Two new species of Xosopsaltria Kirkaldy, 1904, with a key to the species of South African pygmy bladder cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae: Tettigomyiini)

Zootaxa. 2016 Mar 15;4092(2):195-206. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4092.2.3.

Abstract

Two species, Xosopsaltria brachyptera n. sp. and Xosopsaltria vitripennis n. sp., are described as new. Notes on their biology and a key to the South African pygmy bladder cicadas are also provided.

MeSH terms

  • Animal Distribution
  • Animals
  • Female
  • Hemiptera / anatomy & histology*
  • Hemiptera / classification*
  • Hemiptera / physiology
  • Male
  • South Africa
  • Species Specificity