Kramerana hypera Blocker & Fang

Zahniser, James N., 2021, Revision of the New World leafhopper tribe Faltalini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) and the evolution of brachyptery, Zootaxa 4954 (1), pp. 1-160 : 81

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scientific name	Kramerana hypera Blocker & Fang
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( Figs. 49A 3, 49B 3, 51H 1, 53)

Kramerana hypera Blocker & Fang, 1992: 344–345 [original description, illustration, morphology]; Zahniser & Webb, 2004: 671 [morphology]; Zanol, 2008: 45 [catalogue]; Zahniser, 2007 [online catalogue]; Freytag & Gaiani, 2017 [online catalogue]

Diagnosis. K. hypera can be distinguished from other species in the genus by its size (male 4.0 mm), aedeagus with broad base and with narrow shaft arising posterodorsally from base, pygofer with distinct posteroventral tooth, aedeagus apex with short flanges arising from posterior side or laterally, aedeagus posteroventral corner not distinctly angled or projecting and with irregular teeth, ventral margin of aedeagus distinctly constricted caudad of anteroventral corner, and gonopore subapical on anterior side.

Material examined. Holotype ♂ examined [ SEMC].

Distribution. K. hypera is known from Peru (Junín Dept.), collected at 3260m elevation.

Remarks. K. hypera is very similar to K. junina , but K. hypera is larger in size and possesses some differences in the male genitalia. The aedeagus of the holotype of K. hypera ( Fig. 51H 1) was imaged directly next to that of a specimen of K. junina ( Fig. 51H 2), showing the differences between the two—that of K. hypera larger in size, with ventral margin more distinctly emarginate (not well-figured by Blocker & Fang 1992), and posteroventral margin with minute teeth. Also, as noted by Zahniser & Webb (2004), the style apophysis of K. hypera is longer, extending well beyond the apex of the connective stem.

References

Blocker, H. D. & Fang, Q. (1992) A synopsis of the Faltala group (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) with descriptions of new taxa. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 65, 341 - 346.

Freytag, P. H. & Gaiani, M. (2017) Neotropical Leafhoppers. Available from: http: // neotropicalcicadellidae. myspecies. info / (accessed 25 January 2020)

Zahniser, J. N. & Webb, M. D. (2004) Placement of the Faltala Oman leafhopper group (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with descriptions of three new species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 97, 667 - 674. https: // doi. org / 10.1603 / 0013 - 8746 (2004) 097 [0667: POTFOL] 2.0. CO; 2

Zahniser, J. N. (2007) An online interactive key and searchable database of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Available from: http: // zahniser. speciesfile. org / (accessed 20 June 2020)

Zanol, K. M. R. (2008) Catalogue of the Neotropical Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Part III - Tribe Athysanini. Acta Biologica Paranaense, Curitiba, 37 (1 - 2), 1 - 104.