Acrolithus brevis Freytag & Ma

Zahniser, James N., 2021, Revision of the New World leafhopper tribe Faltalini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) and the evolution of brachyptery, Zootaxa 4954 (1), pp. 1-160 : 23-25

Acrolithus brevis Freytag & Ma

( Figs. 7–10 , 93T–U )

Acrolithus brevis Freytag & Ma, 1988: 153 [original description, illustration, morphology]; Zanol, 2006: 97 [catalogue]; Zahniser, 2007 [online catalogue]; Freytag & Gaiani, 2017 [online catalogue]

Material examined. VENEZUELA: 7♂, 4♀, 4n: Trujillo, Pque. Nac. Guaramacal , 2800m., 27-II-1995 , C.J. Rosales & M. Gaiani. 5♂, 1♀: Paramo Guaramacal, Boconó-Trujillo , 3200m., 11-II-1987 . 1♀, 1n: Trujillo, 3000m., 1-VII-1988. [ MIZA]

Distribution. Known only from Trujillo Prov., Venezuela.

Figures

FIGUIRE 7. Acrolithus brevis. (A–I) standard views; A1 & B1, female; A2 & B2, male; A3, nymph.

FIGUIRE 8. Acrolithus brevis. (J–P) standard views.

FIGUIRE 9. Acrolithus brevis, SEM images. (Q) head and pronotum, dorsal view. (R) detail of face, antennal base. (S) face. (T) left proleg.

FIGUIRE 10. Distribution of Acrolithus, Hecalocorica, Hecullus mexicanus n. sp., and three species of Tenucephalus from Mexico and Panama.

FIGUIRE 93. SEM images of hindwings and associated terga of some Faltalini. (Q–S) Bonamus lineatus; Q, scale = 1.00 mm; R, scale = 0.50 mm; S, scale = 0.25 mm. (T–U) Acrolithus brevis ♀; T, scale = 0.50 mm; U, scale = 0.25 mm. PM = posterior margin of hindwing.