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Maxantonia

Description

Genus Maxantonia

Maxantonia Schmidt, 1922: 264; Metcalf, 1961: 516 (syn. of Cercopis). Type species: Sphenorhina quadriguttata Walker, 1851: 689 by original designation.

Generic Diagnosis: The postclypeus bears two smaller carinae in addition to the typical median carina, giving the appearance that the postclypeus has three longitudinal carinae; the pygofer bears two processes between the anal tube and the subgenital plates; paramere subrectangular, with the dorsal process strongly developed and subapical spine either directed anteriorly or posteriorly; aedeagus subcylindrical with straight shaft and with two pairs of apical processes (short, wide, and hood-shaped).

Distribution: Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Panama.

Notes

Published as part of Paladini, Andressa & Cryan, Jason R., 2012, Nine new species of Neotropical spittlebugs (Hemiptera: Cercopidae: Ischnorhininae), pp. 53-68 in Zootaxa 3519 on page 60, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.215415

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Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cercopidae
Genus
Maxantonia
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Schmidt, E. (1922) Part XXI: Maxantonia, eine neue Cercopiden- Gattung von Sud-amerika, pp. 264 - 265. In: Beitrag zur Kenntis aussereuropaischer Zikaden. (Rhynchota, Homoptera.), parts XX - XXII. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 88, 262 - 265.
  • Metcalf, Z. P. (1961) General Catalogue of the Homoptera. Fasc. VII Cercopoidea, Part 2, Cercopidae. Raleigh, N. C. North Carolina State College. 229 pp.