Abstract
Ceresa robusta Butler, 1877 is transferred to the genus Alcmeone Stål, 1867 and A. sinuata Fonseca & Diringshofen, 1974 is considered its new synonym.
Hemiptera; Auchenorrhyncha; Membracidae; Alcmeone; Ceresa
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Nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on Alcmeone robusta (Butler) comb.n. (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Membracidae)
Gabriel Simões de Andrade
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná. Rua Universitária 2069, Caixa Postal 711, 85814-110 Cascavel, Paraná, Brasil
ABSTRACT
Ceresa robusta Butler, 1877 is transferred to the genus Alcmeone Stål, 1867 and A. sinuata Fonseca & Diringshofen, 1974 is considered its new synonym.
Key words: Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Membracidae, Alcmeone, Ceresa
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. I am indebted to Dr. A.M. Sakakibara and Dr. J.S. Moure (Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brasil), for the original of the photographs.
Recebido em 31.X.1997; aceito em 01.III.1999.
- BROOMFIELD, P.S. 1971. A catalogue of the Membracid types (Homoptera: Membracidae) in the British Museum (Natural History). Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 25 (8): 325-86.
- BUTLER, A.G. 1877. On various genera of the homopterous family Membracidae with descriptions of new species. Cistula ent. 2: 205-22.
- FONSECA, J.P. & R. VON DIRINGSHOFEN. 1974. Contribuição ao conhecimento dos Membracídeos Neotrópicos (Homoptera: Membracidae, VII). Arq. Inst. Biol., São Paulo, 41 (4): 151-60.
- STÅL, C. 1867. Bidrag till Hemipterernas systematik. Öfvers. K. VetenskAkad. Förh. 24: 491-560.
Publication Dates
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Publication in this collection
10 July 2009 -
Date of issue
Mar 1999
History
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Received
31 Oct 1997 -
Accepted
01 Mar 1999
