Taxonomy and phylogeny of the leafhopper genus<i>Scoposcartula</i>(Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

Leal, Afonso Henrique; Mejdalani, Gabriel; Cavichioli, Rodney Ramiro; Carvalho, Rachel A.

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“…The ventral view of basal region of female genitalia has been used to discriminate species in a genus of leafhoppers by some other workers ( Greene 1971 , Leal et al 2009 ). Greene (1971) employed the characters of base of the valvulae I for distinguishing species of deltocephaline genus Psammotettix .…”

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“…Based on the present studies, as stated by Greene, the female genitalia characters did not delimit species as precisely as do the aedeagus characters of the male, but the female genitalia such as ventral view of basal region of valvulae I can be used in combination with edge of abdominal sternite VII or other female characters to separate species. Leal et al (2009) also provided the ventral view of basal portion of female genitalia in sharpshooter genus Scoposcartula and discovered the new characters on base of the valvulae which named prevalvifer area and the sclerotised wall. The present study revealed the occurrence of peculiar lobes articulating with valvulae I, which can be added to the combination of features that distinguish species in the genus.…”

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Female genitalia of Seasogonia Young from China, with a new synonym and a new record (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Cicadellini)

Meng¹,

Yang²

2012

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Seasogonia Young, 1986 is a sharpshooter genus with 13 species, four of them recorded from China. In this paper, Seasogonia sandaracata (Distant, 1908) is recorded as new for China and Seasogonia rufipenna Li & Wang, 1992 is regarded as a junior synonym of Seasogonia nigromaculata Kuoh, 1991. The morphological diversity of the female genitalia of Seasogonia is still poorly known. We provide herein detailed descriptions and illustrations of three Chinese Seasogonia species. Notes on the female genitalia of Seasogonia, including intraspecific and interspecific variation, and comparisons between the female genitalia of Seasogonia and of other related genera from China are provided. The preliminary results indicate that the female genitalia may provide useful features for the taxonomy of Seasogonia and other members of the Old World Cicadellini.

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Female genitalia of Seasogonia Young from China, with a new synonym and a new record (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Cicadellini)

Meng¹,

Yang²

2012

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“…Thus, the latter could be considered more useful than the former for the recognition of genera and species. However, there are still few studies dealing with the comparative morphology of the female genitalia of the Cicadellidae (e.g., Nielson 1965;Hamilton 1970;Hill 1970;Davis 1975;Mejdalani 1995Mejdalani , 1998Hummel et al 2006;Zahniser & Dietrich 2008;Leal et al 2009). The data presented in these studies, although preliminary, highlighted various features of potential taxonomic interest in the female genitalia.…”

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“…For comparative purposes, the basal portion of the valvulae is usually observed in ventral view. Leal et al (2009) described an interspecifically variable "prevalvifer area" located at the base of the first valvulae in the genus Scoposcartula. Although we did not find a "prevalvifer area" in the first valvulae of Erythrogonia, our results demonstrate the occurrence of interspecific variations in the form of the basal portion, including the presence of distinct projections (e.g., E. phoenicea, Figs 5 and 6) and concavities (e.g., E. sexgutatta, Figs 57-59).…”

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Remarkable morphological features of taxonomic interest in the female genitalia of five Erythrogonia species (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadellidae)

Carvalho

Mejdalani

2014

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The female genitalia of the Cicadellidae (leafhoppers) are usually considered more morphologically conservative (i.e., less variable) than the male genitalia at the generic and specific levels. However, various recent publications on the Cicadellinae (sharpshooters) have demonstrated the existence of useful characters in the female genitalia for the recognition of genera and species. Here we describe, illustrate, compare, and discuss peculiar processes, sclerites, and other features of the first pair of valvifers, sternite VIII, and ovipositor valvulae I and II of five species of the sharpshooter genus Erythrogonia (E. calva (Taschenberg, 1884), E. hertha Medler, 1963, E. phoenicea (Signoret, 1853), E. proterva Melichar, 1926, and E. sexguttata (Fabricius, 1803)). This genus includes currently the highest species diversity among the New World Cicadellinae, an agriculturally important subfamily. Comparative notes on other genera of the Cicadellini are added. In agreement with other recent publications, our results challenge the view that the morphology of the female genitalia is almost always conservative in the Cicadellidae.

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“…Although the New World Cicadellini are a highly diverse and economically important group, species‐level phylogenetic studies within this tribe are rare (e.g. Draeculacephala Ball: Dietrich, 1994; Parathona Melichar: Cavichioli, 1997; Lissoscarta Stål: Felix, 1999; Balacha Melichar: Takiya & Mejdalani, 2004; Scoposcartula Young: Leal et al ., 2009). Here we present a phylogenetic analysis of Apogonalia species based on 147 morphological characters.…”

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Phylogenetic analysis of the leafhopper genus Apogonalia (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) and comments on the biogeography of the Caribbean islands

Felix

Mejdalani

2011

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

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A phylogenetic analysis of the leafhopper genus Apogonalia was conducted based on a matrix of 40 terminal taxa and 147 morphological characters. The analysis yielded 1391 equally most-parsimonious trees, which do not support the monophyly of Apogonalia in the strict consensus. A successive weighting procedure yielded 62 trees in which the genus appeared as a monophyletic group. The strict consensus of these 62 trees is almost entirely dichotomous, showing only two polytomies. The test of phylogenetic integrity was applied for distinct variations of three species: A. germana, A. sanguinipes, and A. histrio. Only for the first species was the conjecture that its variations belong to the same entity corroborated. The best-supported clade within Apogonalia, which has several synapomorphies and high branch support indices, comprises nine Antillean endemic species. This distributional pattern probably was originated by vicariance in the Late Cretaceous, when the Proto-Antillean archipelago was pushed north-eastward by the Caribbean Plate to become the modern Greater Antilles.z oj_724 548..570

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Taxonomy and phylogeny of the leafhopper genusScoposcartula(Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

Cited by 11 publications

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Female genitalia of Seasogonia Young from China, with a new synonym and a new record (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Cicadellini)

Female genitalia of Seasogonia Young from China, with a new synonym and a new record (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Cicadellini)

Remarkable morphological features of taxonomic interest in the female genitalia of five Erythrogonia species (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadellidae)

Phylogenetic analysis of the leafhopper genus Apogonalia (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) and comments on the biogeography of the Caribbean islands

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