Tenucephalus pusillus Linnavuori & DeLong

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 : 124

Tenucephalus pusillus Linnavuori & DeLong

( Figs. 10 , 78 )

Tenucephalus pusillus Linnavuori & DeLong, 1978: 196 , 213–214 [original description, illustration, morphology]; Zanol 2006: 100 [catalogue]; Zahniser, 2007 [online catalogue]; Freytag & Gaiani, 2017 [online catalogue]

Diagnosis. This species is known only from three female specimens. Because the male has not been described, the identity of the species is somewhat obscure, but females may be identified by a combination of the typical color pattern, size, shape of sternite VII, and geographic distribution. Female, 4.0 mm.

Material examined. 1♀ paratype, PANAMA: Las Cumbres, VI – VIII-1973, H. Wolda [ OSUC] .

Distribution. The species is known only from the type locality of Las Cumbres, north of Panama City, Panama.

Remarks. Males will need to be associated with the currently described females in order to clarify the identity of this species.

Figures

FIGUIRE 10. Distribution of Acrolithus, Hecalocorica, Hecullus mexicanus n. sp., and three species of Tenucephalus from Mexico and Panama.

FIGUIRE 78. Tenucephalus pusillus. (A, J) standard views; A, female.