Amblysellus Sleesman

Pinedo-Escatel, J. A., Becerra-Chiron, I. M., Torres-Moreno, R. & Pérez-Valencia, L. I., 2020, A new species of the grass-feeding leafhopper genus Amblysellus Sleesman (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from western Mexico, with a checklist and key to species, Zootaxa 4853 (2), pp. 292-300 : 293

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4853.2.10
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3188E707-A8A6-4136-9988-B46D9505CB2F
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4506774
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scientific name	Amblysellus Sleesman
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Amblysellus Sleesman View in CoL

Amblysellus Sleesman, 1929: 131 View in CoL

Type species: Amblycephalus curtisii Fitch, 1851

Diagnosis. Small and superficially flattened leafhoppers, overall coloration stramineous with ochraceous regions and usually with one or more pairs of large black spots on crown. Forewing macropterous, or sub-macropterous with three anteapical cells. Pygofer without processes, pointed. Aedeagus without basal processes, atrium developed, shaft slender with ventrolateral flanges; apex with median cleft on ventral surface.

Distribution. Canada, USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Argentina, and China.