Rhabdotalebra Young, 1952

Catalano, María Inés, Paradell, Susana Liria & Lenicov, Ana María Marino Remes, 2010, Revision of the genus Rhabdotalebra Young (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Alebrini) and description of two new species from Argentina, Zootaxa 2601, pp. 53-60 : 54

Genus Rhabdotalebra Young, 1952

Type species: Protalebra octolineata Baker, 1903 , by original designation.

According to Young (1957), Rhabdotalebra is distinguished mainly as follows: forewing with appendix not extending around apex which is smoothly rounded; inner apical cell broader in basal third than in apical half; second apical cell slender, narrower at base than at apex; third apical cell stalked; outer apical cell with width exceeding half length, not attaining apical wing margin, its base distinctly proximad of base of third apical cell. Hindwing with submarginal vein confluent with apical margin; posterior branch of vein R evanescent apically; vein Cu2 confluent with submarginal vein at point much basad of vein m-cu.

Male genitalia: Male plates elongate, with macrosetae confined to basal half. Pygofer without macrosetae on disc, but with submarginal group near posterodorsal margin; in general, with process, but occasionally not differentially sclerotized. Style with preapical lobe. Connective transverse, in form of cross-bar or shallowly U-shaped. Aedeagus with dorsal apodeme well developed, saddle-shaped in lateral view.

Host plants: R. signata on Tabebuia pentaphylla (L.) ( Young 1957) and T. rosea (B.) ( Briceño 1988); R. octolineata on Lantana camara L. ( Young 1957).

Geographical distribution: Rhabdotalebra octolineata from Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama ( Young 1957), Venezuela ( Dworakowska 1994); R. signata from Panama, Costa Rica, Venezuela ( Young 1957), Colombia ( Freytag & Sharkey 2002); R. brunnea from Puerto Rico and Brazil ( Young 1957); R. hambletoni from Brazil ( Young 1957) and Argentina ( Dworakowska 1994); R. jamaicensis from Jamaica ( Young 1957); R. monrosi from Argentina ( Young 1957); R. ornata from Brazil ( Young 1957); R plummeri from Mexico and Venezuela ( Young 1957). Both of the Argentinean species were previously recorded from Jujuy, representing the southernmost latitude of the genus at that time.