The caliscelid genus, Chirodisca Emeljanov, 1996 (Caliscelinae, Caliscelini), is reviewed. Adults and 5th instar nymph of Chirodisca astyages (Dlabola, 1982) and adults of Ch. eximia (Stål, 1859) are described and illustrated on the basis of type specimens and other material examined.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new genus, Petocica gen. n., with a type species, Petocica perforata sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new species of the leafhopper genus Dryadomorpha Kirkaldy, 1906 (tribe Drabescini), D. tricornis sp. n.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new species of the ricaniid genus Tarehylava Stroiński, 2021, T. gorgona sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe genus Symplanella Fennah, 1987 is revised, with the type species, Symplanella breviceps Fennah, 1987, is redescribed and illustrated based on new material from Thailand. A new subgenus, Bambunella subgen. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe nogodinid genus Goniopsara Metcalf, 1952 is revised. The type species of the genus, Goniopsara mystica (Melichar, 1899), is redescribed and illustrated along with male genitalia structure is examined and described for the first time. A new species, Goniopsara ridens sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new species of the leafhopper genus Paranataretus El-Sonbati, 2023, P. albertinus sp. n.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new species of the planthopper genus Cheiloceps Uhler, 1895 (Issidae, Issinae, Thioniini), Cheiloceps magnifrons sp. nov., is described from the Dominican amber.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLeafhopper genus Adelungia Melichar, 1902 is reviewed. Spathicerula Gnezdilov gen. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlanthopper family Nogodinidae is recorded for the first time from the Canary Islands after a new species, Morsina gomerae sp. nov., described from the dry landscapes of La Gomera island.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe study is focused on the leafhopper tribe Adelungiini (Megophthalminae) of Iran and based on the specimens collected since 1970s to 2018 and deposited in the Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Teheran (Iran) and in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science, Saint Petersburg (Russia). Achrus caligonicolus Dlabola, 1981 and Achrus taghizadehi Dlabola, 1981 are placed in synonymy under Achrus albicosta (Kusnezov, 1929) and Melicharella pascualis Dubovsky, 1968 is placed in synonymy under Melicharella basalis Dlabola, 1960. Five species: Dalus leopardinus (Haupt, 1917), Melicharella basalis Dlabola, 1960, Platyproctus agraphopteron Bergevin, 1932, P.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe monotypical genus Paraphysifer Sinaiko & Dietrich, 2020 is revised. The type species of the genus, Paraphysifer wilsoni Sinaiko & Dietrich, 2020, is placed in synonymy under Psammotettix pictipennis (Kirschbaum, 1868), with a new combination proposed-Paraphysifer pictipennis (Kirschbaum, 1868), comb. n.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe present study is an update on the situation of potential vectors of in Tunisia. Investigations in nine Tunisian regions (Nabeul, Bizerte, Béja, Jendouba, Zaghouan, Kairouan, Ben Arous, Tunis and Manouba) from 2018 to 2021 allowed for the observation of 3758 Aphrophoridae among a total of 9702 Auchenorrhyncha individuals collected by sweep net. Four Aphrophoridae species were identified with as most abundant (62%), followed by (28%), (5%) and (5%).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: (Bonfils, Attie & Reynaud, 2001) (Issinae, Sarimini) was described (in the genus Bonfils, Attie & Reynaud, 2001) from Réunion Island, in the Indian Ocean and, previous to this report, has not been recorded elsewhere. is here illustrated and re-described to improved taxonomic diagnosis.
New Information: is recorded for the first time from the Island of Hawaii in the Hawaiian Archipelago.
North-African planthopper genus Lethierium Dlabola, 1980 is revised. Lethierium cedricolum (Dlabola, 1989), L. juniperi (Bergevin, 1915), and L.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExamination of the materials on Cavatorium dumetorum (Dlabola, 1981), including the type specimens, revealed that Dlabola (1981) based his description of this species on mixed type series. C. dumetorum sensu stricto is clearly distinguished by male anal tube with latero-apical processes and ventral phallobase lobe narrowing apically.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGrammacephalus albatus sp. nov. is described from Wadi Wurayah National Park in Fujairah Emirate of the United Arab Emirates.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMycterodus meridionalis sp. n. is described from Kerman Province of southern Iran.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCylindratus fansipan sp. nov. is described from Lao Cai Province of Northern Vietnam.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe tribe Adelungiini Baker, 1915 is recorded for the first time from Turkey and the genus Achrus Lindberg, 1925 is recorded for the first time from China based on Achrus albicosta (Kusnezov, 1929) collected by Kozlov's Mongol-Sichuan expedition in Inner Mongolia at the beginning of last century and recently-in Eastern Anatolia, Elaziğ Province. New locality records as well as illustrations of external view and male genitalia structures for A. albicosta are given from Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Iran.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNogodinid genera Issidius Puton, 1898 and Morsina Melichar, 1902 are revised. Iranissus Dlabola, 1980 is placed in synonymy under Issidius Puton and Hadjia Dlabola, 1981, Philbyella China, 1938 and Rileyopsis Bergevin, 1917-under Morsina Melichar. Philbyella adeiba Badawy, El Hamouly et Sawaby, 2011 is placed in synonymy under Ph.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThree new species of the genus Tartessus Stål, 1865 are described from Vietnam: T. kabakovi sp. n.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKorana rorulenta (Stål, 1855) is recorded for the first time from the United Arab Emirates and Iran. Phlepsius isinus Dlabola, 1979 is placed in synonymy under K. rorulenta.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGrammacephalus brevis sp. n. is described from the Makay Massif in the former Toliara Province of Madagascar which is first record of the genus from the island.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThree fossil genera, Krundia Szwedo, 2019, Breukoscelis Szwedo, 2019, and Uphodato Szwedo, 2019, described in the family Issidae are transferred to other families according to the shape and venation of forewings. Krundia Szwedo is transferred to the family Tropiduchidae. Breukoscelis Szwedo is placed in synonymy under Uphodato Szwedo and transferred to the family Cixiidae.
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