Tupiperla Froehlich 1969

Tupiperla Froehlich 1969: 28 .

Tupiperla — Froehlich 1998: 34.

Tupiperla — Bispo & Froehlich 2007: 214–215.

Tupiperla — Stark, Froehlich & Zuñiga 2009: 96.

Tupiperla — Froehlich 2010a: 137.

Tupiperla — Bispo & Lecci 2011: 379.

The genus currently includes 16 species, 14 of which were described from Brazil (Bispo & Lecci 2011; Avelino- Capistrano & Nessimian 2013). A new species is described here. Previously, only nymphs were known from BA (Silva & Hamada 2007). Recently, adults were collected in the Serra Bonita Reserve, T. tessellata and a new species described below. The genus occurs in northeastern Brazil, the mountainous areas of Central, southeastern and southern Brazil, northeastern Argentina (Misiones), Uruguay, and Paraguay (Bispo & Lecci 2011).