A new species of the sharpshooter genus Cardioscarta (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Bolivia and Peru

ABSTRACT The South American sharpshooter genus Cardioscarta Melichar, 1932 comprises six species. In this paper we describe and illustrate C. splendida sp. nov. based on a specimen from Bolivia (male holotype deposited in DZUP). The new species can be recognized by the orange ground color with five...

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Published in:	Zoologia (Curitiba)
Main Authors:	Rodney Ramiro Cavichioli, Gabriel Mejdalani
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 2016-01-01
Subjects:	Cicadellinae Cicadellini leafhopper morphology taxonomy
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702016000103002&lng=en&tlng=en