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On the Idiocerini (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae) of Ghana, with Description of a New Species of the Genus Pretioscopus Webb and Notes on the Classification of the Subfamily Eurymelinae

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—A new idiocerine leafhopper, Pretioscopus jukwa sp. n., is described as the second species of the genus from Ghana. Rotifunkia guttifera (Walker, 1851) is recorded for the first time from Ghana, with notes on its 5th instar larva and host plant. The composition and taxonomic position of Eurymelinae and Idiocerini are discussed.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are glad to thank Dr. Vyacheslav V. Byalt (St. Petersburg, Russia) for plant identification, Dr. Albena Gjonova (Sofia, Bulgaria) for ant identification, Dr. Egya Yankey, Dr. Kwasi Asante and Mr. Zackari Assan (Sekondi, Ghana) and Mr. Michael Morvey (Shai Hills Resource Reserve, Ghana) for collecting permissions and support during the field trip, Dr. Vladimir V. Neimorovets (St. Petersburg, Russia) for taking photos of the most specimens studied, and Dr Fernley Symons (NHM) for images of the type of Rotifunkia guttifera and Miss Valérie Lemaître (NHM) for the information on the type data of the same, as well as the correct date of publication of Eurymela.

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The study of VMG was performed in the framework of the Russian State Research project № 122031100272-3. The field trip to Ghana by VMG was financially supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project № 22-24-00565 (https://rscf.ru/project/22-24-00565/ ).

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Gnezdilov, V.M., Webb, M.D. On the Idiocerini (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae) of Ghana, with Description of a New Species of the Genus Pretioscopus Webb and Notes on the Classification of the Subfamily Eurymelinae. Entmol. Rev. 102, 879–890 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873822060094

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