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Deois (Deois) mourei

Description

Key to the nymphal instars of D. (D.) mourei

1. Metatibiae and basal metatarsomere with 2 apical spines, respectively (Fig. 11). Wingpads not evident. Antennal flagellum with 4 flagellomeres (Fig. 6).................................................................... first instar

- Metatibiae with 4 or more apical spines, basal metatarsomere with more than 3 apical spines. Wingpads evident. Antennal flagellum with 4 or more flagellomeres...................................................................... 2

2. Metatibiae and basal metatarsomere with 4 and 3 apical spines, respectively (Fig. 12). Wingpads slightly evident................................................................................................... second instar

- Metatibiae with 7 or more apical spines, basal metatarsomere with 4 or more apical spines; wingpads reaching the first abdominal segment......................................................................................... 3

3. Metatibiae and basal metatarsomere with 7 and 4 apical spines, respectively (Fig. 13). Meso and metanotum slightly projected laterally (Fig. 3).............................................................................. third instar

- Metatibiae with 11 or more apical black-tipped spines, without or with one lateral spine; metatarsi with 2 or 3 tarsomeres, basal metatarsomere with 6 or more apical spines. Antennal flagellum with more than 4 flagellomeres....................... 4

4. Metatibiae with 11 apical black-tipped spines and without lateral spines, basal metatarsomere with 6 apical spines and two spines in the middle of the plantar surface at level the second tarsomere (Fig. 14). Antennal flagellum with 5 flagellomeres (Fig. 9).................................................................................... fourth instar

- Metatibiae with 13 apical black-tipped spines, with one lateral spine, metatarsi with 3 tarsomeres: basal tarsomere with 9 apical spines, second tarsomere with 2 apical spines (Fig. 15). Antennal flagellum with 6 flagellomeres (Fig. 10)... fifth instar

Notes

Published as part of Foieri, Alvaro, Marino De Remes Lenicov, Ana M. & Virla, Eduardo G., 2016, Description of the immature stages and new host plant records of Deois (Deois) mourei (Berg) (Hemiptera: Cercopidae), a species newly recorded from Argentina and Paraguay, pp. 419-428 in Zootaxa 4161 (3) on page 425, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4161.3.9, http://zenodo.org/record/256852

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Biodiversity

Family
Cercopidae
Genus
Deois
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species
mourei
Taxon rank
species