Afromelampsalta, a new genus, a new species, and five new combinations of African cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae):

Sanborn, Allen F; Villet, Martin H

Title: Afromelampsalta, a new genus, a new species, and five new combinations of African cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae):
Creator: Sanborn, Allen F
Creator: Villet, Martin H
Date Issued: 2020
Date: 2020
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140680
Identifier: vital:37909
Description: Afromelampsalta n. gen. is described for African species currently assigned to the genera Melampsalta Kolenati, 1857. Cicadetta Kolenati, 1857 and Pauropsalta Goding and Froggatt, 1904, and the new species Afromelampsalta luteofasciata n. gen., n. sp. is described. Afromelampsalta aethiopica (Distant, 1905) n. comb., A. cadisia (Walker, 1850) n. comb. and A. leucoptera (Germar, 1830) n. comb. are reassigned from Melampsalta to Afromelampsalta n. gen., A. limitata (Walker, 1852) n. comb. is transferred from Cicadetta Kolenati, 1857 and A. mimica (Distant ,1907) n. comb. is transferred from Pauropsalta Goding and Froggatt, 1904 to Afromelampsalta n. gen. Notes on the biology of the new species, a description of the exuvia of A. mimica n. comb., and a key to the species of African Cicadettini are provided.
Format: 12 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Zootaxa
Relation: Sanborn, A.F. and Villet, M.H., 2020. Afromelampsalta, a new genus, a new species, and five new combinations of African cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae). Zootaxa, 4731(4), pp.531-542.
Relation: Zootaxa volume 34731 number 4 531 542 2020 1175-5334
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Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Zootaxa Statement (https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4731.4.6)

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