Eur. J. Entomol. 118: 255-278, 2021 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2021.027

A dichotomous key and checklist for Mexican Athysanini leafhopper genera (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with a new species from the Oaxacan dry tropical forestOriginal article

J. Adilson PINEDO-ESCATEL ORCID...1, 2, Christopher H. DIETRICH ORCID...2, James N. ZAHNISER ORCID...3, Gustavo MOYA-RAYGOZA ORCID...4, Liberato PORTILLO ORCID...4
1 Doctorado en Ciencias en Biosistemática, Ecología y Manejo de Recursos Naturales y Agrícolas (BEMARENA), Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias (CUCBA), Universidad de Guadalajara, Camino Ramón Padilla Sánchez No. 2100, C.P. 45110, Las Agujas, Zapopan, Jalisco, México; e-mail: adilson1030@gmail.com
2 Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, 1816 S. Oak St., Champaign, IL 61820, USA; e-mail: chdietri@illinois.edu
3 USDA-APHIS-PPQ-NIS, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA; e-mail: james.n.zahniser@usda.gov
4 Departamento de Botánica y Zoología, CUCBA, Universidad de Guadalajara, Camino Ramón Padilla Sánchez No. 2100, C.P. 45110, Las Agujas, Zapopan, Jalisco, México; e-mails: moyaraygoza@gmail.com, liberatoportillo@gmail.com

Most Neotropical forest-dwelling leafhopper species are rare and exhibit limited distributions. The Mexican leafhopper fauna is known to be highly diverse and identification of genera and species is difficult because no attempts have been made to provide comprehensive identification tools for the fauna. Here, a dichotomous key to all genera recognized within Mexico of the diverse but little studied leafhopper tribe Athysanini is provided. Spinulana josefinae Pinedo-Escatel sp. n. is described and illustrated based on specimens collected in the dry tropical forest of Oaxacan mountains. A total of 46 genera and 146 species are now recognized in the checklist of Athysanini of Mexico. Notes on type repositories, distributional data and maps, and selected references are provided.

Keywords: Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae, Athysanini, distribution, checklist, key, new species, Mexico

Received: February 2, 2021; Revised: July 23, 2021; Accepted: July 23, 2021; Published online: September 17, 2021  Show citation

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PINEDO-ESCATEL, J.A., DIETRICH, C.H., ZAHNISER, J.N., MOYA-RAYGOZA, G., & PORTILLO, L. (2021). A dichotomous key and checklist for Mexican Athysanini leafhopper genera (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with a new species from the Oaxacan dry tropical forest. EJE, 118, Article 255-278. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2021.027
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