use in this work. The entire staff of the Department of Entomology of the University of Kansas have taken a keen interest in the development of the work, and have discussed several phases of the problem with the writer, often making useful suggestions.

South American leafhoppers of the tribe Typhlocybini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae)

“…Morphological terminology follows that of YOUNG (1952) as modified by DIETRICH (2005) except wing veins are labeled according to the simplified system illustrated in figures 3i, j. Drawings of genitalia were made by tracing over photographs taken using a digital camera mounted on a compound microscope.…”

Kunzeana Oman: first record in South America, with description of a new species (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae)

“…In living or recently collected individuals, the coloration can be more vivid relative to that of old preserved specimens. Morphological terminology follows mainly Young (1952), except for the wings, based on Dworakowska (1993), and female genitalia based on Balduf (1934) and Blocker & Triplehorn (1985).…”

A new species of Beamerana Young, 1952 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from southeastern Brazil

“…In living or recently collected individuals, the coloration can be more vivid than in old preserved specimens. Morphological terminology follows mainly Young (1952), except for the wings based on Dworakowska (1993), and female genitalia based on Blocker & Triplehorn (1985) and Viraktamath & Dietrich (2011). (Fig.…”

“…Beamerana Young, 1952 (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini) was erected to accommodate Erythroneura tropicalis Osborn, 1928from Bolivia. Young (1952 also synonymized E. similis Osborn, 1928with B. tropicalis.…”

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Abstract:A new species of the Neotropical leafhopper genus Beamerana Young, 1952 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) is described and illustrated based on the specimens from Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Beamerana boomerang sp.

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