Texananus, Ball, 1918

Dmitriev, Dmitry, 2009, Nymphs of some Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) with description of a new tribe, ZooKeys 29 (29), pp. 13-33 : 18

Texananus sp. (Fig. 1D, E)

Material. USA, 1 ♁, Illinois, Hardin Co., Camp Cadiz, 14 VI 1996 (Dietrich).

Description. Coloration brownish, color pattern consists of numerous confluent dark brown specks. Crown with pale sutures and pale posterior margin. Pronotum with pale posterior margin; metanotum with two dark spots at posterior margin; hind wing pad apices pale. Abdomen with pale setal areolae; middle part of tergites and sides of tergites V and VI pale. Femora with dark rings, tibiae with longitudinal stripes, setal areolae dark. Body length 4.3 mm; head width 1.6 mm.

Notes. Nymphs of Texananus are morphologically similar to nymphs of Phlepsius and may be transferred to the subtribe Platymetopiina .