Neotropical spittlebugs related to Neaenini (Hemiptera, Cercopidae) and the origins of subfamily Cercopinae
Author
Andrew Hamilton, K. G.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4169
2
201
250
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.1
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1175-5326
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Microsargane
(
Microtholia
)
bipunctura
sp.nov.
Etymology
bi—
two;
punctura
(noun in apposition), hole.
Diagnosis.
The largest member of the genus,
12.2 mm
.
Description.
Dark brown with paler median line on pronotum and 2 faint white spots on each tegmen, 1 on central anteapical cell just basad of tip of clavus, the other on 2nd apical cell from tip of clavus; thoracic pleura orange and spots on sides of abdomen red.
Type
.
Holotype
female,
PANAMA
:
Chiriqui
─
La Fortuna
8o47'N
82o13'W
,
1200m
,
Continental Divide Trail
#2, montane forest,
18 Sept. 2008
(
L. Sekerka
&
D. Windsor
) beating and sweeping
;
2009-
56
in BMNH.
Remarks.
Barcode of Life AHCNC205-13, 8% divergent from common ancestor with
M. habrotes
(the nextlargest species in the genus), a divergence greater than among any species in the nominate subgenus.