Revision of the New World leafhopper tribe Faltalini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) and the evolution of brachyptery Author Zahniser, James N. text Zootaxa 2021 2021-04-13 4954 1 1 160 journal article 7262 10.11646/zootaxa.4954.1.1 64eab05b-4539-4be2-bb06-7af4369949e0 1175-5326 4690775 A8D2AA60-562C-4F98-8000-D792F1E40C87 Kramerana mella DeLong & Thambimuttu ( Figs. 49A 1 , 49B 1 , 49J , 53 ) Kramerana mella DeLong & Thambimuttu, 1973: 167–168 [original description, illustration, morphology]; Zanol, 2008: 45 [catalogue]; Zahniser, 2007 [online catalogue]; Freytag & Gaiani, 2017 [online catalogue] FIGUIRE 51. Kramerana junina , K. hypera , and K. linnavuorii . (H, I, K–P) standard views; K–P & H2, K. junina ; H1, K. hypera (H1 & H2 taken side by side at same scale for comparison). (H3, I), K. linnavuorii [OSUC458000; right side of sclerotized plate of phragma attached to base of aedeagus, left side removed]; (Q–R) K. junina , SEM images; Q, face; R, head, pronotum, and scutellum (part), dorsal view. Diagnosis. K. mella can be distinguished from other species in the genus by its size (male, 4.0 mm), pygofer without distinct posteroventral tooth, aedeagus with broad base and with narrow shaft arising posterodorsally from base, aedeagus apex with short flanges arising from laterally, and aedeagus posteroventral corner distinct– sharply angled and projecting outward. Material examined. Three ♂ paratypes : CHILE , Malleco Prov. , 23-XII-1967 , D.M. DeLong coll. [ OSUC #457991 , 458001 , 458002 ]. 2♂ , 2♀ : CHILE , Malleco Prov. , Nahuelbuta , ~ 8km W Angol , 37º49’S 72º48’W , 850m , 26-I-2017 , J.F. Campodonico leg., sweep netting [ USNM ] . Distribution. K. mella is known only from Chile (La Araucanía : Malleco Prov.)