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Description of the immature stadia of Balacha melanocephala (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini) with biological notes
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- 1. Laboratório de Sistemática de Hemiptera, 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. Laboratório de Sistemática e Biogeografia de Hemiptera, Departamento de Zoologia, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Caixa Postal 19020, Curitiba, PR, 81531-980, Brasil.
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Quintas, Victor, Prando, Jádila S., Alasmar, Luísa, Domahovski, Alexandre C., Timóteo, Ágatha, Mejdalani, Gabriel (2026): Description of the immature stadia of Balacha melanocephala (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini) with biological notes. Zootaxa 5768 (4): 563-575, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5768.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5768.4.6
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