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Description of two new species of Prosapia (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) from the Nearctic and Neotropics, with a key to species of the P. inferens species group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2020

Ulises Castro-Valderrama*
Affiliation:
Universidad de Sonora, Departamento de Agricultura y Ganadería, Km 21 Carretera Hermosillo-Bahia Kino, C.P. 83000, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Daniel C. Peck
Affiliation:
Vestaron Corp, Field Development, 4717 Campus Dr., Kalamazoo, Michigan, 49008, United States of America
Gervasio S. Carvalho
Affiliation:
Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Escola de Ciências, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Evolução da Biodiversidade, Laboratório de Entomologia. Avenida Ipiranga, 6681, CEP 90619-900, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Jorge Manuel Valdez-Carrasco
Affiliation:
Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo, Km 36.5, Carretera México-Texcoco, C.P. 56230, Texcoco, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Jesús Romero Nápoles
Affiliation:
Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo, Km 36.5, Carretera México-Texcoco, C.P. 56230, Texcoco, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
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*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]

Abstract

Insects in the subfamily Ischnorhininae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cercopidae), known as spittlebugs or froghoppers, are mainly distributed in the Neotropical region. A few genera include pest species of economic relevance, including Prosapia Fennah, 1949. Two new species from Mexico and Costa Rica are now described for this genus, and a key to species is proposed for the P. inferens (Walker, 1858) species group.

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Research Papers
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© 2020 Entomological Society of Canada

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