Nymphs of some Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) with description of a new tribe
Author
Dmitriev, Dmitry
Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, United States of America
text
ZooKeys
2009
2009-12-11
29
29
13
33
journal article
10.3897/zookeys.29.223
a1a736f1-f8f4-4c04-bde5-9f0ac473b723
1313–2970
576572
Genus
Acinopterus
Van Duzee, 1892
Description
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Body moderately robust. Vertex about as long as pronotum, slightly wider than long; medially about 1.5 times as long as next to eye; anterior margin rounded, posterior margin almost straight. Crown-face transition narrowly rounded;
C
Figure |.
Nymphs of leafhoppers.
A
Neocoelidia tumidifrons
Gillette & Baker
B
same, face
C
Acinopterus acuminatus
Van Duzee
D
Texananus
sp.
E
same, face
F
Chlorotettix galbanatus
Van Duzee.
acrometope distinct, with remnants of original anterior carina on dorsum of head. Face slightly wider than long; anteclypeus expanding towards apex with contraction at base, about two times as long as wide; lorum about as wide as anteclypeus; postclypeus slightly longer than wide; antenna short, reaching apex of anteclypeus. Pronotum 3.5 times as wide as long, with weak lateral carina. Forewing pads 1.5 times as long as pterothorax medially. Fore tibia with 4 macrochaetae in dorsal rows and numerous setae in ventral rows. Middle tibia with 4 macrochaetae in dorsal rows and 5 macrochaetae in ventral rows. Setal formula of hind femur 2+2+1; hind tibia with 8–9 macrochaetae in dorsal rows; anterodorsal row with 2–
4 intercalary
setae among macrochaetae; posterodorsal row with 1–
2 intercalary
setae; apex of hind tibia with pecten of 7 macrochaetae. First hind tarsomere with pecten of 5 platellae at apex. Abdominal tergites with 6–8 macrochaetae at posterior margins, often with additional shorter macrochaetae at anterior corners. Pygofer about 2 times as long as preceding abdominal tergites. Male gonapophyses triangular, slightly longer than wide, with pointed apices.