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Exploring the diversity of leafhoppers from Brazil: five new species of Erythrogonia Melichar (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini)

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  • 1. Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Avenida Bartolomeu de Gusmão, 875, São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20941-160, Brasil
  • 2. Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Caixa Postal 68044, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-971, Brasil
  • 3. Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Avenida Bartolomeu de Gusmão, 875, São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20941-160, Brasil & Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Avenida Bartolomeu de Gusmão, 875, São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20941-160, Brasil

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Quintas, Victor, Silva, Adriane P., Takiya, Daniela M., Mejdalani, Gabriel (2025): Exploring the diversity of leafhoppers from Brazil: five new species of Erythrogonia Melichar (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini). Zootaxa 5686 (2): 249-269, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5686.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.2.5

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