New genus and species of Delphacini (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) from a salt marsh in northern Chile
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2019
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Salinesia atacamensis gen. et sp. nov. is described from a coastal wetland of Atacama Region, Chile. It is characterized by the small size (males < 2 mm), dorsal side concolorous, with lateral carinae of pronotum reaching hind margin, armature of male pygofer narrow and not produced, phallus curved ventrad, and abdominal segment X of male without processes.
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Auchenorrhyncha, Fulgoromorpha, Fulgoroidea, South America, Atacama, Coastal wetlands