Kramerana mella DeLong & Thambimuttu

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 : 82-84

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4954.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4690905
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scientific name	Kramerana mella DeLong & Thambimuttu
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Kramerana mella DeLong & Thambimuttu View in CoL

( Figs. 49A View FIGUIRE 49 1 View FIGUIRE 1 , 49B View FIGUIRE 49 1 View FIGUIRE 1 , 49J View FIGUIRE 49 , 53 View FIGUIRE 53 )

Kramerana mella DeLong & Thambimuttu, 1973: 167–168 View in CoL [original description, illustration, morphology]; Zanol, 2008: 45 [catalogue]; Zahniser, 2007 [online catalogue]; Freytag & Gaiani, 2017 [online catalogue]

Diagnosis. K. mella can be distinguished from other species in the genus by its size (male, 4.0 mm), pygofer without distinct posteroventral tooth, aedeagus with broad base and with narrow shaft arising posterodorsally from base, aedeagus apex with short flanges arising from laterally, and aedeagus posteroventral corner distinct– sharply angled and projecting outward.

Material examined. Three ♂ paratypes: CHILE, Malleco Prov. , 23-XII-1967, D.M. DeLong coll. [ OSUC #457991 , 458001 , 458002 ]. 2♂, 2♀: CHILE, Malleco Prov., Nahuelbuta, ~ 8km W Angol, 37º49’S 72º48’W, 850m, 26-I-2017, J.F. Campodonico leg., sweep netting [ USNM] GoogleMaps .

Distribution. K. mella is known only from Chile (La Araucanía: Malleco Prov.)