Polyamia (Copolyamia) caperata (Ball)

Duan, Yani & Dietrich, Christopher H., 2018, A new species of Polyamia DeLong (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) representing the first record of the genus from South America, Zootaxa 4457 (4), pp. 557-567 : 560

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.4.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9F90D5DD-7E59-4983-A640-6B9F0BCBF4F6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5955756

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DD2B87D6-6007-FF8E-76AA-FA55B89F4589

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scientific name

Polyamia (Copolyamia) caperata (Ball)
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Polyamia (Copolyamia) caperata (Ball) View in CoL

( Figs 1–2 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 )

Deltocephalus caperatus Ball, 1900: 343 View in CoL .

Deltocephalus vinnulus Crumb, 1915: 192 View in CoL .

Polyamia caperata, DeLong & Sleesman, 1929: 89 View in CoL .

Polyamia grama DeLong, 1935: 156 View in CoL .

Polyamia (Copolyamia) caperata, Sinada & Blocker, 1994: 775 View in CoL .

Material examined. 4♂, USA: Illinois: Mason Co., Revis Hill Prairie , 6 September 2008, Hill Prairie, A.M. Wallner, Vacuum ( INHS) ; 1♂, 1♀, USA: Wisconsin, Kimball, Minong , August 25 1945, H.R. Ross, Prairie scrub mix ( INHS) .

Remarks. Sinada and Blocker (1994) have described this species adequately. We provide the first color illustrations of this species, which is highly variable in coloration, ranging from very pale (e.g., Fig. 1C–D View FIGURE 1 ) to much darker ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ) in mature individuals.

Distribution. USA.

INHS

Illinois Natural History Survey

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

Genus

Polyamia

Loc

Polyamia (Copolyamia) caperata (Ball)

Duan, Yani & Dietrich, Christopher H. 2018
2018
Loc

Deltocephalus caperatus

Ball, 1900 : 343
Loc

Deltocephalus vinnulus

Crumb, 1915 : 192
Loc

Polyamia caperata

DeLong & Sleesman, 1929 : 89
Loc

Polyamia (Copolyamia) caperata

Sinada & Blocker, 1994 : 775
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