Revision of the New World leafhopper genus Neozygina Dietrich & Dmitriev (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini)
Author
Dietrich, C. H.
Author
Dmitriev, D. A.
text
Zootaxa
2007
2007-05-17
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Neozygina expanda
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
]
.
Paratype
,
1 female
, same data [
INHS
]
.
Note.
The specific name refers to the expanded aedeagal apex, which distinguishes this species from other South American
Neozygina
.