Revision of the Neotropical treehopper genus Tolania (Hemiptera, Membracidae)



Document title: Revision of the Neotropical treehopper genus Tolania (Hemiptera, Membracidae)
Journal: Revista brasileira de zoologia
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000281470
ISSN: 0101-8175
Authors: 1
2
Institutions: 1Illinois Natural History Survey Center for Biodiversity, Champaigne, Illinois. Estados Unidos de América
2Illinois Natural History Survey Center for Biodiversity, Champaigne, Illinois. Estados Unidos de América
Year:
Season: Dic
Volumen: 23
Number: 4
Pages: 915-993
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract The treehopper genus Tolania Stål (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Nicomiinae: Nicomiini) and 69 valid species (59 new) are described and illustrated based on adult morphology. Ten informal species groups are recognized based on a previously published phylogenetic analysis: (1) the dira species group comprising T. calista sp. nov., T. dira sp. nov., T. inca sp. nov., T. macaria sp. nov., T. secoya sp. nov., and T. zaparo sp. nov.; (2) the fasciata species group comprising T. fasciata (Walker), T. gracilis sp. nov., and T. laticlava sp. nov.; (3) the femoralis species group comprising T. femoralis Stål, T. fraterna Stål, and T. roberti sp. nov.; (4) the furcata species group comprising T. furcata sp. nov., T. tryphena sp. nov., and T. venezuelensis sp. nov.; (5) the hispida species group comprising T. alida sp. nov., T. hispida sp. nov., and T. periculosa sp. nov.; (6) the malefica species group comprising T. cactina sp. nov., T. curvata sp. nov., T. grallator sp. nov., T. jocosa sp. nov., T. mackameyi sp. nov., T. malefica sp. nov., T. obliqua (Walker), and T. terencia sp. nov.; (7) the obtusa species group comprising T. obtusa Fowler, T. obunca sp. nov., and T. torosa sp. nov.; (8) the opponens species group comprising T. alvira sp. nov., T. arcuata sp. nov., T. damia sp. nov., T. insolita sp. nov., T. lunata sp. nov., T. lurida sp. nov., T. opponens (Walker), T. oriana sp. nov., T. reflexa sp. nov., T. risa sp. nov., T. sinuata sp. nov., T. trilobata sp. nov., T. tumida sp. nov., T. umbella sp. nov., T. vitocensis sp. nov., T. woodi sp
Disciplines: Biología
Keyword: Insectos,
Taxonomía y sistemática,
Revisión taxonómica,
Biogeografía,
Homoptera,
Tolania,
Claves de identificación
Keyword: Biology,
Insects,
Taxonomy and systematics,
Taxonomic review,
Biogeography,
Tolania,
Homoptera,
Identification keys
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