Draeculacephala minerva Ball, 1927

Blanco-Rodríguez, E. & Pinedo-Escatel, J. A., 2022, Review of the New World genus Draeculacephala Ball (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae Cicadellinae) from Mexico, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5174 (4), pp. 381-394 : 392

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5174.4.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6992918
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scientific name	Draeculacephala minerva Ball, 1927
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Draeculacephala minerva Ball, 1927 View in CoL

Draeculacephala minerva Ball, 1927: 36 View in CoL

Acopsis minerva Zimmerman, 1948: 23 View in CoL

Figures 24-25 View FIGURE 20-25

Records in Mexico. JALISCO (Zapopan: Las Agujas, Guadalajara: Santa Tere, Bosque Los Colomos, Parque San Rafael), MEXICO state (Coyoacan; Ixtapan de La Sal; Cañón de Lobos ; Cuautla; Zacatepec , AGUASCALIENTES (Rancho El Tiron), OAXACA (Tlalixtac; Pluma Hidalgo; Huajuapan; Las Ocotes), CHIAPAS (El Triunfo) and PUEBLA (San. Frsc. Totimehuacan; Portezuelo; Tecali, San José Morelos).

Distribution. See Table 1 View TABLE 1 .

Hosts. C. dactylon , Cucumis , B. plantaginea , M. sativa , O. sativa , Z. mays , Tribulus terrestris, Xanthium canadense, Juncus , Digitaria ciliaris , C. plectostachyus , Eleusine indica , and Ranunculus repens .

Common name. Grass sharpshooter

Material examined. 491♂ and 258♀: ( CAJAPE) 36♂, 58♀, Mexico, Las Agujas, Zapopan , forest “La Primavera”, road to: “río caliente”, 20° 41’ 32.3” N, 103° 36’ 50.6” O, 1451m, 21-Junio-2014, BPE, sweep net. J.A. Pinedo-Escatel Col.; ( CAJAPE) GoogleMaps 12♂, 1♀, Mexico, Bosque Los Colomos, Guadalajara , 20° 42’ 22.68” N, 103° 23’ 28.53” O, 1554m, 15-Ago-2014, BPE, sweep net, M. Denisse R.J. Col.; ( CAJEPE) GoogleMaps 27♂, Mexico, Parque San Rafael, Guadalajara , 20° 39’ 14.24” N, 103° 17’ 58.34” O, 1570m, 05-Jun-2014, BPE, sweep net, M. Denisse R.J. Col.; ( CAJAPE) GoogleMaps 147♂, 48♀, México, Bosque La Primavera, Tala , 20° 40’ 42.91” N, 103° 40’ 27.65” O, 1394m, 23- Feb-2014, BPE, sweep net, Bruno R. Col.; ( CEAM) GoogleMaps 16♂, 22♀, Méx. Chapingo , Sep. 1982. Alfalfa; ( CEAM) 83♂, 32♀, Mex. Chapingo , Nov. 1982, Alfalfa; ( CEAM) 48♂, 10♀, Méx. Chapingo , Oct. 1982, Alfalfa; ( CEAM) 25♂, Edo. Méx, Texcoco, San Diego , 30 Mayo 1996, Fco. Pérez D. Col.; ( CEAM) 69♂, 87♀, Mex. Chapingo , Dic. 1982, Alfalfa; ( CEAM) 8♂, 8♀, Ixtapan de La Sal , 14-IX-66; ( CEAM) 2♂, Aguascalientes, Rancho El Tiron; ( INHS) 3♂, 1♀, Mexico, Bosque La Primavera, Tala , 20° 40’ 42.91” N, 103° 40’ 27.65” O, 1394m, 23-Feb-2014, BPE, sweep net, Bruno R. Col.; ( CNIN) GoogleMaps 12♂, México, Oaxaca, Pluma Hidalgo, 2-XI-87, E. Barrera Col., UNAM; ( CNIN) 2, México, Chiapas, El Triunfo; ( CNIN) 2♂, México, Los Ocotes , 1985; ( CNIN) 2♂, México, Tlalixtac .