Contributions on the treehopper genus Ennya Stål, 1866 (Hemiptera: Membracidae) with two new species from Ecuador
Author
Montalvo-Salazar, Jorge L.
0009-0003-1221-0304
Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Instituto de Biodiversidad Tropical IBIOTROP, Laboratorio de Zoología Terrestre, Museo de Zoología, Quito 170901, Ecuador
jorgemontalvo2000@gmail.com
Author
López-García, Margarita M.
0000-0003-2796-2931
Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Instituto de Biodiversidad Tropical IBIOTROP, Laboratorio de Zoología Terrestre, Museo de Zoología, Quito 170901, Ecuador
mlopezg@usfq.edu.ec
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-03-21
5428
2
269
289
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5428.2.6
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5428.2.6
1175-5326
10847591
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Ennya sobria
(
Walker, 1851
)
(
Figs. 1C–D
,
10A
)
Material examined:
Holotype
female (DEI Hemimetabola # 100324)
Hille limbispina
Breddin (SDEI)
.
Additional material:
Two females
(ZSFQ-i11661:11662) and
one male
(ZSFQ-i12390) from
ECUADOR
:
Napo
:
Papallacta
,
Guango Lodge
.
Comments:
Ennya sobria
differs from all its congeners except for
E. dorsalis
in having a spine-like dorsal process, orange coloration and black central carina.
Ennya sobria
was considered a synonym of
Ennya dorsalis
for a long time until
Sakakibara (1996a)
reviewed the
types
and revalidated the species; however, he did not provide any comments. Also, we could not find differences in the original description of
E. dorsalis
(
Fairmaire, 1846
)
.
The localities reported for this species, including the
type
locality “Quito”, are not precise (
Goding 1929
). However, this species definitively is not found in Quito and we suggest somewhere around Papallacta could be the
type
locality due to its proximity to Quito (~
50 km
east). Also it has been reported from
Colombia
(
McKamey 1998
). This species is subsocial, with adults and nymphs at different stages found together, in groups of ten to 20 individuals on the same host plant.