Neozygina expanda, Dietrich & Dmitriev, 2007

Dietrich, C. H. & Dmitriev, D. A., 2007, Revision of the New World leafhopper genus Neozygina Dietrich & Dmitriev (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), Zootaxa 1475, pp. 27-42 : 40

publication ID	11755334
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:94D58D6A-8BB6-428F-BB98-91FA42CF1614
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5077738
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CC87D9-FF89-FFB9-DBA4-FC622FBA9405
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Neozygina expanda
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Neozygina expanda View in CoL n. sp.

( Figs. 1V, 4J–K)

Diagnosis. Length of male 2.6 mm, female 3.1 mm. Closely resembling N. argentiniensis , but differing as follows: pygofer with dorsal appendage extended to apex; aedeagal shaft ( Figs. 4J, K) in lateral view more strongly divergent from dorsal apodeme and with posterior margin evenly curved, processes formed by bifid apex strongly expanded and convergent distally.

Material examined. Holotype male, ARGENTINA: La Rioja, Dept. Famatina, 10 km N Famatina, Hwy. 40, Sierra de Toro Negro , 4,450ft., 28.9591°S, 67.4705°W, 15/ 20 October 1997 (M.E. Irwin, F. D. Parker, S. Roig, Malaise trap, MEI 97-35) [ INHS] GoogleMaps . Paratype, 1 female, same data [ INHS] GoogleMaps .

Note. The specific name refers to the expanded aedeagal apex, which distinguishes this species from other South American Neozygina .