Review of the South American leafhopper genus Parandanus (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae)

Yani Duan; Christopher H Dietrich; Micael D Webb; Yalin Zhang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.562.7478

Review of the South American leafhopper genus Parandanus (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae)

Zookeys. 2016 Feb 10:(562):73-83. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.562.7478. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Yani Duan¹, Christopher H Dietrich², Micael D Webb³, Yalin Zhang⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China.
² Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1816 S. Oak St., Champaign, IL 61820, USA.
³ The Natural History Museum, London, UK, SW7 5BD.
⁴ Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China.

Abstract

The South American leafhopper genus Parandanus Linnavuori & DeLong (Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) is reviewed and four of its six species are illustrated and male genital characters are provided. Three new species from Peru, Parandanus longistylus Duan, sp. n., Parandanus nigricephalus Duan, sp. n. and Parandanus paracruciatus Duan, sp. n. are described. A key to species is also provided.

Keywords: Auchenorrhyncha; morphology; new species; taxonomy.

Publication types

Review