Three new species of the Neotropical genus Smilidarnis Andrade (Hemiptera, Membracidae)

By

McKamey, Stuart

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1174

Pages

85--95

Subjects

Brazil , Ecuador , Neotropical , new species , Peru

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1174.103324

 

Abstract

Smilidarnis duocornussp. nov., S. erwinisp. nov., and S. robustussp. nov. are described, illustrated, and included in a key to the five species here recognized in Smilidarnis. One member of this genus, from Ecuador (new country record for genus), is S. erwini, which differs from its congeners in having distinct coloration and being of intermediate size in terms of overall body length and the relative length of the lateral apical spines. Smilidarnis robustus (from Peru) and S. duocornus (from Brazil) differ from the other species of Smilidarnis in having the pronotum bearing a pair of suprahumeral spines.