Pendarus Ball, 1927

Dmitriev, Dmitry, 2009, Nymphs of some Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) with description of a new tribe, ZooKeys 29 (29), pp. 13-33 : 25

Genus Pendarus Ball, 1927

Description. Body moderately slender. Crown about as long as pronotum, 2 times as wide as long, medially about 2 times as long as next to eye; anterior margin obtuse angulate rounded, posterior margin concave. Face slightly wider than long; with weak median carina in upper part. Pronotum 3.2 times as wide as long. Fore tibiae with 7 macrochaetae in dorsal rows, ventral rows with numerous setae, their size increases towards apex of tibia. Middle tibiae with 7–8 macrochaetae in 4 longitudinal rows. Setal formula of hind femur 2+2+1+1; hind tibia with 10–11 macrochaetae in dorsal rows and shorter intercalary setae among them. First hind tarsomere with pecten of 5 platellae at apex; boundary of segments II and III with 2 platellae. Abdomen with 4 longitudinal rows of very short setae. Pygofer 5 times as long as preceding tergites, without macrochaetae.