Faltala brachyptera, Oman, 1938

Zahniser, James N., 2021, Revision of the New World leafhopper tribe Faltalini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) and the evolution of brachyptery, Zootaxa 4954 (1), pp. 1-160 : 55

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4954.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A8D2AA60-562C-4F98-8000-D792F1E40C87

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4690857

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DE47C351-FFAC-C10C-FF67-DA94FAC77CF0

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scientific name

Faltala brachyptera
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Faltala brachyptera View in CoL Oman

( Figs. 31 View FIGUIRE 31 , 38 View FIGUIRE 38 )

Faltala brachyptera Oman, 1938: 385–386 View in CoL [original description]; Linnavuori, 1959: 160 [description, illustration]; Metcalf, 1967: 1606 [catalogue]; Zanol, 2008: 36 [catalogue]; Remes Lenicov & Paradell, 2009: 263–269 [misidentification]; Zahniser, 2007 [online catalogue]; Freytag & Gaiani, 2017 [online catalogue]

Diagnosis. F. brachyptera can be distinguished from other species in the genus by the ventral lobe of the pygofer broadly triangular and not projecting very far beyond dorsal part of pygofer, subgenital plate narrow throughout its length and nearly paralleling margin of valve, subgenital plate apex roundedly pointed, aedeagal shaft relatively thick and arising dorsally from base of aedeagus, aedeagus not branched or T-shaped in lateral view, and apex of aedeagus with broad flanges in caudodorsal view.

Material examined. Holotype ♂ [ USNM]. 3 ♀ paratypes [ USNM]. 2♂, 3♀: ARGENTINA, Misiones, Est. Exp. Loreto, Dr. A.A. Oglobin [sic] [ NCSU].

Distribution. This species is known only from the in Argentina (Misiones Prov.). The type locality of Loreto is the same for many other species of deltocephaline leafhoppers due, in part, to the collections made by A.A. Ogloblin (mistakenly typed Oglobin on type series labels and Ogoblin on labels in the series from NCSU) in the early 20 th century.

Remarks. Oman (1938) lists four females paratypes, however only three were found at USNM in this study. The specimens borrowed from NCSU were previously unidentified. The species misidentified and figured as F. brachyptera in Remes Lenicov & Paradell (2009) appears to represent an undescribed species of Faltala .

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

NCSU

North Carolina State University Insect Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

SubFamily

Deltocephalinae

Tribe

Faltalini

Genus

Faltala

Loc

Faltala brachyptera

Zahniser, James N. 2021
2021
Loc

Faltala brachyptera

Remes Lenicov, A. M. & Paradell, S. L. 2009: 263
Zanol, K. M. R. 2008: 36
Metcalf, Z. P. 1967: 1606
Linnavuori, R. 1959: 160
Oman, P. W. 1938: 385
1938
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