Additional Records and New Species of the Leafhopper Genus Scaris (Homoptera, Cicadellidae)

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1982-03

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New records in Latin America are documented for the first time for 12 leafhopper species of the genus Scarts. Included are the following: S. sidera, Colombia; S. ungua first females, French Guiana; S. ingula, Venezuela; S. defect a, Brazil; S. bkolorata, Surinam; S. zipha first female, French Guiana; S. vulgata, Costa Rica; S. laticephala, Venezuela; S. exerata, French Guiana; 5\ caballa, Colombia and first female, Venezuela; S. lecta, Brazil; and S. cirra, French Guiana. Also 19 new species are added to the genus. They include: S. abrupta n.sp., Venezuela; S. rabida n.sp., Venezuela and Guyana; S. habena n.sp., French Guiana; S. talota n.sp., Brazil; S. metra n.sp., Guyana; S. saga n.sp., French Guiana; S. taenia n.sp., Brazil and French Guiana; S. ovata n.sp., Brazil and Peru; S. radiata n.sp., Brazil; S. lurida n.sp., Panama; S. vagans n.sp., Panama; S. tabulata n.sp., Costa Rica; S. genalis n.sp., French Guiana and Brazil; S. minima n.sp., French Guiana; S. vagata n.sp., Brazil; S. unita n.sp., Colombia; S. lupita n.sp.,.French Guiana; S. atrata n.sp., Brazil; and S. relicta n.sp., Surinam.

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Author Institution: Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky ; Department Entomology, Ohio State University

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The Ohio Journal of Science. v82, n1 (March, 1982), 2-13