A new South American genus and eight new species of Hyalojassini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae) with additional records of host plants

ABSTRACT

Pinndorama gen. nov. is described based on eight new species: P. dianae sp. nov. from the states of Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais and Paraná, Brazil; P. guartela sp. nov. from Paraná, Brazil; P. matogrossensis sp. nov. from Mato Grosso, Brazil; P. melanocephala sp. nov. from Distrito Federal, Brazil, and Cuzco, Peru; P. paraguaia sp. nov. from Canindeyu, Paraguay; P. pitanga sp. nov. (type species) from Minas Gerais, Paraná and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; P. ronurensis sp. nov. from Mato Grosso, Brazil; and P. sinopensis sp. nov. from Mato Grosso, Brazil. A discussion comparing the new genus with the related genera Gehundra, Grunchia and Maranata is provided as well as a key to males. Host plants are identified for Pinndorama pitanga sp. nov. and Pinndorama guartela sp. nov., and for four species of Selenomorphini: Pachyopsis fasciatus, Pachyopsis nigrifacis, Pachyopsis pallidus and Parapachyopsis tenebris.

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KEYWORDS:

• Auchenorrhyncha
• host plants
• leafhoppers
• morphology
• taxonomy

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to the anonymous reviewers, who kindly made improvements to a preliminary version of this manuscript. I am grateful to Dr Rodney R. Cavichioli (DZUP) for providing the infrastructure needed to develop this study and to Dra Duane F. Lima (UFSC) and Dr Fábio S. Vieira (USP) who kindly identified the host plants.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico [grant number 140815/2017-1].