Contribution to the tribe Pentoffiini (Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) with descriptions of two new species and the male of Evanirvana aurea Hill, 1973

Clayton C Gonçalves; Christopher H Dietrich; Daniela M Takiya

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4688.2.7

Contribution to the tribe Pentoffiini (Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) with descriptions of two new species and the male of Evanirvana aurea Hill, 1973

Zootaxa. 2019 Oct 22;4688(2):zootaxa.4688.2.7. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4688.2.7.

Authors

Clayton C Gonçalves¹, Christopher H Dietrich, Daniela M Takiya

Affiliation

¹ Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-971, RJ, Brazil.. clayton.correa.goncalves@gmail.com.

PMID: 31719452
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4688.2.7

Abstract

Pentoffiini is a small tribe of Neotropical leafhoppers that includes two genera: Evanirvana Hill, 1973 with only one species, E. aurea, previously known only from females and Pentoffia Kramer, 1964 with seven species. Here, we describe the male of E. aurea, a new species of Evanirvana, E. tambopata sp. nov., from Peru, and a new species of Pentoffia, P. santosi sp. nov., from Peru. A revised diagnosis for Evanirvana and key to all known species of Pentoffiini are provided.

Keywords: Hemiptera, leafhoppers, Pentoffia, Neotropical Region, new records.

MeSH terms

Animals
Female
Hemiptera*
Male
Peru