Boreolimnus, a new leafhopper genus from northern North America, with a review of Cribrus Oman (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae)

By

Kits, Joel

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1217

Pages

273--290

Subjects

COI barcodes , Morphology , new genus , Paralimnini , Phylogeny

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1217.126602

 

Abstract

The poorly known leafhopper species described as Deltocephalus (Laevicephalus) concinnus var. incisurus DeLong, 1926 previously had no accepted generic placement. It is here redescribed and placed in Boreolimnusgen. nov. in the tribe Paralimnini, as Boreolimnus incisurus (DeLong) comb. nov.Cribrus micmac Hamilton, 1987 is a junior syn. nov. of B. incisurus. Due to historic confusion, the species currently placed in Cribrus Oman, 1949 were also reviewed. Cribrus concinnus (Sanders & DeLong, 1917) is redescribed, and a lectotype is designated to clarify the application of the name. Deltocephalus plagus Ball & DeLong, 1926 and Laevicephalus shingwauki Beamer & Tuthill, 1934 are recognized as junior syn. nov. of C. concinnus, now the only recognized species in the genus.