New species and color forms of Empoasca (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini) from South America
Author
Southern, Phillip Sterling
text
Zootaxa
2008
2008-12-03
1949
1
51
62
https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1949.1.4
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1949.1.4
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Empoasca longibrachiata
Southern 1982
(
Figs. 1d, e
)
E. longibrachiata
was described based on
six specimens
from
Peru
and one from
British Honduras
(now
Belize
).
Material
provided by
Dr. Chris Dietrich
(
Illinois Natural History Survey
) and by
Dr. Charles Bartlett
(
Dept. of Entomology
and
Applied Ecology
,
Univ. of Deleware
) included three additional specimens from
Peru
, six from
Belize
and one from
Ecuador
(
Provincia
de /
Francisco
de
Orellana
/
Yasuni National park
/
S 00° 40.478
W 76° 23.866
//
27-IV-2005
,
CR Bartlett
/
N Nazdrowicz
,
D Chang
/ ex. @
Hg
vapor light/night).
The
original description of this species noted that although most specimens were not distinctly marked (
Fig. 1d
),
one paratype
had distinctive red-orange markings.
The
material mentioned above included one additional specimen from
Peru
so marked (
Fig. 1e
)
.