Ackbaria vermiformis Campodonico & Zahniser

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 : 22

Ackbaria vermiformis Campodonico & Zahniser

( Figs. 5–6 , 94U–V )

Ackbaria vermiformis Campodonico & Zahniser, 2017: 386 [original description, morphology, illustration]; Freytag & Gaiani, 2017 [online catalogue]

Diagnosis. A. vermiformis can be distinguished from other species in the genus by the male pygofer and usually apex of female tergite VIII darkly pigmented, male tergite VIII and female tergites VII and VIII with macrosetae; aedeagus relatively more slender, apex with anterodorsal flange, without distinct lateral flange

Material examined. Specimens listed in Campodonico & Zahniser (2017) were again examined here.

Distribution. Known from Argentina (La Pampa and Entre Ríos Provinces), and Chile (Malleco and Arauco Provinces).

Figures

FIGUIRE 5. Ackbaria ojosverdes n. sp., SEM images. (Q) dorsal view, head to middle of forewing, left forewing removed. (R) left side of crown. (S) face. (T) female, dorsal view of last two abdominal segments and pygofer.

FIGUIRE 6. Distribution of Ackbaria and Dietrichana n.gen.

FIGUIRE 94. SEM images of hindwings and associated terga of some Faltalini. (Q–R) Hecullus bracteatus ♀; Q & R, scale = 0.25 mm. (S–T) Faltala paradellae ♀; S, scale = 0.25 mm; T, scale = 0.10 mm. (U–V) Ackbaria vermiformis ♀; U, scale = 0.25 mm; V, scale = 0.15 mm.