Paralidia Nielson

Nielson, M. W., 2011, 2953, Zootaxa 2953, pp. 1-85 : 20

publication ID

1175­5334

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5288276

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/27115005-FFE6-7859-6FEE-1BAFFD37789A

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Paralidia Nielson
status

 

Genus Paralidia Nielson View in CoL

Medium size, slender species, male 5.50–6.90 mm, female 7.25–8.00 mm. General color light to deep fuscous, sometimes with black markings and/or large translucent spots on forewings; head narrower than pronotum; crown very narrow, narrower than width of eyes, anterior margin produced beyond anterior margin of eyes; lateral margins carinate; pronotum and mesonotum small, length of each shorter than crown; clypeus long, narrow; male pygofer with paired caudal processes; subgenital plate always pilose; aedeagus tubular, with shaft between base and subapex always glabrous, apex with 1–3 spines.

Remarks. The genus is distinguished from Armatoralidia by the small pronotum and mesotum, and by the glabrous shaft of the aedeagus between base and subapex.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

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