Four new species of genus Parallaxis McAtee (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Dikraneurini) from Argentina, with a key to known species

María Inés Catalano; Susana L Paradell; Christopher H Dietrich

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3737.3.3

Four new species of genus Parallaxis McAtee (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Dikraneurini) from Argentina, with a key to known species

Zootaxa. 2013 Nov 20:3737:241-50. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.3.3.

Authors

María Inés Catalano¹, Susana L Paradell², Christopher H Dietrich³

Affiliations

¹ Centro de Bioinvestigaciones, Departamento de Ciencias Básicas y Experimentales, Universidad Nacional del Noroeste de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Monteagudo 2772, Pergamino, Buenos Aires, 2700, Argentina. CONICET; Email: mariainescatalano@unnoba.edu.ar.
² División Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Paseo del Bosque s/n, La Plata, Buenos Aires, 1900, Argentina. CIC; Email: unknown.
³ Illinois Natural History Survey, Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, University of Illinois, 1816 S. Oak Street, Champaign, Illinois, 61820, USA; Email: unknown.

PMID: 25112752
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.3.3

Abstract

Four new species of Parallaxis McAtee are described from Argentina, P. jujuiensis sp. n., P. misionensis sp. n., P. tucumanensis sp. n. and P. virlai sp. n. Detailed morphological descriptions and illustrations of the new species and a key to males of known species are provided.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Argentina
Hemiptera / classification*