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03B087D24A65FF9CA0EEF8B1E26E1608.text	03B087D24A65FF9CA0EEF8B1E26E1608.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microledrida Fowler 1904	<div><p>Genus Microledrida Fowler, 1904</p><p>Type species: Microledrida asperata Fowler, 1904, by monotypy</p><p>Diagnostic characters. Body strongly dorsoventrally flattened, vertex subtriangular, frons medially broader than long, pronotum as broad as head (incl. eyes). There are no American Cixiini that bear a close similarity to Microledrida .</p><p>Amended description. (modified after Kramer, 1983). Small, dorsoventrally flattened cixiids (3.2-4.0 mm). Head in dorsal view about as wide as pronotum, in lateral view comparatively flat and subtriangular, profile angulate (top of head declinate anteriorly), head projecting in front of eyes for distance approximately ½ to ¾ longest eye width; head apex in dorsal view rounded, bearing apical transverse carinae (with triangular lateral areolets defined between subapical and apical transverse carinae), apical areolet of head very small or absent; posterior margin of head broadly incised (often sinuate). Vertex broad and subtriangular, median carina distinct from posterior margin to head apex, subapical transverse carina elevated, converging at head apex. In frontal view, frons very broad, roughly pentagonal; lateral margins of frons foliately carinate and broadly rounded (widest near level of antennae, greatest width exceeding length on longitudinal midline), median carinae distinct (becoming obscure ventrally), not (or barely) forked at dorsal margin. Frontoclypeal suture broadly concave or sinuate; median ocellus small and relatively inconspicuous. Eyes longer than wide (ventrally emarginated above the antennae), projecting caudad. Antennae short, scape ring-like, pedicel bulbous, spheroid, about as tall as wide bearing many sensory placoids; flagellum elongate, bristle-like with bulbous base.</p><p>Pronotum at midlength about half length of vertex at midline, median carina distinct (lateral carinae curving laterally with lateal extreme hidden beneath eyes), posterior margin broadly concave. Length of mesonotum at midline exceeding cumulative length of pronotum + vertex; tricarinate. Hind tibiae with one or two distinct lateral spines before apex, spinulation 6(3+3)-6-6. Forewings deflexed at the nodal line, veins bearing prominent granulations with elongate setae prominent. Veinlet icu joins apex of clavus.</p><p>Male genitalia: Pygofer broad in lateral view, lateral margins of opening expanded caudally; medioventral process small and rounded, much wider than tall. Aedeagus relatively short and straight, endosoma of aedeagus greatly reduced, phallotheca elaborated with processes.</p><p>Remarks. The tribe Cixiini differs from other Neotropical tribes by the presence of three carinae on the mesonotum (vs. Pentastirini and Mnemosynini), wings broadly tectiform (not steeply tectiform, vs. Pintaliini), abdomen lacking lateral processes (vs. Bennarellini), tibiae of hind legs with lateral spines (vs. Oecleini) and forewings without granules within apical cells (vs. Mnemosynini).</p><p>In its general habitus, the genus Microledrida resembles the Caribbean delphacid genus Neopunana Asche, 1983, from which it is immediately separated by the absence of the stiff spine at the apex of the hind tibia, which is unique to the Asiracinae in the family Delphacidae, and the presence of three instead of five carinae on the mesonotum.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B087D24A65FF9CA0EEF8B1E26E1608	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Haas, Matthé Cornelis De;Bartlett, Charles R.;Hendrix, Solomon V.	Haas, Matthé Cornelis De, Bartlett, Charles R., Hendrix, Solomon V. (2025): A new species of Microledrida Fowler from Curaçao (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zootaxa 5609 (2): 174-192, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.2
03B087D24A66FF9CA0EEFA9BE6D014BC.text	03B087D24A66FF9CA0EEFA9BE6D014BC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microledrida Fowler 1904	<div><p>Key to Microledrida species (males) (in part based on Kramer, 1983)</p><p>1. Vertex green with three incomplete red stripes (Fig. 15A)...................................... Microledrida virida</p><p>– Vertex mainly brown or orange-brown (e.g. Fig. 2C), without distinctive pale green and red colouration................ 2</p><p>2. Face unicolourous, entirely darkly mottled, shaded with brownish, or all pale (e.g., Fig. 10C)........................ 3</p><p>– Face with middle portion transversely pale, upper and (to a lesser extent) lower portions darker (Figs. 9C, 14C).......... 5</p><p>3. Anal tube strongly asymmetrical: right lateral side apically with a distinctive anteroventrally directed appendage, left lateral side apically somewhat downcurved (fig. 11A-B).......................................... Microledrida asperata</p><p>– Anal tube symmetrical, right lateral side without distinctive anteroventrally directed appendage....................... 4</p><p>4. Anal tube in left lateral view comparatively short, its apical portion broadly blunt (Kramer 1983, fig. 55); phallotheca in lateral view with distally projecting process on ventral margin......................................... Microledrida flava</p><p>– Anal tube in left lateral view elongated, its apical portion irregularly oval (Kramer 1983, fig. 68); phallotheca in lateral view without distally projecting process on ventral margin......................................... Microledrida fuscata</p><p>5. Phallotheca with two relatively slender apical spines and one thicker spine near the middle on the left lateral or ventral side 6</p><p>– Phallotheca with two relatively slender apical spines, lacking a thicker spine near the middle (Caldwell &amp; Martorell 1951, fig. 3a); Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic ...................................................... Microledrida arida</p><p>6. Vertex with irregular orange stripes (Fig. 14A), anal tube relatively long, in lateral view apically deflexed (Kramer 1983, fig. 52), strong spine near the middle of phallotheca positioned at its left lateral side (Kramer 1983, fig. 53); USA: Texas; Mexico: Nuevo León ........................................................................... Microledrida olor</p><p>– Vertex without orange stripes (Fig. 2C), anal tube short, in lateral view with a straight apex (Fig. 5C), strong spine near the middle of phallotheca positioned at its ventral side (Figs. 6B, 7B); Curaçao .............. Microledrida malpaisa sp. nov.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B087D24A66FF9CA0EEFA9BE6D014BC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Haas, Matthé Cornelis De;Bartlett, Charles R.;Hendrix, Solomon V.	Haas, Matthé Cornelis De, Bartlett, Charles R., Hendrix, Solomon V. (2025): A new species of Microledrida Fowler from Curaçao (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zootaxa 5609 (2): 174-192, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.2
03B087D24A67FF96A0EEFF58E2C710E8.text	03B087D24A67FF96A0EEFF58E2C710E8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microledrida malpaisa Haas & Bartlett & Hendrix 2025	<div><p>Microledrida malpaisa sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 1–7)</p><p>Material examined. Holotype ♂: “ Curaçao, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-68.998&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=12.17" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -68.998/lat 12.17)">Malpais – Path and wetland</a> / 12.170, -68.998, 28.IX.2022 / Leg. M. Speelman, J. Veldboom // Holotypus / Microledrida malpaisa sp. n. ♂ ”. In coll. RMNH.</p><p>Paratypes: " H.J. Mac Gillavry / Curaçao / Porto Marie hofje / 14-21.IV.1930 ”, 1♂ in coll. RMNH ; “ H.J. Mac Gillavry / Curaçao / Sint Kruis hofje / 21-27.IV.1930 ”, 2♀ in coll. RMNH ; “ Curaçao / leg. R.H. Cobben / Christoffel / 21-10 1956 // RMNH Leiden / ex. collectie / WAU 2010”, 2♂, 2♀ in coll. RMNH ; “leg. R.H. Cobben / Hofje Groot Piscadera / 5/11 1956 / Curaçao // RMNH Leiden / ex. collectie / WAU 2010”, 1♀ in coll. RMNH ; “ Curaçao, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-68.998&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=12.17" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -68.998/lat 12.17)">Malpais – Path and wetland</a> / 12.170, -68.998, 28.IX.2022 / Leg. M. Speelman, J. Veldboom ”, 1♂ in coll. CMH ; “ Curaçao, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-68.969&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=12.123" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -68.969/lat 12.123)">CARMABI – Beach</a> / 12.123, -68.969, 30.IX.2022 / Leg. M. Speelman, J. Veldboom ”, 1♂ 2♀ in coll. RMNH ; “ Curaçao, 15.IX-3.X.2022 / Leg. M. Speelman, J. Veldboom ”, 1♂ in coll. RMNH .</p><p>Additional material: “ H.J. Mac Gillavry / Curaçao / Porto Marie hofje / 14-21.IV.1930 // Microledrida malpaisa ”, 1 in coll. RMNH, only the head is left .</p><p>Diagnosis. Overall colouration brownish, forewings mainly hyaline, frons appearing tricoloured, with upper margin broadly brown. Aedeagus with three spinal processes, two relatively slender spines originating at the base of the flagellum and one thicker, recurved spine at the ventral side near the centre of the phallotheca. Anal tube short.</p><p>Description. Measurements Length: ♂ 2.96-3.28 (average 3.13) mm (n=6); ♀ 2.88-3.60 (average 3.26) mm (n=7).</p><p>Colouration. Ground colour of head (Fig. 2) and thorax brownish yellow, irregularly washed with brown and with unevenly placed pale maculations. Lateral vertex disc nearly orange, lateral carinae paler bearing 3 dark maculations on each side (one near posterior margin, second near midlength, distal near apical third). In lateral view, genae (including lateral areolets near head apex) brown, except whitish above eye (with brown maculation near posterior margin of head, and smaller marking near midlength). Frons tricoloured: dorsal margin brown, medially with a broad dirty white transverse band (lateral portions somewhat oblique so that band takes a broad, inverse “V” shape) and the ventral portion orange-brownish. Clypeus completely orange-brown. Antennae brown. Pronotum and mesonotum largely brown to dark-brown (with irregularly placed paler maculations). Forewings of male (Figs 1B, 3A) hyaline, veins concolourous and covered with brown granules; irregularly washed with fuscous at base of forewing, two dark irregular stripes in costal cell, and several spots along nodal line. In females (Fig. 1A), forewings more darkly and extensively marked, with clavus largely brown, several brown markings in the basal 2/3th of the forewing, and a brown band at the nodal line. In a single female paratype from Christoffel the brown colouration on the forewing is more extensive than in the other females: in addition to dark markings listed above, a broad brown band in the middle of the forewing is present and all brown markings are darker compared to other females. Forelegs and middle legs with tibiae sordid yellow and two brown bands, tarsi white with brown bases. Hindlegs completely yellowish white.</p><p>Structure. Head (incl. eyes) as wide as pronotum (Fig. 2C). Head and thorax loosely covered in short, pale setae; longest setae on frons, body surface irregularly rugulose. Vertex in dorsal view strongly produced in front of eyes, subtriangular with anterior margin rounded and median carina complete (Fig. 2C); hind margin broadly concave, slightly incised medially; lateral carinae foliately raised (disc concavely depressed). Frons very broad, roundly pentagonal with lateral carinae laterally foliate (Fig. 2D). Median carina of frons and clypeus complete. Median ocellus small, lateral ocelli conspicuous just below anterior margin of eyes. Eyes obliquely elongate oval, ventrally emarginate above antennae (Fig. 2A). Antennae short, scape ring-like, pedicle bulbous bearing irregularly arranged sensory plaques, flagellum long setaceous with bulbous base. Rostrum reaching base of hind-coxae.</p><p>Pronotum length at midline about half of that of the vertex, bearing well-developed median carina, lateral carinae following contour of anterior margin of head, with lateral portions (in dorsal view) hidden beneath caudal portion of eyes (Fig. 2C); paradiscal region very narrow behind eye, broader at level of antenna, tapering to rounded ventrocaudal point. Tegulae large and conspicuous. Mesonotum (Fig. 2C) at midline about 1.3x length of vertex and pronotum combined, with median carina distinct anteriorly, becoming obsolete on scutellum (scutellum not distinctly separated from scutum). Lateral carinae, weakly diverging posteriorly, reaching posterior margin, distinct over entire length. Forewings (Fig. 3) elongate-oval, relatively broad and short, deflexed at nodal line with veins indistinct, veins bearing conspicuous, evenly distributed, setose granules; branching pattern RA 1-branched, RP 3- branched, MP 5-branched, CuA 2-branched. Veinlet icu joins apex of clavus. Hind legs with two spines on lateral margin, both in the basal half of the tibiae; spinulation of hind leg: 6(3+3)-6-6.</p><p>Male terminalia. Pygofer in lateral view (Fig. 4A) broadest near the middle, dorsal part narrow, midventral portion projected caudally; medioventral process of pygofer (ventrocaudal view, Fig. 4B) short (wider than tall), obtusely rounded, lateral lobes broad and about ¾ length of gonostyli. Gonostyli relatively simple, club-shaped (ventrocaudal view, Fig. 4C), widest subapically, apices obliquely truncate, in widest view (Figs. 5A, 5B), pediform. Phallotheca (Figs. 6-7) tubular, nearly straight, right lateral side of phallotheca open (right lateral view, Figs. 6C, 7C), leaving the aedeagus visible; ventral part of phallotheca medially with a strong, recurved spine, apically directed dorsad; base of endosoma (dorsal view), phallotheca bearing two elongate processes, both directed left-laterad, then curving and directed right-laterad; the dorsal process shorter, broad at the base, and slender at the apex; the ventral process is longer, slender throughout, at apex curved ventrally. Anal tube (Fig. 5D) short and broad, in dorsal view posterior margin straight (or incised); in lateral view strongly decurved near middle and narrowing towards apex; paraproct short, stout and conical.</p><p>Distribution. Curaçao (Fig. 17).</p><p>Biology. No host associations are available. The species was collected in low and sparse vegetation in 2022 (Fig. 8).</p><p>Etymology. The specific epithet ‘ malpaisa ’ refers to the location where part of the type-material was collected: the Ramsar site ‘Malpais/Sint Michiel’. The Spanish word ‘malpais’ translates to ‘badland’, referring to the arid environment of this landform. Those arid landscapes seem to be the preferred habitat of Microledrida species.</p><p>Remarks. The most similar species are Microledrida arida from Puerto Rico from which the novel taxon differs mostly in the male terminalia where the phallotheca bears three spines (versus two spinal processes in M. arida), and Microledrida olor from southern North America from which the novel taxon is easily distinguished in the colouration of the vertex (with irregular orange stripes in M. olor versus without such stripes in M. malpaisa sp. nov.) and the apex of the anal tube (deflexed in M. olor versus straight in M. malpaisa sp. nov.).</p><p>One specimen collected by H.J. Mac Gillavry in 1930 is not included in the type-series, because of the poor state of the specimen.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B087D24A67FF96A0EEFF58E2C710E8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Haas, Matthé Cornelis De;Bartlett, Charles R.;Hendrix, Solomon V.	Haas, Matthé Cornelis De, Bartlett, Charles R., Hendrix, Solomon V. (2025): A new species of Microledrida Fowler from Curaçao (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zootaxa 5609 (2): 174-192, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.2
03B087D24A6DFF97A0EEFF58E14011F4.text	03B087D24A6DFF97A0EEFF58E14011F4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microledrida arida Caldwell (Caldwell & Martorell 1951	<div><p>Microledrida arida Caldwell, 1951</p><p>(Fig. 9)</p><p>Material examined. Types. Holotype: “MuertosIdPR / XII-11-47 / JSCaldwell // Microledrida / HOLOTYPE / arida [red paper] // JSCaldwell / Collection / 1959 // Microledrida / arida ♂ / det 49 Holotype / JSCaldwell (1 male, USNM) . Paratypes: GuanicaPR/IX-25-47/Caldwell// Paratype [red paper] // JSCaldwell / Collection /1959 // UDCC_TCN 00102999 [2D barcode label]; P.R. Acc. No. / Cabo Rojo, P.R./ 9-26-47 19 // Caldwell / Martorell / Collectors // Paratype [red paper] // Microledrida / arida // UDCC_TCN 00102998 [2D barcode label] .</p><p>Additional Material: Dominican Republic, San Pedro de Macorís, Sept. 1950, Papaya, JS Caldwell Collection 1959 (1♂, USNM, Det. Kramer) .</p><p>Identification. Caldwell &amp; Martorell (1951).</p><p>Distribution. Caja de Muertos Island and mainland Puerto Rico (Caldwell &amp; Martorell, 1951); Dominican Republic.</p><p>Remarks. A specimen collected from the Dominican Republic determined as M. arida by Kramer was studied, extending the known range of the species. This specimen differs from Caldwell’s illustration (Caldwell &amp; Martorell 1951, plate 3) in the width of the endosoma, which is almost spine-like in the Dominican Republic specimen (but broad in the original illustration).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B087D24A6DFF97A0EEFF58E14011F4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Haas, Matthé Cornelis De;Bartlett, Charles R.;Hendrix, Solomon V.	Haas, Matthé Cornelis De, Bartlett, Charles R., Hendrix, Solomon V. (2025): A new species of Microledrida Fowler from Curaçao (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zootaxa 5609 (2): 174-192, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.2
03B087D24A6DFF94A0EEF92CE71014FF.text	03B087D24A6DFF94A0EEF92CE71014FF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microledrida asperata Fowler 1904	<div><p>Microledrida asperata Fowler, 1904</p><p>(Figs. 10, 11)</p><p>Material examined. Lectotype: Chilpancingo, / Guerrero, / 4600 ft / Aug. H.H. Smith // ♂ // B.C.A. Homopt.I. / Macroledrida [sic] / asperata, Fowl. // Microledrida / asperata / Fowler TYPE ♂ [handwritten] // LECTOTYPE ♂ / Microledrira / asperata Fowler / By J.P. Kramer // NHMUK015981666 [2D barcode label] (1♂, BMNH) .</p><p>Additional material: (“True Asperata or N.Sp.” [handwritten label by Kramer]): Mexico, Morales, Cuernavaca, 25.IX.1945, JS Caldwell Collection 1959, UDCC _ TCN 00102990 (1♂, USNM); Durango, Tlahualilo [de Zaragoza], 4.IX.1928, P.A. Glick, 10 ft. alt, M57, UDCC_TCN 00102997 (1♂, USNM, Det. P.W. Oman); same except 13.IX.1928, 3,000 ft alt. UDCC_TCN 00102996 (1♂, USNM); Campeche, Campeche, 14.VII.1959, NLH Krauss (1♀, USNM). ( “asperata of Cald[well],” [handwritten label by Kramer]) ; Mexico, Sonora, Hacienda Nainari, 10.VIII.27, M.B. 244, JS Caldwell Collection 1959, AMNH_IZN 00300686 [2D barcode] (1♂, USNM); same except 19.III.27, M.B. 209, AMNH_IZN 00300685 (1♂, USNM); Durango, Tlahualilo [de Zaragoza], 13.IX.1928, P.A. Glick, 500 ft. alt, M157, AMNH_IZN 00300684 [2D barcode] (11♀, USNM) .</p><p>Identification. Kramer (1983).</p><p>Distribution. Mexico (Campeche, Durango, Guerrero, Morales, Sonora).</p><p>Remarks. Microledrida asperata was described from an unspecified number of specimens from Chilpancingo in Guerrero, Mexico. The terminalia were subsequently illustrated by Kramer (1983, figs. 49-51), who designated a lectotype. Kramer (1983) studied M. asperata to clarify the identity of the species and determine whether it occurred in the U.S. Kramer (1983) also studied additional specimens of M. asperata but did not report the locality data. Among these, he informally grouped the specimens into two forms. The typical form (Figs 10-11; those matching the lectotype designated and illustrated in Kramer 1983) appears from the available material to be primarily continental, while the aberrant form is known from a specimen collected on Isla Maria Magdalena, Nayarit, Mexico (referred to here as the ‘insular form’).</p><p>The insular form primarily differs from the typical form in features of the male terminalia. In the insular form, the medioventral process of the pygofer is acutely pointed (as opposed to obtusely rounded) and the subapical process of the phallotheca is bifurcate (as opposed to undivided). Additionally, the phallothecal and endosomal processes of the two forms differ notably in length, though their position is overall consistent. The insular form differs in external habitus from the typical form in that the upper half of the frons bears a dark brown band (as opposed to being entirely yellow), the mesonotum is medio-anteriorly fuscous within the lateral carinae (as opposed to relatively pallid with two sublateral dark spots), and the forewings are nearly immaculate (in contrast with dark markings near the base of the wing). These differences are worth further examination to ascertain whether or not the insular form is an example of intraspecific variation or a new species of Microledrida .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B087D24A6DFF94A0EEF92CE71014FF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Haas, Matthé Cornelis De;Bartlett, Charles R.;Hendrix, Solomon V.	Haas, Matthé Cornelis De, Bartlett, Charles R., Hendrix, Solomon V. (2025): A new species of Microledrida Fowler from Curaçao (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zootaxa 5609 (2): 174-192, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.2
03B087D24A6FFF95A0EEFA42E0A715A1.text	03B087D24A6FFF95A0EEFA42E0A715A1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microledrida flava Metcalf 1923	<div><p>Microledrida flava Metcalf, 1923</p><p>(Fig. 12)</p><p>Material examined. USA: Texas, Cameron Co., Brownsville, Sabal Palm Grove, 4.V.1983, C.W. &amp; L. O’Brien &amp; G. Marshall (1♂, 1♀, UDCC, barcodes UDCC _ TCN 00000775, UDCC _ TCN 00000776 respectively); Mexico: Campeche, 22mi. NE. Campeche, 5.VIII.1974, C.W. &amp; L. O’Brien &amp; Marshall (1♀, CASC, CASENT 8472749) .</p><p>Identification. Metcalf (1923); Kramer (1983).</p><p>Distribution. Mexico (Tamaulipas), USA – Texas (Bartlett et al. 2014).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B087D24A6FFF95A0EEFA42E0A715A1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Haas, Matthé Cornelis De;Bartlett, Charles R.;Hendrix, Solomon V.	Haas, Matthé Cornelis De, Bartlett, Charles R., Hendrix, Solomon V. (2025): A new species of Microledrida Fowler from Curaçao (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zootaxa 5609 (2): 174-192, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.2
03B087D24A6FFF92A0EEF93AE16015A7.text	03B087D24A6FFF92A0EEF93AE16015A7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microledrida fuscata Van Duzee 1914	<div><p>Microledrida fuscata Van Duzee, 1914</p><p>(Fig. 13)</p><p>Material examined. Lectotype: “ San Diego Co., / 3-11-’14 Cal / E.P.VanDuzee // LECTOTYPE fuscata [red paper] // LECTOTYPE Microledrida / fuscata Van D. / [designated] By J.P. Kramer // EPVanDuzee / Collection” (1♂, CASC, CASTYPE 2253) . Paralectotype: Same information as lectotype, plus “Fuscata figs. 58-60” [yellow paper], AMNH_IZN 00300689 [2D barcode] (1♂, USNM) .</p><p>Additional material: USA: Arizona, Yarnell Hts., 27.VIII.1935, E.D. Ball, (1♂, 1♀; UDCC, barcode UDCC _ TCN 00003435, UDCC _ TCN 00003436, respectively); <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-110.73137&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=31.540222" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -110.73137/lat 31.540222)">Same</a>, 20.VIII.1929 (1♀, USNM, barcode AMNH_IZC 00300687); Santa Cruz Co., Patagonia, 31.540223, -110.731370, 19.VIII.2018, Jason T. Botz (photographs of a specimen by Salvador Vitanza, gender not recorded) . Texas, Dimmit Co., Catarina, 3.VI.1953. P.W. Oman (2♀, USNM); Cameron Co., Brownsville, 2.I.1932, E.D. Ball, Fuscata figs. 61-63 [yellow paper] AMNH_IZN 00300688 [2D barcode] (1♂, USNM) . Mexico: Hidalgo; None or Unknown; Mexico City Area; 1940s (1♂, UKIC) .</p><p>Identification. Van Duzee (1914); Kramer (1983).</p><p>Distribution. Mexico (Baja California, Sonora), USA (Arizona, California, Texas) (Bartlett et al. 2014).</p><p>Remarks. The studied material of M. fuscata exhibits high variation, both in the external habitus and male terminalia. This is evident also from Kramer’s (1983: 34) assessment of the species, where forms from San Diego County, CA (the lectotype) and Brownsville, TX were illustrated. The illustrated specimens from these localities differ greatly in the form of the phallothecal processes. Additionally, material studied from Yarnell, AZ (determined by Lois O’Brien) was compared to the lectotype; this form differs greatly in colouration. Morphological study of the taxa of the southwestern U.S. is needed to determine whether M. fuscata represents a single species or rather several reproductively isolated taxa.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B087D24A6FFF92A0EEF93AE16015A7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Haas, Matthé Cornelis De;Bartlett, Charles R.;Hendrix, Solomon V.	Haas, Matthé Cornelis De, Bartlett, Charles R., Hendrix, Solomon V. (2025): A new species of Microledrida Fowler from Curaçao (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zootaxa 5609 (2): 174-192, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.2
03B087D24A68FF92A0EEF93CE0B914E3.text	03B087D24A68FF92A0EEF93CE0B914E3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microledrida olor Kramer 1983	<div><p>Microledrida olor Kramer, 1983</p><p>(Fig. 14)</p><p>Material examined. Mexico, Nuevo León, 17 mi. S. Linares, 1300’, 24.VI.1971, L. &amp; CW O’Brien (1♂, 1♀, UDCC, barcodes UDCC_TCN 00105071, UDCC_TCN 00105072 respectively) .</p><p>Identification. Kramer (1983).</p><p>Distribution. USA (Texas) (Bartlett et al. 2014); Mexico (Nuevo León).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B087D24A68FF92A0EEF93CE0B914E3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Haas, Matthé Cornelis De;Bartlett, Charles R.;Hendrix, Solomon V.	Haas, Matthé Cornelis De, Bartlett, Charles R., Hendrix, Solomon V. (2025): A new species of Microledrida Fowler from Curaçao (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zootaxa 5609 (2): 174-192, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.2
03B087D24A6AFF91A0EEFBB0E6041260.text	03B087D24A6AFF91A0EEFBB0E6041260.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microledrida virida Caldwell 1945	<div><p>Microledrida virida Caldwell, 1945</p><p>(Figs. 15, 16)</p><p>Material examined. Types. Holotype: “M.F. 794 / Lake Peten / XI-12-’25 Guat. // Microledrida / HOLOTYPE / virida [red paper] // JSCaldwell / Collection / 1959 // Microledrida ♀ / virida / holotype / Caldwell ‘1943 [handwritten] // UDCC_TCN 00102489 [2d barcode label]” (1♀, USNM).</p><p>Additional material: Belize, Cayo District, nr. Teakettle Bank, Pook’s Hill, 17 09.257M, 88 51.091W, 279ft, 6.VII.2003,CRBartlett(1♂, 1♀, UDCC) . Mexico, Veracruz, 9mi N.Tempoal,50’[elevation], 29.XII.1963, [L.]&amp; C.W. O’Brien (3♂, 1♀, USNM); Campeche, 13.8 miles E Escarcega, 22.VIII.2013, Schaffner, J. Weaver; T. P. Friedlander, Catalog X0597485 (1♀, TAMU) .</p><p>Amended diagnosis. Vertex bearing conspicuous pattern of three reddish-orange transverse stripes (the first two medially incomplete; Figs. 15A) alternating with pale greenish-blue. Face largely uniform tan (Figs. 15C). Pronotum bearing anterior transverse reddish-orange stripe trailed by pale greenish-blue (Figs. 15A). Rest of body shades of tan and brown. Forewings mainly of weak brown infuscation with dark brown markings in clavus, along nodus in leading margin of wing and proximal portion of remigium; apical cells each with faint brownish spots near middle.</p><p>Amended description. Male terminalia. Pygofer in lateral view broadest near the middle (anterior margin sinuate, relatively linear; caudal margin broadly arched), narrowest dorsally abruptly expanded to widest point at dorsal third, then narrowing slightly to medioventral process, projected at medioventral process; medioventral process of pygofer (ventrocaudal view) short (much wider than tall), bluntly acute, lateral lobes of pygofer broad, more than double height of medioventral process. Gonostyli simple, basal half slender, margins nearly parallelsided, weakly downcurved distally, distal portion abruptly expanded into broad pediform expansion (with short rounded ventral heel and elongated dorsal toe, narrowly rounded), apex obliquely truncate. Phallotheca tubular, straight, about as long as gonostyli, irregular in cross-section, apex bearing two large, elongated projections, shorter projection (in ventral view) extended from right ventral side, directed retrorsely, apex J-hooked; second process from dorsal side (=endosoma), broad at base, narrowing to elongated process, serpentine, extended retrorsely, adpressed to phallotheca, apex exceeding phallotheca base. Anal tube in dorsal view short and broad (broadest proximally narrowing distally), in dorsal view with posterior margin truncate, in lateral view apex decurved into pair of short processes at lateroventral angles of anal tube; paraproct short and conical.</p><p>Identification. Caldwell (1945) and supplementary description of the male genitalia above.</p><p>Distribution. Guatemala (Caldwell, 1945), Belize, Mexico (Campeche) (see ‘studied material’ above).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B087D24A6AFF91A0EEFBB0E6041260	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Haas, Matthé Cornelis De;Bartlett, Charles R.;Hendrix, Solomon V.	Haas, Matthé Cornelis De, Bartlett, Charles R., Hendrix, Solomon V. (2025): A new species of Microledrida Fowler from Curaçao (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zootaxa 5609 (2): 174-192, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.2
