A new tribe of Tropiduchidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) with revision of the genus Buca and description of asymmetric hind leg spinulation

Authors

  • Vladimir M. Gnezdilov Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab.1, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • Charles R. Bartlett University of Delaware, Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, 250 Townsend Hall, 531 S. College Ave., Newark, Delaware, 19716-2160, USA
  • Thierry Bourgoin UMR-7205 (ISYEB) MNHN-CNRS-UPMC-EPHE, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, CP50, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 5, France

Keywords:

Issidae, Elicinae, new species, Neotropical, asymmetry, morphology

Abstract

A new tribe Bucini trib. nov. is erected for the genus Buca Walker, 1858 in Tropiduchidae (Elicinae), with a discussion of tribal features with respect to the New World fauna. Two new species of Buca are described from Ecuador (Buca asymmetrospinata sp. nov.) and French Guiana (Buca truncoptera sp. nov.). Keys to Buca species and to higher taxa of New World Tropiduchidae are provided. Male and female genitalia of Buca species are illustrated for the first time.

 

Resumen

Se describe una nueva tribu, Bucini trib. nov.,para el género Buca Walker, 1858 en los Tropiduchidae Elicinae, con una discusión de las características de la tribu con respecto a la fauna del Nuevo Mundo. Se describen dos nuevas especies de Buca de Ecuador (Buca asymmetrospinata n. sp.) y de Guayana Francesa (Buca truncoptera n. sp). Se proveen claves de identificación para las especies de Buca y de los taxones superiores de los Tropiduchidae del Nuevo Mundo. Se ilustran por primera vez las genitales masculinos y femeninos de especies Buca.

 

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Author Biographies

Vladimir M. Gnezdilov, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab.1, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia

Russian Academy of Sciences

Charles R. Bartlett, University of Delaware, Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, 250 Townsend Hall, 531 S. College Ave., Newark, Delaware, 19716-2160, USA

Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology

Associate Professor

Thierry Bourgoin, UMR-7205 (ISYEB) MNHN-CNRS-UPMC-EPHE, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, CP50, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 5, France

MNHN-CNRS-UPMC-EPHE, Senior Scientist, Professor

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Published

2016-06-07

Issue

Vol. 99, No. 3 (September 2016)

Section

Research Papers

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