Kramerana linnavuorii DeLong & Thambimuttu

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 : 81-82

Kramerana linnavuorii DeLong & Thambimuttu

( Figs. 49A 4 , 49B 4 , 51H 3 , 51I , 53 )

Kramerana linnavuorii DeLong & Thambimuttu, 1973: 165–167 [original description, illustration, morphology]; Zanol, 2008: 45 [catalogue]; Zahniser, 2007 [online catalogue]; Freytag & Gaiani, 2017 [online catalogue]

Diagnosis. K. linnavuorii can be distinguished from other species in the genus by its relatively large size (male 5.0 mm), pygofer with distinct posteroventral tooth, aedeagus short and broad and without narrow shaft extending dorsally from broad aedeagal base, and aedeagus apex bifid on anterior side.

Material examined. Two ♂ paratypes: CHILE, Salta de Laja , 21-XII-1967, D.M. DeLong coll. [ OSUC #457999 (body missing from point-mount), 458000]

Distribution. This species is known only from the type locality in Chile (Biobío Region).

Figures

FIGUIRE 3. Ackbaria jujuyensis n. sp. (A–B, D–I) standard views; A & B, male; F shown with valve and plate separated. (Q) style apex, lateral view.

FIGUIRE 4. Ackbaria ojosverdes n. sp. (A–B, D–J) standard views; A1 & B, female; A2, male.

FIGUIRE 49. Kramerana spp. (A–B, J) standard views; A1 & B1, male of K. mella; A2, male of K. adusta; A3 & B3, male holotype of K. hypera; A4 & B4, K. linnavuorii; J, K. mella.

FIGUIRE 51. Kramerana junina, K. hypera, and K. linnavuorii. (H, I, K–P) standard views; K–P & H2, K. junina; H1, K. hypera (H1 & H2 taken side by side at same scale for comparison). (H3, I), K. linnavuorii [OSUC458000; right side of sclerotized plate of phragma attached to base of aedeagus, left side removed]; (Q–R) K. junina, SEM images; Q, face; R, head, pronotum, and scutellum (part), dorsal view.

FIGUIRE 53. Distribution of Kramerana and Paraclorindaia n.gen.