Publication details
Revision of the Afrotropical genus Fernandea Melichar, 1912 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Dictyopharidae), with description of a new species from Equatorial Guinea
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Zootaxa |
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| Citation | |
| Web | http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4139.1.6 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4139.1.6 |
| Field | Zoology |
| Keywords | taxonomy; planthoppers; Dictyopharinae; Afrotropical region |
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| Description | The Afrotropical planthopper genus Fernandea Melichar, 1912 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Dictyopharidae: Dictyopharinae: Orthopagini) is revised to include two species: F. conradti Melichar, 1912 (the type species), with material studied from Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko island) and Togo, and F. latifemorata sp. nov., described as new from mainland Equatorial Guinea. A lectotype is designated and a redescription is provided for F. conradti together with habitus photographs and detailed illustrations of the male and female terminalia which are published for the first time. |