Kramerana mella DeLong & Thambimuttu
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Kramerana mella DeLong & Thambimuttu
(Figs. 49A 1, 49B 1, 49J, 53)
Kramerana mella DeLong & Thambimuttu, 1973: 167–168 [original description, illustration, morphology]; Zanol, 2008: 45 [catalogue]; Zahniser, 2007 [online catalogue]; Freytag & Gaiani, 2017 [online catalogue]
Diagnosis. K. mella can be distinguished from other species in the genus by its size (male, 4.0 mm), pygofer without distinct posteroventral tooth, aedeagus with broad base and with narrow shaft arising posterodorsally from base, aedeagus apex with short flanges arising from laterally, and aedeagus posteroventral corner distinct– sharply angled and projecting outward.
Material examined. Three ♂ paratypes: CHILE, Malleco Prov., 23-XII-1967, D.M. DeLong coll. [OSUC #457991, 458001, 458002]. 2♂, 2♀: CHILE, Malleco Prov., Nahuelbuta, ~ 8km W Angol, 37º49’S 72º48’W, 850m, 26-I-2017, J.F. Campodonico leg., sweep netting [USNM].
Distribution. K. mella is known only from Chile (La Araucanía: Malleco Prov.)
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- USNM
- Material sample ID
- OSUC #457991, 458001, 458002
- Event date
- 1967-12-23
- Verbatim event date
- 1967-12-23/2017-01-26
- Scientific name authorship
- DeLong & Thambimuttu
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadellidae
- Genus
- Kramerana
- Species
- mella
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- paratype
References
- DeLong, D. M. & Thambimuttu, C. C. (1973) Three closely related new genera and five new species of shortwinged Chilean leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Florida Entomologist, 56, 165 - 172. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 3493121
- Zanol, K. M. R. (2008) Catalogue of the Neotropical Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Part III - Tribe Athysanini. Acta Biologica Paranaense, Curitiba, 37 (1 - 2), 1 - 104.
- Zahniser, J. N. (2007) An online interactive key and searchable database of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Available from: http: // zahniser. speciesfile. org / (accessed 20 June 2020)
- Freytag, P. H. & Gaiani, M. (2017) Neotropical Leafhoppers. Available from: http: // neotropicalcicadellidae. myspecies. info / (accessed 25 January 2020)