taxonID	type	description	language	source
D861BE45FF85CD580CB8FC62AFE7FDF9.taxon	description	(Figs 1 – 21)	en	Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa, Prando, Jádila Santos, Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz (2025): Review of the genus Tenuacia DeLong (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), including two new species and Rubacea DeLong raised to generic status. Zootaxa 5604 (3): 361-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8
D861BE45FF85CD580CB8FC62AFE7FDF9.taxon	type_taxon	Type-species: Tenuacia (Rubacea) rubera DeLong, 1977.	en	Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa, Prando, Jádila Santos, Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz (2025): Review of the genus Tenuacia DeLong (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), including two new species and Rubacea DeLong raised to generic status. Zootaxa 5604 (3): 361-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8
D861BE45FF85CD580CB8FC62AFE7FDF9.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Medium-sized leafhoppers. Head (Figs 1, 13) with two pairs of dark maculae on crown; crown slightly produced, median length slightly longer than length next to eyes; anterior margin rounded and slightly projected over anterior margin of eye; surface with fine transverse parallel striae. Ocelli (Figs 1, 13) closer to midline and equidistant between anterior and posterior margins of crown, or slightly closer to the posterior margin. Crown-face transition (Figs 2, 14) distinct and thin, with two distinct carinae. Frontogenal sutures (Fig. 3) distant from eye margins by slightly more than the diameter of the antennal scape. Antennal ledge (Fig. 3) carinate, obliquely descending. Clypeus (Fig. 3) with parallel lateral margins. Forewing (Figs 1, 4, 13) yellow with several dark brown mottled maculae; appendix reduced. Male pygofer (Fig. 6) subtriangular, long and slender, with an inner short slender basidorsal process. Subgenital plate (Figs 6, 8) with dorsal surface and outer lateral margin with dense patch of long hair-like setae. Connective (Fig. 9) Y-shaped. Style (Figs 9, 10) with outer lobe developed; blade long and tubular, ventral margin smooth with a small subapical tooth. Aedeagus (Figs 11, 12, 16 – 21) with dorsal apodeme well developed, laterally expanded, without processes; shaft with a pair of subapical asymmetrical processes. Coloration. Background yellow (Figs 1, 2, 13, 14). Crown (Figs 1, 13) with two pairs of dark maculae: a larger pair, anterior to ocelli and adjacent to anterior margin of crown, and a smaller pair, posterior to ocelli and very close to posterior margin of crown; with a small subtriangular dark macula at apex of crown. Face (Fig. 3) mostly black, with some yellow areas. Pronotum (Figs 1, 13) with dark irregular maculae on anterior third; proepimeron mostly black (Fig. 2) or yellow with a black transverse band bellow the dorsopleural carina (Fig. 14). Mesonotum (Figs 1, 13) yellow with brown basilateral angles. Forewing (Figs 1, 2, 4, 13, 14) pale yellow hyaline with dark brown mottled maculae distributed throughout the wing, consisting of numerous small spots or lines, some resembling crossveins, and larger dark areas, with larger yellow areas on the clavus and basal half of costal region. Legs (Figs 2, 14) yellow with black portions.	en	Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa, Prando, Jádila Santos, Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz (2025): Review of the genus Tenuacia DeLong (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), including two new species and Rubacea DeLong raised to generic status. Zootaxa 5604 (3): 361-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8
D861BE45FF85CD580CB8FC62AFE7FDF9.taxon	description	Description. Head, in dorsal view (Figs 1, 13), with transocular width about four-fifths of pronotum humeral width; crown slightly produced, median length about half interocular width, anterior and posterior margins almost parallel, median length slightly longer than length next to eyes, anterior margin rounded and slightly projected over anterior margin of eye, surface with fine transverse parallel striae; coronal suture distinct and long, almost reaching anterior margin of crown; ocelli large, closer to midline than to inner margin of eyes and equidistant between anterior and posterior margins of crown, or slightly closer to posterior margin. Head, in lateral view (Figs 2, 14), with crown-face transition distinct, thin, with two distinct carinae; clypeus slightly inflated. Head, in ventral view (Fig. 3), with face slightly wider than high; frons approximately 1.1 x higher than wide, texture shagreen or slightly striated, surface below crown-face transition slightly excavated; frontogenal suture distant from eye margin slightly more than the diameter of antennal scape, reaching antennal ledges but not exceeding them; antennal ledges carinate and oblique, slightly extended over frons by a short distance; gena with ventrolateral margin straight; maxillary plate produced ventrally, almost reaching the clypeus apex; clypeus higher than wide, lateral margins straight and parallel, apical margin slightly emarginate medially. Pronotum, in dorsal view (Figs 1, 13), with transverse striae on disc and posterior third; anterior margin rounded; lateral margins convergent anterad, slightly longer than eye length; posterior margin slightly excavated; in lateral view (Figs 2, 14), moderately declivous anteriorly, continuous with head declivity. Mesonotum (Figs 1, 13), slightly wider than long. Scutellum (Figs 2, 14) not inflated. Forewing (Fig. 4) with crossvein m-cu 1 just distad of R + M bifurcation, crossvein m-cu 2 basad of crossvein r-m 1; appendix narrow; apex rounded. Profemur, elongated, 4 x longer than high; AD, AM, and PD rows reduced and poorly defined, except for apical setae AD 1, AM 1 and PD 1 respectively; AV and PV rows formed by 6 – 7 setae; AV row extending from base to beginning of IC row, PV row with longer setae than the AV, extending from base to apex. Protibia, in cross-section, more or less cylindrical, with longitudinal carina adjacent to PD row; AV row formed by long setae, gradually increasing in thickness and length towards apex; dorsal rows with AD 1 and PD 1 setae developed; AD formed by many small undifferentiated setae; PD row with 3 (R. indivisa sp. nov.) or 7 – 8 (R. rubera) long setae and intercalary small undifferentiated setae; PV row with 3 setae on apical half and small undifferentiated setae. Hind leg with femoral setal formula 2: 2: 1; tibial rows PD, AD, and AV with 23, 12, and 12 – 13 macrosetae, respectively; AD row without intercalary setae between macrosetae; PV row with setae of apical half formed by sequence of 1 slightly thicker and 5 – 6 thinner setae, ending with a thick seta; first tarsomere inner row with 6 – 8 small, non cucullate setae on plantar surface, outer row absent; apex with 3 platellae; second tarsomere pecten with 2 platellae; first and second tarsomeres flanked by 2 tapered lateral setae on inner and 1 on external corner. Male terminalia. Sternite VIII (Fig. 5), in ventral view, strongly convex; approximately as wide as long, lateral margins rounded; posterior margin slightly emarginated. Pygofer (Figs 6, 7) subtriangular in lateral view, slender and long, tapering towards the apex; with inner basidorsal process short and slender; numerous macrosetae distributed over the entire apical half; apex rounded. Anal tube membranous. Valve wider than long; integument thickened only at anterior margin. Subgenital plate (Figs 6, 8) long, reaching the median third of pygofer in lateral view; dorsal surface and outer lateral margin densely covered by numerous long hair-like setae. Connective (Fig. 9) Y-shaped in dorsal view, stem developed, arms broad. Style, in dorsal view (Fig 9), with outer lobe moderately developed and subquadrate; in lateral view (Fig 10), blade long and tubular, ventral margin smooth with a small subapical tooth, apex directed dorsally. Aedeagus (Figs 11, 12, 16 – 21) with preatrium short; dorsal apodeme well developed and laterally expanded, without processes; shaft tubular, elongated and slender, directed dorsally, with a pair of subapical asymmetrical processes; apex membranous.	en	Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa, Prando, Jádila Santos, Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz (2025): Review of the genus Tenuacia DeLong (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), including two new species and Rubacea DeLong raised to generic status. Zootaxa 5604 (3): 361-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8
D861BE45FF85CD580CB8FC62AFE7FDF9.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Peru.	en	Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa, Prando, Jádila Santos, Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz (2025): Review of the genus Tenuacia DeLong (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), including two new species and Rubacea DeLong raised to generic status. Zootaxa 5604 (3): 361-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8
D861BE45FF85CD580CB8FC62AFE7FDF9.taxon	discussion	Remarks. DeLong (1977) described and illustrated the holotype of Tenuacia (Rubacea) rubera as if it had a symmetrical aedeagus (DeLong 1977: 89, fig. 10). However, we examined the aedeagus of the holotype and found that it is asymmetrical, with the right process short and unbranched (Figs 16 – 18). We also examined the aedeagus of two more specimens from Cuzco, Peru, which are identical to the holotype (Figs 19 – 21). In our opinion, DeLong interpreted this asymmetry as a malformation of the specimen, and provided an illustration of what he imagined the normal condition of the aedeagus would be, without communicating this fact. The subgenera Rubacea and Tenuacia share some characteristics, including: dorsal coloration with few symmetrical dark spots on a yellow background on the head and pronotum, and forewing with numerous small dark spots or lines (some resembling crossveins) and larger dark areas (Figs 26, 27, 35, 36); crown with anterior margin rounded and slightly projected over anterior margin of eye (Figs 1, 25); ocelli equidistant from anterior and posterior margins of crown (Figs 1, 25); crown-face transition distinct and thin (Figs 2, 26); frons excavated below crown-face transition (Figs 3, 27); subgenital plates with dense patches of hair-like setae (Figs 8, 21); and aedeagus with asymmetrical subapical processes (Figs 12, 18, 21, 37). However, the pattern of male genitalia is completely different between these taxa. In Rubacea the pygofer is long and narrow with an inner slender basidorsal process (Fig. 6), while in Tenuacia the pygofer is short with a robust ventrocaudal process (Figs 30 – 32); Rubacea has a Y-shaped connective (Fig. 9), whereas in Tenuacia it is Vshaped (Fig. 34); the style in Rubacea has a preapical tooth on the ventral margin and apex narrow (Fig. 10), while in Tenuacia the ventral margin lacks a preapical tooth and the apex is enlarged (Fig. 35); and lastly, the aedeagus in Rubacea lacks apodemal processes (Fig. 11), whereas in Tenuacia the paired apodemal processes are conspicuous (Fig. 36). In addition to the characteristics of the male genitalia, Rubacea differs from Tenuacia by the shorter crown with median length about half the interocular width (Figs 1, 13), while in Tenuacia the median length is about three-fifths of the interocular width (Figs 22, 25); the antennal ledges are obliquely descending in Rucabea (Fig. 3), but obliquely ascending and adjacent to anterior margin of crown in Tenuacia (Fig. 27); and, in Rubacea, the forewing has an unusually narrow appendix (Fig. 4), while Tenuacia has a broad appendix (Fig. 28). Furthermore, there is a significant contrast in the geographical distribution of Rubacea and Tenuacia species. The species of Rubacea are only recorded from the highlands of Peru, while Tenuacia species are found in the moist rainforest of Mesoamerica (Fig. 38). Given this distribution and the clear morphological difference between the species of Rubacea and Tenuacia, we propose here to elevate Rubacea to the generic rank. In addition to Tenuacia, Rubacea shares several similarities with Coarctana Domahovski & Cavichioli, 2023, including the crown with a pair of pos-ocellar maculae and fine transverse striae; anterior margin of crown slightly projected over the anterior margin of eyes; ocelli equidistant between the anterior and posterior margins of crown (although in some Coarctana species, the ocelli are slightly closer to the anterior margin); crown-face transition distinct and thin; antennal ledges carinate and obliquely descending; forewings with mottled maculae (absent in some Coarctana species) and with appendix reduced; male pygofer with a short basidorsal process; subgenital plates with long hair-like setae; and aedeagus with processes on apical portion of the shaft. However, Rubacea differs from Coarctana by having a shorter crown, ocelli closer to the median line (closer to the inner margin of the eyes in Coarctana), crown-face transition with two carinae (3 – 6 carinae in Coarctana), metatibia without intercalary setae on AD row (present in Coarctana), connective with developed stem (stem usually reduced in Coarctana); and aedeagus without apodemal processes (present in Coarctana). Species of Rubacea DeLong, 1977 stat. nov.	en	Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa, Prando, Jádila Santos, Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz (2025): Review of the genus Tenuacia DeLong (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), including two new species and Rubacea DeLong raised to generic status. Zootaxa 5604 (3): 361-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8
D861BE45FF81CD580CB8FD22AEECF809.taxon	description	(Figs 1 – 12)	en	Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa, Prando, Jádila Santos, Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz (2025): Review of the genus Tenuacia DeLong (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), including two new species and Rubacea DeLong raised to generic status. Zootaxa 5604 (3): 361-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8
D861BE45FF81CD580CB8FD22AEECF809.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Face (Fig. 3) almost completely black. Male sternite VIII (Fig. 5) with lateroventral margins expanded, forming a lateral lobe on middle third. Male pygofer (Fig. 6) with dorsal margin slightly excavated. Subgenital plate (Fig. 8) obovate, expanded apically. Aedeagus (Figs 11, 12) shaft with subapical processes unbranched, elongated and slender, directed dorsally with apices acute. Total length. Males, 9.0 – 9.1 mm (n = 2).	en	Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa, Prando, Jádila Santos, Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz (2025): Review of the genus Tenuacia DeLong (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), including two new species and Rubacea DeLong raised to generic status. Zootaxa 5604 (3): 361-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8
D861BE45FF81CD580CB8FD22AEECF809.taxon	description	Description. Frons (Fig. 3) with irregular striae. Other external morphological characters as in generic description. Coloration. Face (Fig. 3) black, anterior margin of crown, antennal pits, and antennal ledges, yellow; gena with subtriangular macula, below eye, adjacent to margin, yellow. Pronotum (Fig. 1) with brown punctures. Other coloration characters as in generic description. Male terminalia. Sternite VIII, in ventral view (Fig. 5), approximately 1.1 x wider than long; lateroventral margins expanded, forming a lateral lobe on middle third; posterior margin slightly emarginated. Valve, in ventral view, with posterior margin rounded. Pygofer, in lateral view (Fig. 6), approximately 2.6 x longer than high; basidorsal process elongated and slender, directed ventrally; dorsal margin slightly excavated; basiventral margin broadly rounded; apex strongly tapered, but rounded; in dorsal view (Fig. 7) with lateral lobes slightly internally curved preapically. Subgenital plates, in lateral view (Fig. 6), extending to apical half of pygofer; obovate in ventral view (Fig. 8), expanded apically; approximately 3.5 x longer than maximum width; lateral margins slightly rounded; dorsal and outer lateral surface with hair-like setae throughout apical two-thirds; apex rounded. Connective, in dorsal view (Fig. 9), about one-third as long as style. Style in lateral view (Fig. 10), with blade slightly sinuous at apical portion; apex rounded. Aedeagus (Figs 11, 12) shaft with subapical processes asymmetrical, elongated and slender, directed dorsally, left process one-third longer than the right process, apices acute. Female. Unknown.	en	Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa, Prando, Jádila Santos, Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz (2025): Review of the genus Tenuacia DeLong (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), including two new species and Rubacea DeLong raised to generic status. Zootaxa 5604 (3): 361-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8
D861BE45FF81CD580CB8FD22AEECF809.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name of the species alludes to the processes of the aedeagus, which are undivided (Figs 11, 12), unlike the processes of Rubacea rubera, which are bifid.	en	Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa, Prando, Jádila Santos, Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz (2025): Review of the genus Tenuacia DeLong (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), including two new species and Rubacea DeLong raised to generic status. Zootaxa 5604 (3): 361-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8
D861BE45FF81CD580CB8FD22AEECF809.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Male holotype: “ Peru, Pasco Department, \ P. N. Yanachaga Chemillén, \ Puesto de Control Huampal, \ 1050 m., 05. x. 2002 \ 10 ° 11 ’ 08 ” S, 075 ° 34 ’ 25 ” W, \ D. M. Takiya ” “ DNA voucher: \ Entomologia DZRJ \ ENT 2422 ” (MUSM); Paratype: 1 ♂, “ Peru, Cuzco, Estrada 30 C, \ 26 Km W Quincemil \ 23. viii. 2012 (light) \ 13 º 21 ’ 18 ” S 70 º 53 ’ 22 ” W \ 985 m R. R. Cavichioli ” (DZUP). Notes. Rubacea indivisa sp. nov. is very similar to R. rubacea. However, the new species differs mainly in having non-bifurcated subapical processes of the aedeagus (Figs 11, 12), while in R. rubacea the subapical process of the left side is bifid apically (Figs 16 – 21).	en	Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa, Prando, Jádila Santos, Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz (2025): Review of the genus Tenuacia DeLong (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), including two new species and Rubacea DeLong raised to generic status. Zootaxa 5604 (3): 361-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8
D861BE45FF82CD550CB8FF7EAED9FA11.taxon	description	(Figs 22 – 37)	en	Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa, Prando, Jádila Santos, Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz (2025): Review of the genus Tenuacia DeLong (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), including two new species and Rubacea DeLong raised to generic status. Zootaxa 5604 (3): 361-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8
D861BE45FF82CD550CB8FF7EAED9FA11.taxon	type_taxon	Type-species: Tenuacia (Tenuacia) macera DeLong, 1977.	en	Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa, Prando, Jádila Santos, Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz (2025): Review of the genus Tenuacia DeLong (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), including two new species and Rubacea DeLong raised to generic status. Zootaxa 5604 (3): 361-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8
D861BE45FF82CD550CB8FF7EAED9FA11.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Medium-sized leafhoppers. Crown (Figs 22, 25) without distinct macula; moderately produced, median length as long than length next to eyes; anterior margin rounded and slightly projected over anterior margin of eye; surface with fine transverse parallel striae. Ocelli (Figs 22, 25) equidistant from midline and inner margin of the eyes and equidistant from anterior and posterior margins of crown. Crown-face transition (Figs 23, 26) distinct and thin, with two distinct carinae. Frontogenal sutures (Fig. 27) distant from eye margins by a little more than the diameter of the antennal scape. Antennal ledge (Fig. 27) carinate, obliquely ascending and adjacent to anterior margin of crown. Clypeus (Fig. 27) slightly expanded apically. Forewing (Fig. 28) pale brown with several small dark brown mottled maculae; appendix developed. Male pygofer (Figs 30 – 32) short, with distinct long ventrocaudal process. Subgenital plate (Figs 30, 33) longer than pygofer in lateral view; outer lateral margin with several long hair-like setae. Connective (Fig. 34) V or D-shaped in dorsal view. Style (Figs 34, 35) with outer lateral lobe developed in dorsal view; blade with ventral margin serrated, apex rounded with subapical tooth on dorsal margin. Aedeagus (Figs 36, 37) with dorsal apodeme well developed with a pair of apodemal processes strongly expanded caudally; shaft with a pair of subapical processes. Coloration. Background yellow (Figs 22, 23, 25, 26). Crown (Figs 22, 25) without distinct maculae. Face (Fig. 27) light brown, with black areas on gena, bellow the eye. Pronotum (Figs 22, 25) with or without dark irregular maculae on anterior third; proepimeron black (Fig. 26) or dark brown with a black transverse band bellow dorsopleural carina (Fig. 23). Mesonotum (Figs 22, 25) yellow with dark basilateral angles. Forewing (Figs 22, 23, 25, 26, 28) pale brown hyaline with dark brown small mottled maculae distributed throughout the wing, clavus with larger yellow areas; costal area with yellow spots on basal half. Legs (Figs 23, 26) yellow with black portions.	en	Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa, Prando, Jádila Santos, Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz (2025): Review of the genus Tenuacia DeLong (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), including two new species and Rubacea DeLong raised to generic status. Zootaxa 5604 (3): 361-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8
D861BE45FF82CD550CB8FF7EAED9FA11.taxon	description	Description. Head in dorsal view (Figs 22, 25) with transocular width about four-fifths of pronotum humeral width; crown moderately produced, median length about three-fifths of interocular width, anterior and posterior margins parallel, median length as long than length next to eyes, anterior margin rounded and slightly projected over anterior margin of eye, surface with fine transverse parallel striae; coronal suture distinct and long, almost reaching the anterior margin of crown; ocelli large, equidistant between midline and inner margin of the eyes and equidistant between anterior and posterior margins of crown. Head in lateral view (Figs 23, 26) with crown-face transition distinct, thin, with two distinct carinae; clypeus not inflated. Head in ventral view (Fig. 27) with face approximately as wide as high; frons approximately 1.3 x higher than wide, texture shagreen, surface just below crown-face transition excavated; frontogenal suture distant from eye margin by a little larger than diameter of antennal scape, reaching to antennal ledges; antennal ledges carinated and horizontal, slightly advancing over frons; gena with ventrolateral margin straight; maxillary plate produced ventrally, almost reaching clypeus apex; clypeus higher than wide, lateral margins diverging to apex, apical margin emarginated. Pronotum, in dorsal view (Figs 22, 25), with transverse striae on disc and posterior third; anterior margin rounded; lateral margins convergent anterad, slightly longer than eye length; posterior margin slightly excavated; in lateral view (Figs 23, 26), moderately declivous anteriorly, continuous with head declivity. Mesonotum (Figs 22, 25) slightly wider than long. Scutellum (Figs 23, 26) not inflated. Forewing (Fig. 28) with crossvein m-cu 1 just after the bifurcation of the R + M veins, crossvein m-cu 2 anterior to crossvein r-m 1; appendix developed, as wide as the maximum width of the first apical cell; apex rounded. Profemur, elongated, 4 x longer than high; AD, AM, and PD rows reduced and poorly defined, except for apical setae AD 1, AM 1 and PD 1 respectively; AV row reduced and poorly defined; PV row formed by 6 – 7 longer setae, extending from base to apex. Protibia, in cross-section, semi-rectangular, with longitudinal carina adjacent to PD row; AV row formed by long setae, gradually increasing in thickness and length towards apex; dorsal rows with AD 1 and PD 1 setae developed; AD formed by many small undifferentiated setae; PD row with 5 long setae and intercalary small undifferentiated setae; PV row with small undifferentiated setae. Hind leg with femoral setal formula 2: 2: 1; tibial rows PD, AD, and AV with 23 – 25, 12, and 15 macrosetae, respectively; AD row without intercalary setae between macrosetae; first tarsomere inner row with 6 – 8 small, non cucullate setae on plantar surface, outer row absent; apex with 3 platellae; second tarsomere pecten with 2 platellae; first and second tarsomeres flanked by 2 tapered lateral setae on inner and 1 on external corner. Male terminalia. Sternite VIII (Fig. 29) approximately as wide as long in ventral view, lateral margins straight, posterior margin emarginated. Pygofer (Figs 30 – 32) in lateral view short; with distinct long ventrocaudal process, directed inwards; several macrosetae distributed over entire apical third; apex rounded. Anal tube slightly sclerotized. Valve wider than long; thickening of the integument only at anterior margin; posterior margin excavated medially. Subgenital plate (Figs 30, 33) longer than pygofer in lateral view; outer lateral margin with several long hair-like setae. Connective (Fig. 34) V or D-shaped in dorsal view, stem undeveloped, arms broad. Style, in dorsal view (Fig 34), with outer lateral lobe moderately developed and rounded; blade long and slightly compressed laterally in lateral view (Fig 35), ventral margin serrated, apex rounded with subapical tooth on dorsal margin. Aedeagus (Figs 36, 37) in lateral view with preatrium short; atrium produced ventrocaudally; dorsal apodeme well developed with a pair of processes strongly expanded caudally; shaft tubular, elongated and slender, directed dorsally, with a paired subapical processes.	en	Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa, Prando, Jádila Santos, Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz (2025): Review of the genus Tenuacia DeLong (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), including two new species and Rubacea DeLong raised to generic status. Zootaxa 5604 (3): 361-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8
D861BE45FF82CD550CB8FF7EAED9FA11.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama.	en	Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa, Prando, Jádila Santos, Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz (2025): Review of the genus Tenuacia DeLong (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), including two new species and Rubacea DeLong raised to generic status. Zootaxa 5604 (3): 361-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8
D861BE45FF82CD550CB8FF7EAED9FA11.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Tenuacia resembles the genus Dumorpha DeLong & Freytag, 1975 which is distributed in Venezuela, Belize, Panama and Brazil. However, the only Brazilian records are based on a female paratype of Dumorpha dedeca DeLong & Freytag, 1975 from Pernambuco, on the Northeast portion of the country. Considering this suspicious distribution and the fact that no other specimens of Dumorpha are known in from the Brazilian collections, this identification may be erroneous or a mislabeled specimen. Species of Tenuacia and Dumorpha share the following characteristics: crown moderately produced with fine transverse striae, anterior margin rounded and expanded over the eyes; ocelli large; crown-face transition distinct and thin; forewing with dark mottled maculae; subgenital plate with hair-like setae; and aedeagus with processes on the dorsal apodeme. However, Tenuacia differs from Dumorpha by the position of the ocelli: while in Tenuacia the ocelli are equidistant from the midline and the lateral margin of eyes and from the anterior and posterior margins of crown (Figs 22, 25), in Dumorpha the ocelli are closer to eyes and closer to anterior margin of crown. Furthermore, the crown-face transition in Tenuacia has two distinct carinae and is thin, almost foliaceus (Figs 23, 26), whereas in Dumorpha there are 3 – 4 carinae and the transition is thicker; in Tenuacia the forewing has a wide appendix (Fig. 28), but in Dumorpha the appendix is narrower; the male pygofer of Tenuacia bears a distinct ventrocaudal process (Figs 30 – 32), while in Dumorpha the pygofer generally does not have processes, or if present, it is small and dorsoapical; and finally, in Tenuacia the processes of the dorsal apodeme are strongly expanded caudally (Fig. 36), whereas in Dumorpha the processes of the dorsal apodeme are slender.	en	Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa, Prando, Jádila Santos, Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz (2025): Review of the genus Tenuacia DeLong (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), including two new species and Rubacea DeLong raised to generic status. Zootaxa 5604 (3): 361-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8
D861BE45FF8CCD570CB8FA0DAC8AFBB6.taxon	description	(Figs 25 – 37)	en	Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa, Prando, Jádila Santos, Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz (2025): Review of the genus Tenuacia DeLong (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), including two new species and Rubacea DeLong raised to generic status. Zootaxa 5604 (3): 361-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8
D861BE45FF8CCD570CB8FA0DAC8AFBB6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male pygofer (Figs 30 – 32) subquadrate in lateral view; caudal margin emarginated on the ventral half, bearing an elongated process directed inward, process apex with small teeth at apical portion. Subgenital plate (Fig. 33) with outer lateral margin expanded on basal portion. Style, in lateral view (Fig. 35), with blade straight, constricted subapically. Aedeagus (Figs 36, 37) apodemal processes with apical half strongly tapered; ventral margin expanded ventrally, forming a ventrocaudal lobe; shaft with subapical processes spiniform and positioned asymmetrically, right process very close to the apex, left process slightly further from the apex. Total length. Males, 8.6 – 8.7 mm (n = 2).	en	Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa, Prando, Jádila Santos, Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz (2025): Review of the genus Tenuacia DeLong (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), including two new species and Rubacea DeLong raised to generic status. Zootaxa 5604 (3): 361-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8
D861BE45FF8CCD570CB8FA0DAC8AFBB6.taxon	description	Description. External morphological characters as in generic description. Coloration. Face (Fig. 27) with dorsal two-thirds light brown, ventral third yellow; frons with dark transverse bands over the muscular impressions; large dark macula adjacent to the inner margin of eye; clypeus with a pair of small dark maculae near apical margin. Pronotum (Fig. 25) with a pair of small median dark spots near anterior margin. Proepimeron (Fig. 26) black. Forewing (Fig. 28) with membrane mostly brown, clavus with a broad yellow stripe adjacent to basal margin and with a large light brown subtriangular area throughout the apical half of the clavus; light brown area between the external anteapical cell and the costal margin. Other coloration characters as in generic description. Male terminalia. Sternite VIII, in ventral view (Fig. 29), approximately 1.1 x wider than long; laterocaudal angles rounded. Valve, in ventral view, about 2.2 x wider than long; deeply emarginated medially. Pygofer, in lateral view (Fig. 30), subquadrate, approximately 1.1 x longer than high; dorsal margin straight; caudal margin emarginated on ventral half bearing an elongated process inner directed, in dorsal view (Fig. 31) with ventrocaudal process slightly spatulate at apex with small teeth in apical portion, slightly curved dorsally in caudal view (Fig. 32). Subgenital plates, in lateral view (Fig. 30), slightly surpassing the apex of pygofer; in ventral view (Fig. 33), approximately 3.9 x longer than maximum width; inner lateral margin almost straight, outer lateral margin expanded on basal portion, with a group of hair-like setae; ventral surface with several hair-like setae concentrated in basal half and few hair-like setae at apex; apex rounded. Connective, in dorsal view (Fig. 34), D-shaped, about one-fifth of styles length. Style, in lateral view (Fig. 35), with blade straight, constricted subapically; ventral margin serrated on apical two-thirds; apex slightly truncated. Aedeagus (Figs 36, 37) in lateral view with apodemal processes as long as the shaft; apical half strongly tapered; ventral margin expanded ventrally, forming a ventrocaudal lobe; shaft long and tubular, directed dorsally and slightly curved anteriorly; subapical processes spiniform and positioned asymmetrically, right process very close to the apex, left process slightly further from the apex. Female. Unknown.	en	Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa, Prando, Jádila Santos, Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz (2025): Review of the genus Tenuacia DeLong (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), including two new species and Rubacea DeLong raised to generic status. Zootaxa 5604 (3): 361-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8
D861BE45FF8CCD570CB8FA0DAC8AFBB6.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The new species epithet alludes to Quetzal Reserve where the specimens were collected. The name is a noun in apposition.	en	Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa, Prando, Jádila Santos, Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz (2025): Review of the genus Tenuacia DeLong (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), including two new species and Rubacea DeLong raised to generic status. Zootaxa 5604 (3): 361-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8
D861BE45FF8CCD570CB8FA0DAC8AFBB6.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Male holotype: “ Guatemala, Quetzal \ Reserve; Dept. Baja Verapaz; \ 15 ° 12 ’ 55 ” N, 90 ° 13 ’ 09 ” W; \ 13 – 15 July \ 2009 \ T. McCabe; 1700 m. ” “ DNA voucher: \ Entomologia DZRJ \ ENT 2421 ” (NMNH); Paratype: 1 ♂: same holotype data, (NMNH). Notes. Tenuacia quetzali sp. nov. is very similar to T. macera. However, Tenuacia quetzali sp. nov. differs in having the caudal process of the pygofer directed inwards, with a spatulate apex and with small teeth in the apical portion (Figs 31, 32), whereas in T. macera it is directed caudally and with an acute apex (DeLong 1977: 89, fig. 5); and by the shape of the apodemal processes, which are narrow in the apical half, with a distinct ventrocaudal lobe (Fig. 36), while in T. macera it is tapered in the apical third, without a ventrocaudal lobe (DeLong, 1977: 89, fig. 2).	en	Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa, Prando, Jádila Santos, Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz (2025): Review of the genus Tenuacia DeLong (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini), including two new species and Rubacea DeLong raised to generic status. Zootaxa 5604 (3): 361-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.8
