Published July 7, 2026 | Version v1

Agudus superbus Linnavuori 1959

  • 1. Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, 1816 S. Oak St., Champaign, IL 61820, USA.
  • 2. United States Department of Agriculture, APHIS-PPQ-NIS, MRC- 168, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P. O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013 - 7012, USA

Description

Agudus superbus Linnavuori, 1959

(Figs. 2P, 4E–F, 6I–L, 8H)

Agudus superbus Linnavuori, 1959 b: 88

Material examined. ARGENTINA: Loreto, Misiones, XII-10-1931, AA Ogloblin (6 males, 2 females, 1 sex undet.; one of these males with label USNMENT02110683). Same locality, XII-12-1931 (1 male); XII-1-1931 (1 male); XII-4-1931 / USNMENT02110493 (1 male); XII-18-1931 (1 male); XII-6-1931 / allotype (1 female) [all USNM].

Notes. This species was described based on three specimens from Misiones Province, Argentina. It differs from other red-striped species of Agudus in having the scutellum almost completely red and the aedeagus with three pairs of apical processes. No recently collected specimens of this species have been found, despite recent sampling in grasslands throughout northern Argentina, suggesting that this species is now extremely rare or extinct (see above notes under A. longiceps).

Notes

Published as part of Dietrich, Christopher H. & Zahniser, James N., 2026, Review of the endemic South American grassland leafhopper genus Agudus Oman (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Paralimnini), pp. 545-562 in Zootaxa 5845 (3) on pages 556-557, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5845.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/21239134

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
USNM , USNMENT
Material sample ID
USNMENT02110493 , USNMENT02110683
Event date
1931-12-01 , 1931-12-04 , 1931-12-06 , 1931-12-10 , 1931-12-12 , 1931-12-18
Verbatim event date
1931-12-01 , 1931-12-04 , 1931-12-06 , 1931-12-10 , 1931-12-12 , 1931-12-18
Scientific name authorship
Linnavuori
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Agudus
Species
superbus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
allotype
Taxonomic concept label
Agudus superbus Linnavuori, 1959 sec. Dietrich & Zahniser, 2026

References

  • Linnavuori, R. E. (1959) Revision of the Neotropical Deltocephalinae and some related subfamilies (Homoptera). Annales Zoologici Societatis Zoologicae-Botanicae Fennicae ' Vanamo', 20 (1), 1-370.