A new genus and species of Cicadellini (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

  • The remarkable sharpshooter Prodigiella silvanoi gen. et sp. nov. is described and illustrated (including the external form, color, male and female terminalia) from the Atlantic Forest of southern and southeastern Brazil (states of Paraná and Rio de Janeiro). The new genus can be distinguished from other Neotropical genera of the Cicadellini by a combination of various morphological features, including an asymmetrical aedeagus with a bifid shaft and peculiar basal and apical processes and ovipositor valvula II distinctly expanded beyond basal curvature, its dorsal margin with 35–40 teeth, and ventral margin without preapical prominence. A discussion comparing Prodigiella with superficially similar taxa of the genera Macugonalia Young, 1977, Ruppeliana Young, 1977, and Versigonalia Young, 1977 is provided. The discovery of this peculiar new genus indicates that much collecting work in the remaining parts of the Atlantic Forest is clearly and urgently needed.

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Author:Nathalia H. PeclyORCiD, Victor QuintasORCiD, Alexandre C. DomahovskiORCiD, Rodney Ramiro CavichioliORCiD, Gabriel MejdalaniORCiD
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-736236
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.921.2415
ISSN:2118-9773
Parent Title (German):European journal of taxonomy
Series (Serial Number):European journal of taxonomy : EJT (921:64-75)
Publisher:Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Place of publication:Paris
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2024/02/01
Date of first Publication:2024/02/01
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2024/02/01
Tag:Auchenorrhyncha; Membracoidea; Neotropical region; morphology
Volume:2024
Issue:921
Page Number:12
First Page:64
Last Page:75
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie)
Sammlungen:Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
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Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0