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
Pendarus
Ball, 1927
Description
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Body moderately slender. Crown about as long as pronotum, 2 times as wide as long, medially about 2 times as long as next to eye; anterior margin obtuse angulate rounded, posterior margin concave. Face slightly wider than long; with weak median carina in upper part. Pronotum 3.2 times as wide as long. Fore tibiae with 7 macrochaetae in dorsal rows, ventral rows with numerous setae, their size increases towards apex of tibia. Middle tibiae with 7–8 macrochaetae in 4 longitudinal rows. Setal formula of hind femur 2+2+1+1; hind tibia with 10–11 macrochaetae in dorsal rows and shorter intercalary setae among them. First hind tarsomere with pecten of 5 platellae at apex; boundary of segments II and III with 2 platellae. Abdomen with 4 longitudinal rows of very short setae. Pygofer 5 times as long as preceding tergites, without macrochaetae.