A new species and a new form of leafhopper from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae)
Author
Zahniser, James N.
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-10-03
4329
1
81
85
journal article
31913
10.11646/zootaxa.4329.1.4
70696273-b5ef-4883-8e3a-d742b3f30930
1175-5326
1001093
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Erythridula stolata
McAtee
Studied
material:
9 ♂
,
2 ♀
,
USA
,
Tennessee
,
Sevier Co.
,
Great Smoky
Mountain
National Park
,
Twin Creeks
,
Malaise trap
,
35°41'6" N
83°29'56" W
,
5 XI–5 XII 2001
, col.
IC Stocks
, (
INHS
).
Notes:
Specimens we identified as
E. stolata
collected in
GSMNP
exhibit some differences from previously studied specimens of this species. Although the habitus and color pattern are typical, the shape of the aedeagus is slightly different. The basal processes of the aedeagus were very short or absent, and a pair of flat triangular distal processes was well developed. Based on comparison with specimens we interpret this newly observed variation as intraspecific but additional study, ideally including analysis of molecular data, is warranted.