Erythrogonia species

Quintas, Victor, Silva, Adriane P., Takiya, Daniela M. & Mejdalani, Gabriel, 2025, Exploring the diversity of leafhoppers from Brazil: five new species of Erythrogonia Melichar (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini), Zootaxa 5686 (2), pp. 249-269 : 261-265

Checklist of Erythrogonia species

The annotated checklist provided below is adapted from Freytag (2015) and Dmitriev et al. (2024). Distributional records of previously known species were compiled from the works of Medler (1963), Young (1977), Zanol & de Menezes (1982), Freytag & Sharkey (2002), Wilson et al. (2009), Mejdalani et al. (2009), Freytag (2015), Mejdalani & Cavichioli (2016), Keil & Lozada (2021), Froza et al. (2021), Pinedo-Escatel et al. (2024), and Takiya et al. (2024). An asterisk (*) after a locality name indicates a new distribution record.

1. E. accepta Medler, 1963 — Mexico (states of San Luis Potosí and Puebla) .

2. E. acuminata Freytag, 2015 — Colombia (department of Meta).

3. E. adolfoi sp. nov. — Brazil (state of Acre).

4. E. albovittata Melichar, 1926 — Peru (no additional information available).

5. E. amicula ( Jacobi, 1905) — Peru (region of Cusco) and Bolivia (department of La Paz).

6. E. ancora Freytag, 2015 — Colombia (department of Meta).

7. E. anduzei Young, 1977 — Panama * (province of Chiriqui) , Venezuela (states of Carabobo and Portuguesa) , and Colombia (department of Vichada) .

Material examined: Panama: 1♀, province of Chiriqui, USNM .

8. E. anisa Freytag, 2015 — Colombia (department of Hulia).

9. E. apicalis Freytag, 2015 — Colombia (department of Amazonas).

10. E. areolata (Signoret, 1853) — Mexico (states of Jalisco, Michoacán *, Yucatán, and Chiapas), Belize (no additional information available), Guatemala (no additional information available), El Salvador (no additional information available), Honduras (no additional information available), and Costa Rica (province of Alajuela). Material examined: Mexico: 4♀, state of Michoacán, MZSP .

11. E. aurivagula ( Jacobi, 1905) ( Fig. 1 )— Colombia (department of Amazonas), Brazil * (states of Amazonas, Acre, and Rondônia), Peru (regions of Huánuco, Madre de Dios*, and Cusco), and Bolivia (departments of La Paz and Santa Cruz) .

Material examined: Brazil: 1♀, state of Amazonas , MZSP ; 1♂, state of Acre, DZRJ ; 1♂, 1♀, state of Rondônia, DZUP . Peru: 1♂, 1♀, region of Madre de Dios, DZRJ .

12. E. bakula Medler, 1963 — Bolivia (department of Santa Cruz).

13. E. bidigitata Freytag, 2015 — Colombia (departments of Vaupés and Amazonas).

14. E. bispinata Freytag, 2015 — Colombia (department of Meta).

15. E. boliviana Freytag, 2015 — Bolivia (department of Santa Cruz).

16. E. brunnea Mejdalani & Cavichioli, 2016 — Brazil (states of Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul *) .

Material examined: Brazil: 1♀, state of Rio Grande do Sul, DZUP .

17. E. calva (Taschenberg, 1884) ( Fig. 2 )— Venezuela (no additional information available [record probably incorrect]), Brazil (states of Mato Grosso *, Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul), and Argentina (no additional information available) .

Material examined: Brazil: 1♀, state of Mato Grosso, DZUP .

Comments: The record of E. calva from Venezuela is likely incorrect, especially considering the distance between this country and the confirmed records of this species from Brazil and Argentina. The Venezuelan record is perhaps due to an incorrect specimen identification or mistaken label data.

18. E. clavata Freytag, 2015 — Colombia (department of Putumayo).

19. E. colorata ( Germar, 1821) ( Fig. 3 )— Brazil (states of Mato Grosso *, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo) .

Material examined: Brazil: 1♀, state of Mato Grosso, DZUP .

20. E. comensa Medler, 1963 — Brazil (state of Rio Grande do Sul) and Argentina (provinces of Salta and Tucumán) .

21. E. dalvae sp. nov. — Brazil (state of Amazonas).

22. E. dietrichi sp. nov. — Brazil (state of Goiás).

23. E. dirhachis Freytag, 2015 — Bolivia (department of Santa Cruz).

24. E. diversa Schmidt, 1928 — Colombia (departments of Guainía and Vichada) , Peru (region of Huánuco) , and Bolivia (department of Santa Cruz) .

25. E. dmitrievi sp. nov. — Brazil (state of Maranhão).

26. E. dottaga Medler, 1963 ( Fig. 4 )— Brazil (states of Maranhão *, Ceará *, Pernambuco *, Bahia *, Tocantins *, Goiás *, Mato Grosso *, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná *, and Rio Grande do Sul) and Argentina (province of Misiones) .

Material examined: Brazil: 1♀, state of Maranhão, DZUP ; 1♂, state of Ceará, DZRJ ; 1♀, state of Pernambuco, DZUP ; 1♀, state of Bahia, DZUP ; 5♂, 5♀, state of Tocantins, DZUP ; 1♂, state of Goiás, MZSP ; 3♂, state of Mato Grosso, MZSP ; 1♀, state of Paraná, DZUP .

Comments: Erythrogonia dottaga shares many external morphological similarities with E. comensa . The distribution of E. comensa is apparently restricted to southern Brazil and northern Argentina (see above); although more studies are necessary, there are indications that specimens identified as E. dottaga in these regions may actually belong to E. comensa .

27. E. dubia Medler, 1963 — Brazil (state of Mato Grosso and Minas Gerais) .

Comments: Medler (1963) suggests the existence of a sexguttata species complex, in which E. dubia would be included. Although more studies are needed to clarify this matter, there are indications that records attributed to E. dubia may in fact correspond to E. sexguttata .

28. E. duplicata Melichar, 1926 — Bolivia (department of La Paz).

29. E. eburata Melichar, 1926 — Peru (regions of Huánuco and Cusco) .

30. E. ekila Young, 1977 — Colombia * (department of Caquetá) and Ecuador (provinces of Orellana, Napo, and Pastaza) .

Material examined: Colombia: 1♂, department of Caquetá, USNM .

31. E. elegantula ( Germar, 1821) — Brazil (state of Bahia).

32. E. elongata Freytag, 2015 — Colombia (departments of Putumayo and Amazonas).

33. E. excisa Melichar, 1926 — Brazil (states of Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná *, and Santa Catarina *) .

Material examined: Brazil: 1♂, state of Paraná, DZUP ; 1♂, state of Santa Catarina, DZUP .

34. E. execta Medler, 1963 — Mexico (states of Sonora, Sinaloa, Colima, and Yucatán), Belize (no additional information available), and Nicaragua * ( North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region ) .

Material examined: Nicaragua: 3♂, North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, DZUP .

35. E. expanda Freytag, 2015 — Colombia (department of Meta).

36. E. fissonustula ( Jacobi, 1905) — Brazil * (state of Amazonas), Peru (region of Cusco), and Bolivia (department of La Paz).

Material examined: Brazil: 3♂, state of Amazonas, DZUP .

37. E. fractina Medler, 1963 — Mexico (states of Veracruz, Oaxaca, Yucatán, and Chiapas), Belize (no additional information available), and Guatemala (department of Izabal) .

38. E. gorgonica Freytag, 2015 — Colombia (department of Cauca, Gorgona Island).

39. E. gossana Medler, 1963 — Mexico (states of Guerrero and Yucatán) , Honduras (department of Atlántida), Nicaragua (no additional information available), and Colombia (departments of Magdalena and Valle del Cauca) .

40. E. grandis Freytag, 2015 — Colombia (department of Vichada).

41. E. guianae Freytag, 2015 — French Guiana (commune of Roura).

42. E. hertha Medler, 1963 — Brazil (states of Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná *, and Santa Catarina) .

Material examined: Brazil: 2♂, 2♀, state of Paraná, DZUP .

43. E. imitatricula ( Jacobi, 1905) — Peru (regions of Lima and Cusco) and Bolivia (department of La Paz).

44. E. incerta Medler, 1963 — Colombia (department of Caldas).

45. E. insolana Medler, 1963 — Costa Rica (province of Limón), Panama (province of Colón), and Colombia (department of Guainía).

46. E. jumaca Medler, 1963 — Venezuela (no additional information available), Guyana (region of Alto Tacutu-Alto Essequibo), French Guiana (commune of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni), Ecuador (provinces of Napo, Pastaza, and Zamora-Chinchipe *), and Brazil (states of Amapá * and Pará).

Material examined: Ecuador: 1♀, province of Zamora-Chinchipe, USNM . Brazil: 1♂, state of Amapá, MZSP .

47. E. kokomona Medler, 1963 — Colombia (department of Amazonas), Brazil (states of Amazonas* and Pará), and Peru (region of Cusco).

Material examined: Brazil: 1♂, state of Amazonas, INPA .

48. E. ladonia Medler, 1963 — Mexico (state of Oaxaca *) , Belize (no additional information available), Guatemala (departments of Izabal, Escuintla, Guatemala, San Marcos, Sololá, and Santa Rosa), Honduras (no additional information available), and El Salvador (department of Sonsonate) .

Material examined: Mexico: 1♀, state of Oaxaca, USNM .

49. E. laeta ( Fabricius, 1787) — Mexico (no additional information available), Costa Rica (no additional information available), Panama (no additional information available), Trinidad & Tobago (no additional information available), Venezuela (state of Yaracuy), Colombia (department of Bolívar), French Guiana (commune of Cayenne), and Brazil (states of Roraima and Amapá *).

Material examined: Brazil: 1♀, state of Amapá, INPA .

Comments: According to Medler (1963) and Young (1977), E. laeta shares external and male terminalia similarities with various species, including E. anduzei , E. comensa , E. dottaga , E. dubia , E. fractina , E. gossana , E. mixta , E. partita , E. relegata , E. sexguttata , and E. spottana . There are indications that records of E. laeta in the states of São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul ( Zanol & de Menezes 1982) may be incorrect, actually referring to one or more of these similar species.

50. E. lateralis Freytag, 2015 — Colombia (department of Cauca).

51. E. laudata ( Walker, 1858) — Mexico (states of Yucatán and Chiapas) , Belize (no additional information available), Guatemala (departments of Alta Verapaz, Izabal, and Zacapa), and Honduras (departments of Atlántida and Francisco Morazán) .

52. E. leucospila ( Walker, 1858) — Peru (no additional information available).

Comments: As reported by Young (1977), E. leucospila is probably known only from the holotype deposited in the Natural History Museum, London, which has no abdomen.

53. E. lobata Freytag, 2015 — Colombia (department of Vaupés) and Brazil * (states of Roraima, Amazonas, and Pará) .

Material examined: Brazil: 1♂, state of Roraima, INPA ; 7♂, 4♀, state of Amazonas , DZUP ; 1♂, 1♀, state of Pará, INPA .

54. E. marilis Melichar, 1926 — Brazil (state of Pará).

55. E. melichari Schmidt, 1928 — Brazil (state of Santa Catarina).

56. E. mixta Medler, 1963 — Brazil (states of Pará and Mato Grosso) .

57. E. nativa Melichar, 1926 — Colombia (department of Santander).

58. E. notara Medler, 1963 — Brazil (states of Minas Gerais *, Rio de Janeiro *, and São Paulo) .

Material examined: Brazil: 1♀, state of Minas Gerais, DZUP ; 1♂, state of Rio de Janeiro, DZUP .

59. E. notatula Melichar, 1926 — Brazil (state of Pará).

60. E. odonsera Medler, 1963 — Brazil (states of Mato Grosso *, Minas Gerais, and São Paulo), Paraguay (no additional information available), and Argentina (province of Misiones).

Material examined: Brazil: 1♀, state of Mato Grosso, MZSP .

61. E. onerata Melichar, 1926 — Peru (region of Huánuco).

62. E. partita Melichar, 1926 — Mexico (no additional information available), Costa Rica (provinces of Alajuela and San José), Panama (province of Chiriquí), and Venezuela (no additional information available).

Comments: The occurrence of E. partita in the state of Espírito Santo ( Zanol & de Menezes 1982), southeastern Brazil, is probably incorrect. Considering that its confirmed distribution is restricted to Central American countries and possibly Venezuela, the Brazilian record probably corresponds to E. sexguttata , a morphologically similar species.

63. E. peclyae sp. nov. — Brazil (state of Roraima).

64. E. pectinata Young, 1977 — French Guiana (commune of Roura) and Brazil (state of Pará).

65. E. peruviana Freytag, 2015 — Peru (region of Madre de Dios).

66. E. phoenicea (Signoret, 1853) ( Fig. 5 )— Brazil (states of Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo) .

67. E. plagiella Melichar, 1926 — Venezuela (state of Lara), Colombia (department of Caldas), French Guiana (no additional information available), Ecuador (provinces of Orellana and Napo), and Brazil (no additional information available).

68. E. priscilla Medler, 1963 — Mexico ( Federal District and states of San Luis Potosi, Guerrero, and Oaxaca) .

69. E. proterva Melichar, 1926 — Brazil (state of Rio de Janeiro).

70. E. quadriguttata ( Fabricius, 1787) — Mexico (state of Oaxaca), Guatemala (departments of Escuintla and Sonsonate), Honduras (no additional information available), El Salvador (no additional information available), Grenada (no additional information available), Trinidad & Tobago (no additional information available), Venezuela (states of Nueva Esparta, Miranda, Carabobo, and Yaracuy), and French Guiana (commune of Cayenne).

71. E. quadriplagiata ( Walker, 1851) — Costa Rica (provinces of Alajuela and San José), Panama (province of Chiriqui), Venezuela (no additional information available), Colombia (departments of Chocó, Guainía, and Amazonas), Brazil * (state of Roraima), and Bolivia (no additional information available).

Material examined: Brazil: 1♂, state of Roraima, INPA .

72. E. quissota Medler, 1963 — Colombia (department of Valle del Cauca) and Ecuador (province of Los Rios).

73. E. rara Freytag, 2015 — French Guiana (commune of Roura).

74. E. relegata Medler, 1963 — Mexico * (state of Villahermosa) and Guatemala (department of Escuintla) [banana cargo].

Material examined: Mexico: 1♀, state of Villahermosa, USNM .

75. E. retrosa Freytag, 2015 — Colombia (departments of Meta, Vaupés, and Amazonas) .

76. E. rotunda Freytag, 2015 — Colombia (department of Putumayo).

77. E. separata Melichar, 1926 — Brazil (states of Santa Catarina *, Paraná *, and Rio Grande do Sul) .

Material examined: Brazil: 1♂, 2♀, state of Paraná, DZUP ; 6♂, 4♀, state of Santa Catarina, DZUP .

78. E. servilis Melichar, 1926 — Ecuador * (province of Napo) , Brazil (states of Amazonas*, Pará, and Maranhão*), and Peru * (region of Loreto) .

Material examined: Ecuador: 1♂, province of Napo, USNM . Brazil: 4♂, 4♀, state of Amazonas , DZUP ; 1♂, 1♀, state of Maranhão, INPA . Peru: 1♀, region of Loreto, USNM .

79. E. sexguttata ( Fabricius, 1803) — Venezuela (state of Portuguesa) , Guyana (no additional information available), French Guiana (no additional information available), Brazil (Federal District* and states of Roraima*, Rondônia*, Pará, Maranhão*, Piauí*, Bahia, Tocantins*, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais*, and Rio de Janeiro), Peru (region of Pachitea), Bolivia (department of La Paz), Paraguay * (department of Canindeyú) , and Argentina (province of Salta) .

Material examined: Brazil: 1♂, Distrito Federal , DZUP ; 2♀, state of Roraima, DZUP ; 1♂, 1♀, state of Maranhão, DZUP ; 4♂, 4♀, state of Piauí, DZUP ; 1♀, state of Tocantins, DZUP ; 2♀, state of Rondônia, DZUP ; 1♂, 1♀, state of Minas Gerais, DZUP . Paraguay: 1♂, 1♀, department of Canindeyú, DZUP .

80. E. sinvali Froza, Quintas & Mejdalani, 2021 — Brazil (state of Minas Gerais).

81. E. socialis Melichar, 1926 ( Fig. 6 )— Peru (regions of Madre de Dios* and Cusco) and Bolivia (departments of La Paz and Santa Cruz) .

Material examined: Peru: 1♂, 1♀, region of Madre de Dios, DZRJ .

82. E. sonora Melichar, 1926 — Belize (no additional information available), Honduras (department of Atlántida), Nicaragua (no additional information available), and Costa Rica (province of San José).

83. E. sparta Melichar, 1926 — Venezuela * (state of Amazonas), Colombia (no additional information available), Ecuador * (province of Napo), and Brazil (states of Amapá *, Amazonas, and Pará).

Material examined: Venezuela: 1♀, state of Amazonas, USNM . Ecuador: 1♂, province of Napo, USNM . Brazil: 1♂, state of Amapá, DZRJ .

84. E. splendidula Dmitriev, 2020 — Venezuela (no additional information available), French Guiana (commune of Cayenne), Brazil (state of Amazonas), and Peru (no additional information available).

85. E. spottana Medler, 1963 — Mexico (state of Nayarit).

86. E. taklara Medler, 1963 — Costa Rica (provinces of San José and Puntarenas) .

87. E. triplicula ( Jacobi, 1905) — Peru (regions of San Martín, Lima, and Cusco) and Bolivia (departments of La Paz and Cochabamba) .

88. E. undulata Freytag, 2015 — Colombia (department of Magdalena).

89. E. usabida Medler, 1963 — Mexico (state of Guerrero).

90. E. vaccoma Medler, 1963 — French Guiana (commune of Kourou), Ecuador (provinces of Napo and Pastaza *), and Brazil * (state of Amapá).

Material examined: Ecuador: 1♀, province of Pastaza, DZUP . Brazil: 1♀, state of Amapá, MZSP .

91. E. velox Melichar, 1926 — Brazil (states of Pernambuco * and Bahia) .

Material examined: Brazil: 1♂, state of Pernambuco, USNM .

Comments: The records from the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo ( Zanol & de Menezes 1982), southeastern Brazil, are likely incorrect. These records probably correspond to E. colorata or E. excisa , given their external morphological similarity.

92. E. victori Dmitriev, 2020 — Brazil (states of São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul) and Argentina * (province of Misiones) .

Material examined: Argentina: 1♀, province of Misiones, USNM .

93. E. warsula Medler, 1963 — Peru (region of Cusco), Brazil * (states of Amazonas and Acre), and Bolivia (no additional information available).

Material examined: Brazil: 2♂, state of Amazonas , INPA ; 2♂, state of Acre, DZUP, INPA .

94. E. xiperca Medler, 1963 — Brazil (states of Amazonas*, Pará *, Rondônia, Acre *, and Mato Grosso) .

Material examined: Brazil: 1♀, state of Amazonas , DZRJ ; 5♀, state of Pará, INPA ; 1♀, state of Acre, MNRJ .

95. E. yestula Medler, 1963 — Ecuador (province of Loja) and Bolivia (department of Santa Cruz).

96. E. zizacula Medler, 1963 — Peru (regions of Lima and Cusco) and Bolivia * (department of La Paz).

Material examined: Bolivia: 1♂, department of La Paz, USNM .

Species excluded from Erythrogonia

Erythrogonia meridionalis Schmidt, 1928 — Paraguay (“Rio Monday”).

Comment: Erythrogonia meridionalis Schmidt, 1928 syn. nov. of Tettisama quinquemaculata ( Germar, 1821) . Comparisons of the external morphology and color pattern of type specimens (photographs of the body in dorsal view) indicate that E. meridionalis is a junior synonym of T. quinquemaculata . A photograph of the holotype of E. meridionalis , deposited at the Museum and Institute of Zoology, Warsaw ( Poland), was provided by Wilson et al. (2009, specimen code E001377). A photograph of a type of Tettigonia quinquemaculata from Brazil, deposited at the Germar collection, Ivan Franko National University, Lviv ( Ukraine) (see Shydlovskyy & Holovachov 2005, specimen code ЕГр 521), is given on the internet site of that institution (http://zoomus.lviv.ua/GERMAR/ ZM3843web.htm). See additional notes in the discussion below.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Species of Erythrogonia in their natural habitat. 1, E. aurivagula (Jacobi, 1905), Peru; 2, E. calva (Taschenberg, 1884), Brazil; 3, E. colorata (Germar, 1821), Brazil; 4, E. dottaga Medler, 1963, Brazil; 5, E. phoenicea (Signoret, 1853), Brazil; 6, E. socialis Melichar, 1926, Peru. Photographs 1, 2, 4, and 6 taken by Daniela Maeda Takiya, 3 and 5 taken by André Almeida Alves.