Leafhoppers of the tribe Athysanini associated to pine and oak forests in Mexico (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), with description of a new species of the genus Eutettix
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https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2025.96.5469Keywords:
Forest-dwelling leafhoppers, Mexican pines, Deltocephalinae, Auchenorrhyncha, CicadomorphaAbstract
Historically, herbivorous insects of the leafhopper tribe Athysanini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) have been avidly collected in pine and oak forests in Mexico and have a remarkable distribution in the country. However, it is unknown which genera and species are associated with these forest environments. In this contribution, through multiple collection events, specimens reviewed in collections and specialized literature, a total of 385 georeferences were compiled for 83 species from 31 genera, where 90% of the species are endemic to the Mexican territory and its occurrences extend over 15 states; Guerrero led both, number of records and number of species. In addition, a new species of the genus Eutettix Van Duzee, 1892, collected in the state of Jalisco, is described and known distribution of the Athysanini species present in Mexican pine and oak forests is discussed.
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