A remarkable new species of the sharpshooter genus Egidemia (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Cicadellinae)

By

Mejdalani, Gabriel
Garcia, Cláudia

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

97

Pages

1-10

Subjects

Auchenorrhyncha , Colombia , identification key , leafhopper , Morphology , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.97.741

 

Abstract

A new species of Egidemia China, 1927, E. impudica, is described and illustrated from the Department of Magdalena (Colombia). The male genitalia of the new species have a very peculiar, diagnostic feature: the pygofer is considerably reduced and truncate posteriorly, so that part of the aedeagus is exposed. A key to males of all known Egidemia species is provided. Notes comparing E. impudica with the other nine known species of the genus are also given.