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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.)

Notes

Published as part of Zahniser, James N., 2021, Revision of the New World leafhopper tribe Faltalini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) and the evolution of brachyptery, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4954 (1) on pages 82-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4954.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4690775

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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)