Chlorotettix Van Duzee, 1892

Dmitriev, Dmitry, 2009, Nymphs of some Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) with description of a new tribe, ZooKeys 29 (29), pp. 13-33 : 18

Genus Chlorotettix Van Duzee, 1892

Description. Body slender. Crown about as long as pronotum, 2 times as wide as long, medially 1.5 times as long as next to eye; anterior margin broadly rounded, posterior margin concave. Crown-face transition narrowly rounded. Face wider than long; anteclypeus expanded towards apex, with constriction at base; about 2 times as long as wide. Lorum about as wide as anteclypeus, 2/5 of its inner margin bordered by postclypeus. Postclypeus 1.5 times longer than wide. Lateral margin of gena almost straight. Antenna long, almost reaching forewing apex. Pronotum 3 times as wide as long, without lateral carina. Forewing pads 1.6 times as long as pterothorax medially. Fore tibia with 4 macrochaetae in dorsal rows. Middle tibia with 5 macrochaetae in each longitudinal row. Setal formula of hind femur 2+2+1. Hind tibia with 9 macrochaetae in dorsal rows and shorter intercalary setae among them: 2–4 in anterodorsal row and 1 in posterodorsal row; apex of tibia with pecten of 7 macrochaetae. First hind tarsomere with pecten of 5 platellae and one regular macrochaeta at apex. Abdomen with 4 longitudinal rows of macrochaetae; tergites VII and VIII with 6 macrochaetae; macrochaetae about as long as half length of tergites. Pygofer more than 2 times as long as preceding abdominal tergites. Male gonapophyses longer than wide with narrowly rounded apices.