Description of a new, unusual species of Diestostemma Amyot & Serville (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) from Ecuador

By

McKamey, Stuart

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

908

Pages

31--37

Subjects

Auchenorrhyncha , Neotropical , new species , Proconiini , sharpshooter , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.908.38477

 

Abstract

Diestostemma bicristatasp. nov., is described from Napo Province, Ecuador. It is unusual for the genus in lacking a visible white powdery covering, having raised, weakly reticulate veins on the forewing, a short metathoracic femur (half length of the metathoracic tibia), and is the only species with a double-crested pronotum.