Amastris pilosa (Funkhouser) McKamey, Stuart H., 2017

McKamey, Stuart H., 2017, The identity of three South American " smiliine " treehoppers (Hemiptera, Membracidae) and related taxonomic changes, including description of a new genus in Thuridini, ZooKeys 678, pp. 65-72 : 65

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.678.10340

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DFA81FED-0933-4C5E-B58B-EC908CE2819B

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/56A44E17-BE52-EA07-802B-755A0312CF2D

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scientific name

Amastris pilosa (Funkhouser)
status

comb. n.

Amastris pilosa (Funkhouser) comb. n. Figs 1-4

Atymna pilosa Funkhouser 1919: 273 [sp. n.].

Material examined.

Atymna pilosa female holotype, Peru (USNM; Figs 1-4).

Discussion.

The holotype, which has its pronotum partially damaged dorsoanteriorly, exhibits all features of Amastris Stål, including the forewing veins R and M initially fused then strongly divergent (a character diagnostic for the tribe). Within the tribe only Amastris and Erosne Stål have tectiform pronota, and Erosne has a sturdier pronotum with a yellow lateral margin.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Membracidae

Genus

Amastris