Acinopterus acuminatus Van Duzee, 1892

Dmitriev, Dmitry, 2009, Nymphs of some Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) with description of a new tribe, ZooKeys 29 (29), pp. 13-33 : 17

Acinopterus acuminatus Van Duzee, 1892 (Fig. 1C)

Material. USA, 2 ♀, Illinois, Hardin Co., Camp Cadiz , 14 VI 1996 (Dietrich) ; 3 ♁, Texas, 14 mi. S Mineral Worth , 32°38'05" N, 98°04'15" W, prairie, 29 IV 2003 (Dmitriev) .

Description. Coloration green, without color pattern. Gonapophyses slightly darkened. Legs with dark setal areolae, apices of hind tibiae may also be darkened. Body length 3.7–3.9 mm; head width 1.3–1.4 mm.

Tribe Athysanini Van Duzee, 1892

Notes. Athysanini is the largest, world wide distributed tribe of Deltocephalinae . The tribe is presently defined based only on the absence of the distinctive features that define other deltocephaline tribes. Th e genera included in the tribe are so morphologically diverse that it is not possible to separate this assemblage in a single couplet in a key (see the key below). Th ere were few attempts to split Palaearctic genera of Athysanini in up to five subtribes or tribes, namely Athysanina, Platymetopiina , Cicadulina, Alligidiina, and Limotettigini, based on adult (Emeljanov 2009) and nymphal morphology ( Dmitriev 2002d, 2006). Similar research should be done for Nearctic region and other parts of the world.