taxonID	type	description	language	source
03E78797FFDEFF93DE893379FD29FAB5.taxon	materials_examined	Type species: Tettigonia signiceps Stål, 1862: 39, by original designation.	en	Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The Neotropical sharpshooter genus Ruppeliana Young (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): four new species, key to males, and new synonyms. Zootaxa 4329 (5): 436-448, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.5.2
03E78797FFDEFF93DE893379FD29FAB5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Medium to large leafhoppers. Head with anterior margin broadly rounded in dorsal view, without carina at transition from crown to face, surface of crown without sculpturing or setae; frons convex, muscle impressions distinct. Thorax with pronotal width less than head transocular width, dorsopleural carinae complete, disk without sculpturing or pubescence. Forewing veins not elevated, with three closed anteapical cells. Hind wing vein R 2 + 3 incomplete. Forelegs with femur, in dorsal view, with AD 1 and PD 1 distinct; in anterior view, AV row with about four small setae located close to apex, AM 1 located at central portion, aligned with AV 1, IC row conspicuous, elongate, with about 20 elongate setae with delicate apices, IC 1 aligned and located close to AV 4, basalmost IC seta at basal half of femur. Hind legs with femoral setal formula 2: 1: 1; length of first tarsomere slightly greater than combined length of two more distal tarsomeres, with two parallel rows of small setae on plantar surface. Male pygofer usually strongly produced posteriorly, with numerous macrosetae on apical half, without processes but ventral margin sometimes with projection internally. Subgenital plates subtriangular, gradually tapering toward apex. Style extending posteriorly beyond apex of connective. Aedeagus curved posteriorly or posteroventrally, atrium well developed as a ventral sheath-like portion bearing processes (absent in R. glaucomaculata). Paraphyses absent. Female abdominal sternite VII with posterior margin usually concave medially; internal sternite VIII completely membranous or with sclerotized areas; pygofer strongly produced posteriorly with narrowly rounded to subacute apex.	en	Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The Neotropical sharpshooter genus Ruppeliana Young (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): four new species, key to males, and new synonyms. Zootaxa 4329 (5): 436-448, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.5.2
03E78797FFDDFF96DE89356AFD63FCA6.taxon	description	Total length: male holotype 9.8 mm; female paratype 10.3 mm. Description. External morphology. Head (Fig. 1), in dorsal view, moderately produced anteriorly; median length of crown almost 1 / 3 of interocular width and approximately 1 / 2 of transocular width; ocelli located slightly behind imaginary line between anterior eye angles, each ocellus closer to median line of crown than to adjacent anterior eye angle. Frons with central area granular; epistomal suture obsolete medially. Clypeus, in lateral view, with contour of lower portion continuing profile of frons; with fine pubescence at apex. Pronotum (Fig. 1), in dorsal view, with lateral margins parallel; dorsopleural carinae rectilinear and declivous anteriorly. Forewings with veins inconspicuous and bases of anteapical cells approximately aligned with claval apex. Remaining characteristics of external morphology as described for the genus by Young (1977: 747). Color (Fig. 1). Anterior dorsum dark brown to black; crown with pair of large pale yellow areas on antennal ledges extending medially onto ocelli (almost reaching each other) and attaining posterior margin adjacent to eyes; pronotum with two transverse bands, one broad, pale yellow, occupying posterior two-thirds and another narrow, reddish-brown, on posterior third, near posterior margin and covering pale band; mesonotum with large pale yellow area on posterior two-thirds, apex reddish-brown. Face pale yellow; frons with O-shaped macula continuing medially as median macula on clypeus, dark brown to black. Forewings reddish-brown, with four transverse bands extending from costal margin (diagonal one at base of corium and clavus, one anteriorly to claval apex, one crossing anteapical cells and last one on base of apical cells) and two large spots (one on clavus near midlength and another on corium between first and second band), yellowish-green; membrane hyaline. Lateral portions of thorax and legs mostly pale yellow. Male genitalia. Pygofer (Fig. 2), in lateral view, strongly produced posteriorly; dorsal margin gradually curving ventrally; macrosetae concentrated mostly on apical half; ventral margin, in ventral view, with small blunt projection near median third. Valve (Figs. 2 – 3), in ventral view, narrow, with anterior margin slightly concave medially. Subgenital plates (Figs. 2 – 3), in ventral view, elongate, subtriangular, gradually narrowed toward apex; with uniseriate macrosetae and several elongate microsetae along outer margin; in lateral view, not extending posteriorly beyond pygofer apex. Style (Fig. 4), in dorsal view, very long, extending posteriorly much beyond apex of connective; without preapical lobe; apex blunt. Connective (Fig. 4), in dorsal view, very short, V-shaped, arms divergent, stalk very short and with high median keel. Aedeagus (Figs. 5 – 6), in lateral view, with shaft expanded dorsally mostly at middle portion; in dorsal view, with deep dorsal split; aedeagal atrium well developed as ventral sheath-like portion linked to connective and bearing two pairs of processes: first pair arising basally, slender, very long and extending posteriorly much beyond shaft apex; second pair, in lateral view, a small, inconspicuous projection located dorsoapically at sheath-like portion, not attaining ventral margin of shaft. Female sternite VII (Fig. 7), in ventral view, with distinct median emargination on posterior margin.	en	Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The Neotropical sharpshooter genus Ruppeliana Young (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): four new species, key to males, and new synonyms. Zootaxa 4329 (5): 436-448, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.5.2
03E78797FFDDFF96DE89356AFD63FCA6.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet, barbarensis, refers to the name of the type locality, Santa Bárbara Municipality, in Minas Gerais State. Taxonomic notes. In combination with the conspicuous color pattern (Fig. 1), R. barbarensis can be recognized by the extremely elongate basal processes of the aedeagus, which are more than twice as long as the aedeagal shaft (Figs. 5 – 6).	en	Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The Neotropical sharpshooter genus Ruppeliana Young (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): four new species, key to males, and new synonyms. Zootaxa 4329 (5): 436-448, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.5.2
03E78797FFDDFF96DE89356AFD63FCA6.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Brazil, Minas Gerais State. Holotype: male, “ BRAZIL: \ Minas Gerais \ Santa Barbara [Bárbara] ”; “ Caraca [Serra do Caraça], i. 1970 \ F. M. Oliveira \ B. M. 1971 - 165 ” (DZUP). Paratypes: one male and one female (DZUP), same data as the holotype.	en	Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The Neotropical sharpshooter genus Ruppeliana Young (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): four new species, key to males, and new synonyms. Zootaxa 4329 (5): 436-448, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.5.2
03E78797FFDBFF94DE893277FE36FBA3.taxon	description	Total length: male holotype 8.8 mm; male paratypes 8.8 – 9.6 mm (n = 4); female paratypes 9.7 – 10.5 mm (n = 3). Description. External morphology. Head (Fig. 8), in dorsal view, moderately produced anteriorly; median length of crown almost 1 / 2 of interocular width and approximately 1 / 3 of transocular width; ocelli located on or slightly behind imaginary line between anterior eye angles, each ocellus approximately equidistant from adjacent anterior eye angle and median line of crown. Frons, in lateral view, flattened medially or not, with slight median protuberance on lower third; central area granular; epistomal suture indistinct medially. Clypeus, in lateral view, slightly pubescent on lower portion. Pronotum (Fig. 8), in dorsal view, with lateral margins slightly convergent anteriorly; dorsopleural carinae rectilinear and declivous anteriorly; disk of pronotum with distinct depression medially on anterior portion; with few faint striae medially. Mesonotum slightly transversely striate behind transverse sulcus. Forewings without distinct membrane; veins inconspicuous; bases of anteapical cells approximately aligned with or slightly more proximal than claval apex. Remaining characteristics of external morphology as described for the genus by Young (1977: 747). Color (Fig. 8). General ground color dark brown to black with yellowish-white to bluish-white maculae. Crown with two pairs of maculae, one on antennal ledges and another medially between ocelli (which may be reduced or absent in PARNASO specimens; see type material below); with or without small central mark at transition to face. Face with longitudinal stripe from antennal ledge, covering most of gena and extending onto lorum; frons sometimes with pair of small maculae or longitudinal lines on lower half; clypeus with pair of maculae adjacent to upper lateral margins. Pronotum with three maculae, larger pair lateromedially and single small spot anteromedially (absent in PARNASO specimens); with or without small mark medially on posterior third of Caledônia specimens. Mesonotum with macula or maculae behind transverse sulcus (absent in some PARNASO specimens). Forewings with two rounded marks on clavus, one basally (reduced or absent in PARNASO specimens) and another near scutellar apex (which may be formed by small spots); corium with one macula (or series of spots in Caledônia specimens) just behind claval macula near scutellar apex; apical half of costal margin light brown in Caledônia specimens or with longitudinal bluish-white band (sometimes formed by set of small maculae) in PARNASO specimens. Lateral portions of thorax sometimes with small maculae. Legs brown to brownish-yellow with brown areas. Abdomen dark brown to black. Male genitalia. Pygofer (Fig. 9), in lateral view, strongly produced posteriorly, posterior margin narrowly rounded, ventroapical margin with slight reentrance; macrosetae on apical half; in ventral view, ventral margin with small protuberance near apical third; processes absent. Valve (Figs. 9 – 10), in ventral view, narrow, subrectangular, posterior margin slightly concave. Subgenital plates (Figs. 9 – 10), in ventral view, elongate, subtriangular, gradually tapering toward apex; with uniseriate macrosetae along outer margin and fine setae dorsally; in lateral view, extending posteriorly almost as far as pygofer apex. Style (Fig. 11), in dorsal view, extending posteriorly beyond apex of connective, with slight preapical outer lobe, apex blunt. Connective (Fig. 11), in dorsal view, short, Y-shaped, stalk very short, narrow, with high median keel. Aedeagus (Figs. 12 – 13) with shaft, in lateral view, with broadened apex; in dorsal view, with deep dorsal split; atrium well developed as ventral sheath-like portion linked to connective and bearing two pairs of processes, one basal, very long, slender and acute apically, exceeding aedeagal apex, and another located dorsoapically at sheath-like portion, short, fingerlike, directed dorsally, rounded apically, not exceeding aedeagal dorsal margin. Female sternite VII (Fig. 14), in ventral view, with posterior margin broadly and shallowly emarginate medially.	en	Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The Neotropical sharpshooter genus Ruppeliana Young (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): four new species, key to males, and new synonyms. Zootaxa 4329 (5): 436-448, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.5.2
03E78797FFDBFF94DE893277FE36FBA3.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The new species is named in honor of our friend, the coleopterologist Dr. Paschoal Coelho Grossi (Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco), who collected some of the specimens herein described. Taxonomic notes. Ruppeliana grossii can be recognized by the dark brown to black ground color of the body with yellowish-white to bluish-white maculae (Fig. 8), which is unique within the genus (see Wilson et al. 2009 and Carvalho et al. 2014 for comparison with the other known species).	en	Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The Neotropical sharpshooter genus Ruppeliana Young (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): four new species, key to males, and new synonyms. Zootaxa 4329 (5): 436-448, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.5.2
03E78797FFDBFF94DE893277FE36FBA3.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro State. Holotype: male, “ PARNASO [Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos] / RJ [Rio de Janeiro State] / Brasil \ XII / 2007 \ Lab. [Laboratório de] Ecologia de Insetos / \ UFRJ col. ”; “ S 22 ° 27 ’ 18,7 ’’ \ W 43 ° 01 ’ 32 ’’ \ 1761 m ” (MNRJ). Paratypes: nine males, same data as the holotype (MNRJ); two males, same data as the holotype (DZUP); two males, same data as the holotype (DZRJ); one male, same data as the holotype except “ II / 2008 ” (MNRJ); two females, same data as the holotype except “ S 22 ° 27 ’ 06,6 ’’ \ W 43 ° 00 ’ 49,8 ’’ \ 1603 m ” (MNRJ); one female, same data as the holotype but without geographic coordinates and altitude (MNRJ); six males and five females, “ BRASIL, RJ, Nova Friburgo, \ Pico do Caledônia \ 14. I. 2009 2219 m \ P. C. Grossi leg. ” (DZUP); two males and one female, same data as preceding (MNRJ); one male and one female, same data as preceding (DZRJ).	en	Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The Neotropical sharpshooter genus Ruppeliana Young (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): four new species, key to males, and new synonyms. Zootaxa 4329 (5): 436-448, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.5.2
03E78797FFD9FF9ADE893573FCFCFC33.taxon	description	Total length: male holotype 9.7 mm; female paratypes 8.8 – 10.8 mm (n = 2). Description. External morphology. Head (Fig. 15), in dorsal view, moderately produced anteriorly; median length of crown approximately 1 / 2 of interocular width and almost 1 / 3 of transocular width; ocelli located slightly behind imaginary line between anterior eye angles, each ocellus closer to adjacent anterior eye angle than to median line of crown. Frons with central area granular; epistomal suture complete. Clypeus, in lateral view, with contour of lower portion forming angle with profile of frons; with fine pubescence at apex. Pronotum (Fig. 15), in dorsal view, with lateral margins slightly convergent anteriorly; dorsopleural carinae complete, rectilinear and declivous anteriorly; posterior margin approximately rectilinear. Forewings with veins inconspicuous. Remaining characteristics of external morphology as described for the genus by Young (1977: 747). Color (Fig. 15). Anterior dorsum black with yellow maculae (some maculae, mostly on pronotum, mottled with light green). Crown, in dorsal view, with three pairs of maculae, large pair between ocelli and eyes extending onto antennal ledges and two smaller pairs, one between ocelli and another apically at transition to frons. Face mostly black with pair of central maculae on frons and small stripe extending from each antennal ledge onto frontogenal sutures and convergent on clypeus, yellow. Pronotum, in dorsal view, with pair of anterior small spots aligned with apical pair of crown, followed by three pairs of large spots, one pair central and slightly more anterior and two pairs located laterally; posterior margin bordered by irregular transverse maculae (divided into smaller maculae in holotype and one paratype); posterior two-thirds with translucent smoky red maculae covering almost all maculae on disc. Forewings dark red; base of corium with yellow small stripe close to costal margin, followed by outer elongate grey stripe; with grey spot close to claval sulcus, followed by inner elongate grey stripe; with faint grey stripe between outer and inner stripes; clavus with two basal spots followed by longitudinal stripe, grey. Lateral portions of thorax and bases of legs yellow, femora brownish-yellow and tibiae and tarsi dark brown. Male genitalia. Pygofer (Fig. 16), in lateral view, strongly produced posteriorly, posterior margin narrowly rounded; macrosetae mostly on apical half; in ventral view, with triangular median projection ending in digitiform process on ventral margin. Valve (Figs. 16 – 17), in ventral view, with posterior margin broadly convex. Subgenital plates (Figs. 16 – 17), in ventral view, elongate, subtriangular, gradually tapering toward apex, outer margin slightly sinuous on median third; with uniseriate row of macrosetae and, dorsally, with numerous fine setae; in lateral view, reaching pygofer apical fourth. Style (Fig. 18), in dorsal view, elongate, extending posteriorly beyond apex of connective, almost reaching subgenital plate midlength; with outer preapical lobe; apical portion slightly directed outward; apex blunt. Connective (Fig. 18), in dorsal view, short, stalk and arms very short, with high and long median keel. Aedeagus (Figs. 19 – 20), in lateral view, with shaft narrow, elongate and expanded apically, slightly curved ventrally; in dorsal view, with apicodorsal median split associated with gonopore; atrium developed as ventral sheath-like portion bearing two pairs of processes, one pair basal, slender, curved slightly dorsally, not exceeding apical third of shaft, with acute apex, and another arising distad, long, robust, arcuate, with acute apex, extending approximately as far posteriorly as shaft apex. Female with sternite VII (Fig. 21), in ventral view, with slight median emargination on posterior margin.	en	Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The Neotropical sharpshooter genus Ruppeliana Young (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): four new species, key to males, and new synonyms. Zootaxa 4329 (5): 436-448, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.5.2
03E78797FFD9FF9ADE893573FCFCFC33.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet, longiphallus, is of Latin derivation and refers to the comparatively long aedeagus. Taxonomic notes. The new species can be distinguished from the remaining ones of the genus by the elongate and slender aedeagus and the atrial pair of processes as long as the aedeagal shaft (Fig. 19). Curiously, the color pattern of R. longiphallus is similar to those of Macugonalia spinolai (Signoret, 1853) and Parathona albostriata (Signoret, 1853) (see digital images in Wilson et al. 2009). The latter two sharpshooter species, like R. longiphallus, are recorded from the Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro State (Mejdalani et al. 2009).	en	Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The Neotropical sharpshooter genus Ruppeliana Young (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): four new species, key to males, and new synonyms. Zootaxa 4329 (5): 436-448, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.5.2
03E78797FFD9FF9ADE893573FCFCFC33.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro State. Holotype: male, “ BR / RJ [Rio de Janeiro State], Valença \ Parque Natural Municipal \ Açude da Concórdia \ 01 - 03 / II / 2013 \ Silva, R. S., Proença, B. & Xisto, T. col. ” (MNRJ). Paratypes: two females (MNRJ), same data as the holotype.	en	Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The Neotropical sharpshooter genus Ruppeliana Young (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): four new species, key to males, and new synonyms. Zootaxa 4329 (5): 436-448, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.5.2
03E78797FFD7FF98DE8932D8FC80FE1F.taxon	description	Total length: male holotype 10.0 mm. Description. External morphology. Head (Fig. 22), in dorsal view, moderately produced anteriorly; median length of crown almost 1 / 2 of interocular width and approximately 1 / 3 of transocular width; ocelli located slightly behind imaginary line between anterior eye angles, each ocellus approximately equidistant from anterior eye angle and median line of crown; surface of crown with shallow concavity between ocellus and adjacent eye, without sculpturing or setae. Frons, in frontal view, with central area granular; epistomal suture obsolete medially. Clypeus apex with conspicuous pubescence. Pronotum (Fig. 22), in dorsal view, with lateral margins slightly convergent anteriorly; dorsopleural carinae complete, rectilinear and declivous anteriorly; disk of pronotum with median shallow transverse sulcus next to anterior margin. Forewings with membrane distinct on apex of apical cells; veins inconspicuous, expect in membranous area; with bases of anteapical cells approximately aligned with claval apex. Remaining characteristics of external morphology as described for the genus by Young (1977: 747). Color (Fig. 22). Crown, in dorsal view, dark brown to black with large area on antennal ledges extending internally to eyes and adjacent to ocelli, and small median apical macula, pale yellow. Face pale yellow, with Oshaped median macula on frons, longitudinal median macula on clypeus and clypeal apex, dark brown to black. Pronotum pale yellow, with transverse black band at anterior margin, reddish-brown band on posterior third bordered anteriorly and posteriorly by pale reddish-brown and with posterior margin delimited by dark brown. Mesonotum pale yellow; anterior margin, pair of small spots, transverse sulcus and apex, dark brown to black. Forewings reddish-brown, with four irregular grey spots on clavus (basalmost two spots larger than apical ones): one basally, one at middle, and two close to apex (one distal to another); corium with irregular, mostly grey maculae, including one at humeral area, large one close to central portion of claval sulcus and two smaller ones posteriorly; two transverse, irregular grey stripes: broader one at bases of anteapical cells and another at bases of apical cells (excluding first cell); membrane smoky brown. Thorax, in lateral view, mostly yellow except for small black macula at anterior margin of mesepisternun; hind legs brownish-yellow with apex of tibiae and tarsi dark brown. Male genitalia. Pygofer (Fig. 23), in lateral view, well produced posteriorly; posterior portion with small tegumentary processes (denticuli); macrosetae concentrated apically and extending anteriorly along ventral margin; processes absent. Valve (Fig. 23 – 24), in ventral view, with posterior margin broadly convex. Subgenital plates (Figs. 23 – 24), in ventral view, elongate, subtriangular, gradually narrowed toward apex; with uniseriate macrosetae along outer margin, as well as several fine setae; in lateral view, not extending posteriorly as far as pygofer apex. Style (Fig. 25), in dorsal view, extending posteriorly much beyond apex of connective, almost reaching subgenital plate midlength; without preapical lobe; apex subacute and curved externally. Connective (Fig. 25), in dorsal view, very short, V-shaped; stalk very short, with high median keel. Aedeagus (Figs. 26 – 27) with shaft, in lateral view, slightly expanded toward apex; in dorsal view, with deep dorsal split; atrium well developed as ventral sheath-like portion linked to connective and bearing two pairs of processes: first pair basal, short, narrow, extending to apical third of aedeagus, second pair robust and strongly curved ventrally, with apex truncate and serrate. Female unknown.	en	Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The Neotropical sharpshooter genus Ruppeliana Young (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): four new species, key to males, and new synonyms. Zootaxa 4329 (5): 436-448, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.5.2
03E78797FFD7FF98DE8932D8FC80FE1F.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet, serrana, refers to the mountainous type locality, Serra da Bocaina, in Rio de Janeiro State. Taxonomic notes. Ruppeliana serrana can be recognized by the robust apical processes of the aedeagal atrium, which are directed ventrally and with the apex truncate (Fig. 26). Unfortunately, this species is currently known only from the male holotype.	en	Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The Neotropical sharpshooter genus Ruppeliana Young (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): four new species, key to males, and new synonyms. Zootaxa 4329 (5): 436-448, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.5.2
03E78797FFD7FF98DE8932D8FC80FE1F.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro State. Holotype: male, “ Serra [mountain range] da \ Bocaina — RJ [Rio de Janeiro State] \ 1650 m ”; “ I / 1969 \ M. Alvarenga ” (MNRJ).	en	Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The Neotropical sharpshooter genus Ruppeliana Young (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): four new species, key to males, and new synonyms. Zootaxa 4329 (5): 436-448, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.5.2
03E78797FFD5FF98DE8930EFFB05FA54.taxon	description	Taxonomic notes. Tettigonia signiceps (Fig. 28) and T. coronulifera (Fig. 29) were described by Stål (1862) on page 39 of his important work on the Hemiptera from Rio de Janeiro (Southeastern Brazil), the first based on a female and the second on a male (as only one specimen was cited by Stål for each species, we believe that they are the holotypes). Taschenberg (1884: 442) described T. hieroglyphica based on a male from Brazil; as this specific name was preoccupied (viz., T. hieroglyphica Say, 1830), Berg (1899: 160) proposed the replacement name taschenbergi (Fig. 30) (see Metcalf 1965 and McKamey 2007). Young (1977) provided illustrations of the female holotype of T. signiceps (anterior dorsum), male holotype of T. coronulifera (anterior dorsum and genitalia) and male holotype of T. taschenbergi (anterior dorsum only, the abdomen was missing); he also designated T. signiceps as the type species of Ruppeliana. We believe that specimens previously associated with these three nomina (signiceps, coronulifera, and taschenbergi) belong to a single species that has a somewhat variable color pattern (Figs. 28 – 33). All females have a similar sternite VII (Fig. 34, see also Young 1977: 748, fig. 609 i) and males have the aedeagus as illustrated by Young (1977) for T. coronulifera (Fig. 35); sternite VII has a posteromedian lobe and the aedeagus has very elongate and slender atrial processes. In order to prevent further confusion, we believe that T. coronulifera and T. taschenbergi should be considered as synonyms of R. signiceps.	en	Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The Neotropical sharpshooter genus Ruppeliana Young (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): four new species, key to males, and new synonyms. Zootaxa 4329 (5): 436-448, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.5.2
03E78797FFD5FF98DE8930EFFB05FA54.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Southeastern Brazil. Espírito Santo State: one female, Santa Teresa (MNRJ). Minas Gerais State: one male, Catas Altas, RPPN [Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural] Santuário do Caraça [Fig. 33], S 20 ° 6 ’ 1.9 ’’, W 43 ° 29 ’ 28.6 ’’ (MNRJ). Rio de Janeiro State: one male, Teresópolis [Fig. 32], Vale da Revolta (MNRJ); four females, Rio de Janeiro, Corcovado (DZUP). Paraná State: two females, São José dos Pinhais (DZUP); one male and one female, Marumbi, Morretes (DZUP); one female, Morretes (DZUP).	en	Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The Neotropical sharpshooter genus Ruppeliana Young (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): four new species, key to males, and new synonyms. Zootaxa 4329 (5): 436-448, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.5.2
