(Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae)
Author
Godoy, Carolina
text
Zootaxa
2004
608
1
4
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.158256
70f69f59-ce2c-4d7e-8155-c7983fbecf0d
11755326
158256
Genus
Ileopeltus
Cwikla 1988
Type
Species.
Chlorotettix tethys
Van Duzee, 1907:71
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Diagnosis.
Smallsized leafhoppers. Male 3.8–6.0 mm. Color yellowish green or ochraceous. Brownish markings occasionally present on crown and forewing. Crown roundly produced, median length slightly longer than length next to eye. Forewing with crossvein in claval area. Male genitalia: Pygofer roundly produced or truncated, processes present or absent. Anal tube weakly sclerotized dorsally. Valve acutely triangular, usually fused to plate posteriorly. Subgenital plate short or slightly longer than pygofer, rounded apically, macrosetae uniseriate, second short row of microsetaelike structures occasionally present, lateral margin sinuate, straight, or convex. Style apex linear, preapical angle usually absent. Aedeagus without processes, asymmetrical, apex acute in posterior aspect. Gonopore on right side at base of shaft. Female abdominal sternum VII with posterior margin shallowly excavated, middle of excavation with short projection bearing two short teeth.