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was erected to include the single species
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(
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species by monotypy) by
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in a key to genera of the “tribe Tetigoniini”, which generic composition coincides fair well with the current concept of
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. He distinguished
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from
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Breddin, 1902
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by the “Pronotum with 2 crescentiform tubercles”, while the latter has flattened processes. At that time, only the five
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species and the
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0810FFFF85D6F958FBDDF944" box="[923,1074,1686,1711]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="160">D. albipennis</emphasis>
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were included in
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0810FFFF82B0F958FA73F945" box="[1277,1436,1687,1710]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="160">Diestostemma</emphasis>
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(see
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) and, as a result, the newly erected
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was distinguishable based on presence of two large humps on the pronotum.
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In his revision of
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,
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overlooked Kirkaldys (1907) paper and, without examining a specimen, placed
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in “Gruppe II” based on the female terminalia along with eight other species (seven currently valid), all with the posterodorsal surface of the pronotum not significantly elevated. Conversely,
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recognized
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as valid, although noting that it was very similar to
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0810FFFF82B0F8BFFA73F86C" box="[1277,1436,1904,1927]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="160">Diestostemma</emphasis>
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(“Von der Gattung
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Am. et Serv.
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nur dadurch verschieden, dass sich auf dem Pronotum zwei Höcker befinden.” [From the genus
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Am. et Serv.
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only differs by the two humps on the pronotum.]). Based on the dorsally elevated pronotum,
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added two new species in
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, the still enigmatic
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and
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC8493FF56FC80FF5B" box="[734,879,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">L. reticulata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF4B080813FFFC8531FF58FBC0FF5B" author="Melichar" box="[892,1071,151,176]" pageId="26" pageNumber="161" refString="Melichar, L. (1924) Monographie der Cicadellinen. I. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 21, 195 - 243." type="journal article" year="1924">Melichar, 1924</bibRefCitation>
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, both considered by him with “Pronotumhöcker niedrig, mehr abgeflacht” [Pronotum hump low, more flattened]. A few years later,
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF4B080813FFFC8372FF73FF0EFF13" author="Schmidt" pageId="26" pageNumber="161" refString="Schmidt, E. (1928) Die Cicadellinen des Stettiner Museums. (Hemiptera-Homoptera.). I. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 89 (1), 31 - 62." type="journal article" year="1928">Schmidt (1928)</bibRefCitation>
described a fourth species in the genus with large pronotal humps,
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC8597FF10FB05FF13" box="[986,1258,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">Leucopepla rubriventris</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF4B080813FFFC82BCFF10FA77FF13" author="Schmidt" box="[1265,1432,223,248]" pageId="26" pageNumber="161" refString="Schmidt, E. (1928) Die Cicadellinen des Stettiner Museums. (Hemiptera-Homoptera.). I. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 89 (1), 31 - 62." type="journal article" year="1928">Schmidt, 1928</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, based on a single female that could be distinguished from the similar
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC8580FECAFB6AFEF6" box="[973,1157,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">L. bituberculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the shape of female sternite VII and differences in coloration.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36465720813FFFD868AFE83FEAAFE3B" lastPageId="27" lastPageNumber="162" pageId="26" pageNumber="161" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BC136F90813FFFC868AFE83FD27FCDC" blockId="26.[151,1437,151,1112]" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">
The genus composition remained unaltered including these four species in Metcalfs (1965) catalog in which
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC86DAFEA0FEF5FE63" box="[151,282,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">Leucopepla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was included in his new tribe Ciccianini with the genera
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D7A0813FFFC85DAFEA0FB6DFE63" authority="Stal, 1869" authorityName="Stal" authorityYear="1869" box="[919,1154,367,392]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Acrobelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="161" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC85DAFEA0FBE7FE63" box="[919,1032,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">Acrobelus</emphasis>
Stål, 1869
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D7A0813FFFC82C1FEBFFA77FE63" authority="Metcalf, 1952" authorityName="Metcalf" authorityYear="1952" box="[1164,1432,367,392]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Cicciana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="161" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC82C1FEBFFB1EFE6C" box="[1164,1265,368,391]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">Cicciana</emphasis>
Metcalf, 1952
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D7A0813FFFC8685FE5AFE2BFE47" authority="Melichar, 1924" authorityName="Melichar" authorityYear="1924" box="[200,452,404,429]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Yunga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="161" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC8685FE5AFEE2FE47" box="[200,269,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">Yunga</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF4B080813FFFC875BFE5BFE2BFE47" author="Melichar" box="[278,452,404,429]" pageId="26" pageNumber="161" refString="Melichar, L. (1924) Monographie der Cicadellinen. I. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 21, 195 - 243." type="journal article" year="1924">Melichar, 1924</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, until Youngs (1968) revision, when the genus was synonymized with
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC82BBFE5AFA7AFE47" box="[1270,1429,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">Diestostemma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The latter author stated that the pronotal character “integrates” with other species in the genus. Indeed, the pronotal hump-shaped tubercles (varying from slightly to strongly projected) are also observed in a few other species of
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC86DAFDCEFED9FDF3" box="[151,310,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">Diestostemma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, such as
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC87E1FDCEFDBBFDF3" box="[428,596,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">D. reticulatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="13452A7C0813FFFC8425FE30FD1AFDF3" box="[616,757,511,536]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 12" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1698,1721]" captionTargetBox="[152,1435,681,1642]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[152,1435,681,1642]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 1 12. Head and prothorax of species of the Diestostemma bituberculatum complex in anterior view. 1 2. Male holotype and female paratype of D. albinoi sp. nov. (Ecuador, Orellana Province, EPNC, USNM); 3 4. Male and female of D. bituberculatum (Signoret, 1855) (French Guiana, Cayenne Arrondissement, INHS, DZRJ); 5 6. Male holotype and female paratype of D. cavichiolii sp. nov. (Brazil, Mato Grosso State, DZUP); 7 8. Male holotype and female paratype of D. gervasioi sp. nov. (Ecuador, Orellana Province, EPNC, USNM); 9 10. Male holotype and female paratype of D. olivia sp. nov. (Ecuador, Orellana Province, EPNC, USNM); 11 12. Male and female of D. reticulatum (Melichar, 1924) (Peru, Cusco Department, DZRJ). Scale bars = 2 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/816009/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">Figs. 1112</figureCitation>
),
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC8542FDCEFC1FFDF3" box="[783,1008,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">D. atropunctulatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(though less projected), and among brownish species with densely sclerotized forewings (
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC84B4FDEAFC66FDD7" box="[761,905,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">D. nervosum</emphasis>
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group), including an undescribed species from
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known to the present authors. However, all these above-cited humped species are clearly distinct from
<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC86DAFDA3FE59FD6F" box="[151,438,620,645]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D7A0813FFFC86DAFDA3FEF5FD6E" authority="Pinto &amp; Mejdalani &amp; Takiya, 2017" authorityName="Pinto &amp; Mejdalani &amp; Takiya" authorityYear="2017" box="[151,282,620,645]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Leucopepla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="161" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" sensu="stricto">Leucopepla</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23957900813FFFC8768FDA2FE59FD6F" box="[293,438,621,644]" pageId="26" pageNumber="161" sensu="stricto">sensu stricto</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC8781FDA2FD72FD6E" box="[460,669,620,645]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">D. bituberculatum</emphasis>
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complex) based on the general coloration, antennal ledge shape, relative size of the pronotal posterolateral angle, shape and number of SVDs, and male and female terminalia. Although we agree with the distinction of
<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC843BFD7BFCCBFD27" box="[630,804,692,717]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D7A0813FFFC843BFD7BFD16FD26" authority="Pinto &amp; Mejdalani &amp; Takiya, 2017" authorityName="Pinto &amp; Mejdalani &amp; Takiya" authorityYear="2017" box="[630,761,692,717]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Leucopepla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="161" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" sensu="stricto">Leucopepla</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23957900813FFFC854DFD7AFCCBFD27" box="[768,804,693,716]" pageId="26" pageNumber="161" sensu="stricto">s.s.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, we do not propose further changes in the classification until a robust phylogenetic hypothesis of the whole genus is available. We prefer to treat the strongly homogenous group of large white
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D7A0813FFFC87D3FD32FDD2FCFF" authorityName="Amyot &amp; Audinet-Serville" authorityYear="1843" box="[414,573,765,788]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Diestostemma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="161" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC87D3FD32FDD2FCFF" box="[414,573,765,788]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">Diestostemma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species from the Amazonian forest as the
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D7A0813FFFC821EFD32FAC9FCFE" authorityName="Signoret" authorityYear="1855" box="[1107,1318,764,789]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Diestostemma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="161" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bituberculatum">
<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC821EFD32FAC9FCFE" box="[1107,1318,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">D. bituberculatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex, excluding
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D7A0813FFFC8741FCEEFE07FCD3" authorityName="Melichar" authorityYear="1924" box="[268,488,799,824]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Diestostemma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="161" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atropunctulatum">
<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC8741FCEEFE07FCD3" box="[268,488,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">D. atropunctulatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC8453FCEEFD2EFCD3" box="[542,705,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">D. reticulatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC136F90813FFFC868AFC8BFEA6FBB3" blockId="26.[151,1437,151,1112]" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">
The arrangement of metafemoral macrosetae varies considerably in the
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D7A0813FFFC85ABFC8AFB5DFCB6" authorityName="Signoret" authorityYear="1855" box="[998,1202,836,861]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Diestostemma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="161" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bituberculatum">
<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC85ABFC8AFB5DFCB6" box="[998,1202,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">D. bituberculatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex, both intra- and interspecifically. Often there are additional macrosetae located close to the AD row, with equal size or slightly smaller in a few cases. We are not confident in considering these as regular macrosetae of the PD row. These supernumerary macrosetae vary from just one at second to fourth positions (additional macrosetae to AD24), as in the
<typeStatus id="54C5885B0813FFFC868DFC1BFECDFC06" box="[192,290,980,1005]" pageId="26" pageNumber="161" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D7A0813FFFC8705FC1AFE0EFC06" authority="Pinto &amp; Mejdalani &amp; Takiya, 2017" authorityName="Pinto &amp; Mejdalani &amp; Takiya" authorityYear="2017" box="[328,481,980,1005]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Diestostemma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="161" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cavichiolii" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC8705FC1AFE0EFC06" box="[328,481,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">D. cavichiolii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23957900813FFFC87A5FC1BFDADFC06" box="[488,578,980,1005]" pageId="26" pageNumber="161" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC87A5FC1BFDADFC06" bold="true" box="[488,578,980,1005]" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, to an extreme of four macrosetae in the third row of the female
<typeStatus id="54C5885B0813FFFC8350FC1AFA92FC06" box="[1309,1405,981,1005]" pageId="26" pageNumber="161" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D7A0813FFFC86DAFC36FF15FBFB" authority="Pinto &amp; Mejdalani &amp; Takiya, 2017" authorityName="Pinto &amp; Mejdalani &amp; Takiya" authorityYear="2017" box="[151,250,1015,1040]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Diestostemma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="161" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="olivia" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC86DAFC36FF15FBFB" box="[151,250,1015,1040]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">D. olivia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC874CFC38FEB4FBFB" bold="true" box="[257,347,1015,1040]" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
The frequencies of different macrosetal arrangements on the metathoracic leg are given in
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. Further comparative study is needed to determine whether this unusual configuration is observed in other genera of
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.
</paragraph>
<caption id="DF0166710813FFFC86DAFB47FDBCFB0B" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">
<paragraph id="8BC136F90813FFFC86DAFB47FDBCFB0B" blockId="26.[151,1435,1159,1248]" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">
<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC86DAFB47FEFEFB74" bold="true" box="[151,273,1160,1183]" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Frequency of distribution of metafemoral macrosetae in species of the
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC8218FB47FA74FB74" box="[1109,1435,1159,1183]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">Diestostemma bituberculatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex. Macrosetae located close to anterodorsal row are tentatively considered as setae of the posterodorsal row. AD = anterodorsal row; PD = posterodosal row.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BC136F90813FFFC86D2FB33FE77F966" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">
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<th id="769F5DC70813001986DAFB33FE77FAF9" box="[151,408,1276,1298]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">Species/macroseta type</th>
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<th id="769F5DC70813001985FDFB33FC32FAF9" box="[944,989,1276,1298]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">PD2</th>
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<th id="769F5DC70813001982E4FB33FB39FAF9" box="[1193,1238,1276,1298]" gridcol="7" gridrow="0" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">PD3</th>
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC86D2FAE9FEE9FAD0" box="[159,262,1317,1339]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">D. albinoi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC8741FAE9FEB3FAD0" bold="true" box="[268,348,1318,1339]" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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<td id="769F5DC70813001982E4FAEAFB39FAD0" box="[1193,1238,1317,1339]" gridcol="7" gridrow="1" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">0.00</td>
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<th id="769F5DC70813001986DAFA81FE77FA8E" box="[151,408,1358,1381]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC86D2FA9FFEB7FA8F" box="[159,344,1358,1381]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">D. bituberculatum</emphasis>
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<td id="769F5DC7081300198476FA81FD83FA8E" box="[571,620,1358,1381]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">1.00</td>
<td id="769F5DC70813001984FAFA81FD0BFA8E" box="[695,740,1358,1381]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">1.00</td>
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<td id="769F5DC70813001982E4FA81FB39FA8E" box="[1193,1238,1358,1381]" gridcol="7" gridrow="2" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">0.00</td>
<td id="769F5DC7081300198368FA81FAB9FA8E" box="[1317,1366,1358,1381]" gridcol="8" gridrow="2" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">0.00</td>
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<tr id="354E34BB0813001986DAFAB7FAB9FA65" box="[151,1366,1400,1422]" gridrow="3" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">
<th id="769F5DC70813001986DAFAB7FE77FA65" box="[151,408,1400,1422]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D7A0813FFFC86D2FAB6FEC6FA65" authority="Pinto &amp; Mejdalani &amp; Takiya, 2017" authorityName="Pinto &amp; Mejdalani &amp; Takiya" authorityYear="2017" box="[159,297,1400,1422]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Diestostemma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="161" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cavichiolii" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC86D2FAB6FEC6FA65" box="[159,297,1400,1422]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">D. cavichiolii</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC8762FAB7FE90FA66" bold="true" box="[303,383,1400,1421]" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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</th>
<td id="769F5DC70813001987FBFAB7FDECFA65" box="[438,515,1400,1422]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">3♂, 7♀</td>
<td id="769F5DC7081300198476FAB7FD83FA65" box="[571,620,1400,1422]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">1.00</td>
<td id="769F5DC70813001984FAFAB7FD0BFA65" box="[695,740,1400,1422]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">1.00</td>
<td id="769F5DC708130019857EFAB7FC8AFA65" box="[819,869,1400,1422]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">0.61</td>
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<td id="769F5DC7081300198261FAB7FBB1FA65" box="[1068,1118,1400,1422]" gridcol="6" gridrow="3" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">0.67</td>
<td id="769F5DC70813001982E4FAB7FB39FA65" box="[1193,1238,1400,1422]" gridcol="7" gridrow="3" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">0.17</td>
<td id="769F5DC7081300198368FAB7FAB9FA65" box="[1317,1366,1400,1422]" gridcol="8" gridrow="3" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">0.39</td>
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<tr id="354E34BB0813001986DAFA6EFAB9FA5C" box="[151,1366,1441,1463]" gridrow="4" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">
<th id="769F5DC70813001986DAFA6EFE77FA5C" box="[151,408,1441,1463]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC86D2FA6DFEF3FA5C" box="[159,284,1442,1463]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">D. gervasioi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC876FFA6EFE9CFA5D" bold="true" box="[290,371,1441,1462]" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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</th>
<td id="769F5DC70813001987FBFA6EFDECFA5C" box="[438,515,1441,1463]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">1♂, 1♀</td>
<td id="769F5DC7081300198476FA6EFD83FA5C" box="[571,620,1441,1463]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">1.00</td>
<td id="769F5DC70813001984FAFA6EFD0BFA5C" box="[695,740,1441,1463]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">1.00</td>
<td id="769F5DC708130019857EFA6EFC8AFA5C" box="[819,869,1441,1463]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">0.50</td>
<td id="769F5DC70813001985FDFA6EFC32FA5C" box="[944,989,1441,1463]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">0.00</td>
<td id="769F5DC7081300198261FA6EFBB1FA5C" box="[1068,1118,1441,1463]" gridcol="6" gridrow="4" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">0.00</td>
<td id="769F5DC70813001982E4FA6EFB39FA5C" box="[1193,1238,1441,1463]" gridcol="7" gridrow="4" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">0.00</td>
<td id="769F5DC7081300198368FA6EFAB9FA5C" box="[1317,1366,1441,1463]" gridcol="8" gridrow="4" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">0.00</td>
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<tr id="354E34BB0813001986DAFA05FAB9FA0B" box="[151,1366,1482,1504]" gridrow="5" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">
<th id="769F5DC70813001986DAFA05FE77FA0B" box="[151,408,1482,1504]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC86D2FA04FF17FA0B" box="[159,248,1482,1504]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">D. olivia</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC86B3FA04FEA1FA0B" bold="true" box="[254,334,1483,1504]" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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</th>
<td id="769F5DC70813001987FBFA05FDECFA0B" box="[438,515,1482,1504]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">3♂, 2♀</td>
<td id="769F5DC7081300198476FA05FD83FA0B" box="[571,620,1482,1504]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">1.00</td>
<td id="769F5DC70813001984FAFA05FD0BFA0B" box="[695,740,1482,1504]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">1.00</td>
<td id="769F5DC708130019857EFA05FC8AFA0B" box="[819,869,1482,1504]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">0.90</td>
<td id="769F5DC70813001985FDFA05FC32FA0B" box="[944,989,1482,1504]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">0.00</td>
<td id="769F5DC7081300198261FA05FBB1FA0B" box="[1068,1118,1482,1504]" gridcol="6" gridrow="5" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">0.60</td>
<td id="769F5DC70813001982E4FA05FB39FA0B" box="[1193,1238,1482,1504]" gridcol="7" gridrow="5" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">0.30</td>
<td id="769F5DC7081300198368FA05FAB9FA0B" box="[1317,1366,1482,1504]" gridcol="8" gridrow="5" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">0.30</td>
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<tr id="354E34BB0813001986DAFA3BFAB9F9E1" box="[151,1366,1524,1546]" gridrow="6" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">
<th id="769F5DC70813001986DAFA3BFE77F9E1" box="[151,408,1524,1546]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D7A0813FFFC86D2FA3AFED8F9E1" authorityName="Schmidt" authorityYear="1928" box="[159,311,1524,1546]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Leucopepla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="161" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rubriventris">
<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC86D2FA3AFED8F9E1" box="[159,311,1524,1546]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">D. rubriventris</emphasis>
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</th>
<td id="769F5DC70813001987FBFA3BFDECF9E1" box="[438,515,1524,1546]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">1♀</td>
<td id="769F5DC7081300198476FA3BFD83F9E1" box="[571,620,1524,1546]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">1.00</td>
<td id="769F5DC70813001984FAFA3BFD0BF9E1" box="[695,740,1524,1546]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">1.00</td>
<td id="769F5DC708130019857EFA3BFC8AF9E1" box="[819,869,1524,1546]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">1.00</td>
<td id="769F5DC70813001985FDFA3BFC32F9E1" box="[944,989,1524,1546]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">0.00</td>
<td id="769F5DC7081300198261FA3BFBB1F9E1" box="[1068,1118,1524,1546]" gridcol="6" gridrow="6" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">0.50</td>
<td id="769F5DC70813001982E4FA3BFB39F9E1" box="[1193,1238,1524,1546]" gridcol="7" gridrow="6" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">0.00</td>
<td id="769F5DC7081300198368FA3BFAB9F9E1" box="[1317,1366,1524,1546]" gridcol="8" gridrow="6" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">0.00</td>
</tr>
<tr id="354E34BB0813001986DAF9BCFAB9F966" box="[151,1366,1651,1677]" gridrow="7" pageId="26" pageNumber="161" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1" rowspan-6="1" rowspan-7="1" rowspan-8="1">
<th id="769F5DC70813001986DAF9BCFE77F966" box="[151,408,1651,1677]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">Concluding remarks</th>
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</paragraph>
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Based on samples from the canopy fogging project in the Ecuadorian Amazon by T. Erwin (USNM),
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observed a very high number of undescribed leafhopper species, thus it is not surprising that three out of the four new species described herein were collected during the same project. Other new sharpshooter species have already been described based on this material (e.g.,
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Ceotto
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2004
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;
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;
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), but there are many more to describe. Considering the high number of undescribed leafhoppers in these samples,
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estimated that the number of leafhopper species in the world could reach 200,000. It is impossible to determine at this point if the species herein described are exclusively canopy dwellers, as the collecting method is not selective and understory species could also be collected.
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Considering
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0813FFFC8711F815FE14F81A" box="[348,507,2010,2033]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="161">Diestostemma</emphasis>
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, a full revision of this genus based on the examination of
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specimens is urgently required, taking into account that, as in many other
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genera (see
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), several species are known only from meager material and are poorly characterized. The generic status of
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appears well supported by diagnostic morphological characters, as well as the genus group nomina
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and
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<emphasis id="B90AEAEB0812FFFD82F8FEE8FAF7FEAB" bold="true" box="[1205,1304,295,320]" pageId="27" pageNumber="162">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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complex is somewhat questionable, because this species has somewhat atypical characteristics, such as the less projected humps on the pronotum. Likewise,
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