Krameragallia, Gonçalves, Ana Clara & Nielson, Mervin William, 2011

Gonçalves, Ana Clara & Nielson, Mervin William, 2011, A new genus, Krameragallia, a segregate from the Neogeic genus Agalliopsis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae), Zootaxa 2748, pp. 29-37 : 30

Krameragallia gen. nov.

Type-species: Agalliopsis rex Kramer, 1960

Very large, slender species. Posterior margin of crown slightly sinuate behind eyes. General color black; forewings red with distinct black maculae distally.

Crown in dorsal view shorter medially than next to eyes; distance between ocelli greater than distance of each ocellus and adjacent eye; pronotum in lateral view humped, surface finely transversely striate. Profemur without any prominent setae. Pro-, meso- and metathoracic tibiae quadrangular in transverse section; prothoracic tibiae with ten setae; metathoracic femur with setal formula 2:1:0. First tarsomere terminated by row of setae and platellae in following sequence from lateral to medial surface: one regular seta, one elongate platellae, and one short, one elongate and one short setae.

Subgenital plates very elongate, fused to valve. Aedeagus very elongate, shaft almost ribbon-like; apex with one pair of elongate lateral processes on each side. Segment X bearing well developed hook-like processes. Female genitalia unique, unlike any other known Agalliini , with first valvifer very well developed, hook-shaped and bearing several scattered spiniform processes.

Etymology. The genus is named in honor of Dr. James P. Kramer, retired, former U. S. D. A. Research Entomologist affiliated with the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D. C. whose outstanding contributions have immeasurably advanced our knowledge of leafhopper systematics.