Ruppeliana Young, 1977

Alasmar, Luísa & Cavichioli, Rodney Ramiro, 2025, Ruppeliana Young (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): three new species, redescriptions, and key to males, European Journal of Taxonomy 1022, pp. 51-84 : 53

Genus Ruppeliana Young, 1977

Type species

Tettigonia signiceps Stål, 1862 .

Diagnosis

(1) Head moderately produced, with anterior margin broadly rounded; (2) interocular width greater than pronotum; (3) clypeus, in lateral view, inflated medially; (4) pronotum without sculpting; (5) male pygofer strongly produced posteriorly; (6) subgenital plate triangular and attaining to pygofer apical third, frequently with a row of microsetae along dorsal margin; (7) connective bearing a median keel; (8) aedeagus curved ventrally with a sheath-like atrium, with at least a pair of basidorsal processes; (9) paraphysis absent; (10) second valvulae of female bearing irregular shaped teeth in basal curvature.

Included species

(Distribution based on Young 1977; McKamey 2007; Carvalho et al. 2014; Cavichioli et al. 2017, Taxonomic Catalogue of Brazilian Fauna and material deposited at DZUP).

1 R. barbarensis Cavichioli, Carvalho & Mejdalani, 2017 . Distribution: Brazil ( Minas Gerais State).

2. R. caelimaculata Carvalho, Cavichioli, Rodrigues & Gonçalves, 2014 . Distribution: Brazil ( Espírito Santo State).

3. R. coronata ( Signoret, 1853) . Distribution: Brazil.

4. R. delicata sp. nov. Distribution: Brazil ( Paraná State).

5. R. episcopalis ( Signoret, 1853) . Distribution: Brazil ( Rio de Janeiro State).

6. R. flavivirescens Carvalho, Cavichioli, Rodrigues & Gonçalves, 2014 . Distribution: Brazil ( Minas Gerais State).

7. R. fulva ( Taschenberg, 1884) . Distribution: Brazil ( Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, and Santa Catarina states).

8. R. glaucomaculata (Germar, 1821) . Distribution: Brazil ( Bahia and Minas Gerais states).

9. R. grossii Cavichioli, Carvalho & Mejdalani, 2017 . Distribution: Brazil ( Rio de Janeiro State).

10. R. longiphallus Cavichioli, Carvalho & Mejdalani, 2017 . Distribution: Brazil ( Rio de Janeiro State).

11. R. nigripes ( Signoret, 1853) . Distribution: Brazil ( Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo states).

12. R. robusta sp. nov. Distribution: Brazil ( Paraná and Santa Catarina states).

13. R. serrana Cavichioli, Carvalho & Mejdalani, 2017 . Distribution: Brazil ( Rio de Janeiro State).

14. R. signiceps (Stål, 1862) . Distribution: Brazil ( Bahia [new record], Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and Paraná states).

15. R. tatia Young, 1977 . Distribution: Brazil ( Rio de Janeiro State).

16. R. tridentata sp. nov. Distribution: Brazil ( Rio de Janeiro State).