Tomaspisinella bolivari, Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2016
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5613361 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A5742D-FFCD-AE12-FF76-AD14CE51F99A |
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Plazi |
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Tomaspisinella bolivari |
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Tomaspisinella (Merinx) View in CoL subgen. nov.
Type-species T. bolivari sp. nov.
Etymology. merinx (feminine), bristle (more setose than other subgenera).
Distribution. Brazil and Venezuela.
Diagnosis. Pronotum densely setose; theca fused to phallobase as in Cicadellidae .
Description. Frons scarcely inflated, in profile receding; tegmina with 1 small, weakly defined central anteapical cell; costal margin of hind wing with 2 small hooks, or 2 hooks and a long seta. Male pygofer (exclusive of subgenital plates) about as long as deep; subgenital plates appearing as avicephaliform processes of pygofer ( Figs 34–35 View FIGURES 25 – 35 A–B), separated by narrow, U-shaped notch ( Fig. 35 View FIGURES 25 – 35 D) or with slender median processes ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 25 – 35 D) separated by a median slit, resembling subgenital plates of Ischnorhinini; styles either globular, or right-angled at midlength; aedeagus stout, not divided (phallobase thus absent), U-shaped, slightly wider below gonopore placed on caudal surface well before tip.
Included species. Two new species, described below.
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