The unusual Afrotropical and Oriental leafhopper subfamily Signoretiinae (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae): taxonomic notes, new distributional records, and description of two new Signoretia species
Author
Takiya, Daniela M.
Laboratorio de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, Rio de Janeiro, 21941 - 971, Brazil
Author
Dietrich, Christopher H.
Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois, 1816 S. Oak St., Champaign, IL 61820, USA
Author
Viraktamath, Chandra A.
Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore 560065, India
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.319.4326
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.319.4326
1313-2970-319-303
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Phlogis Linnavuori, 1979
Figs 4-7
, 15, 16
, 25-28
Phlogis
Linnavuori, 1979: 684.
Type-species.
Phlogis mirabilis
Linnavuori, 1979.
Diagnosis
.
Head (
Figs 4-7
) distinctly but finely punctate; lateral frontal sutures distinct, but not carinate; frontoclypeus evenly convex, without median or transverse carinae, in profile continuing contour of anteclypeus; genae bare.
Notes.
Phlogis
was originally described based on the single female type specimen of
Phlogis mirabilis
from Cameroon (
Linnavuori 1979
). The genus is readily distinguished from
Chouious
based on the head morphology, as indicated in the key. Three new specimens are herein studied and assigned to this genus, including a male considered to be conspecific to
Phlogis mirabilis
and undescribed females from the Oriental region.
Distribution.
Afrotropical: Cameroon (
Linnavuori 1979
) and Central African Republic [
new record
]. Oriental: Malaysia [
new record
] and Thailand [
new record
].