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Species

Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862)

Live specimen on Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Female of Costanana praecellens: living specimen, feeding on a leaf. (Observation).
Live specimen on Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Female of Costanana praecellens: living specimen, feeding on a leaf. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Costanana cella DeLong & Freytag, 1972 now Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Male holotype of Costanana cella [NCSU]: habitus, dorsal view. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Female holotype of Costanana praecellens [NHRS]: habitus, dorsal view. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Male specimen of Costanana praecellens [DZUP]: habitus, dorsal view. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Female holotype of Costanana praecellens [NHRS]: habitus, lateral view. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Male specimen of Costanana praecellens [DZUP]: habitus, lateral view. (Observation).
Habitus ventral view on Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Female holotype of Costanana praecellens [NHRS]: habitus, ventral view. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Costanana cella DeLong & Freytag, 1972 now Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Male of Costanana cella: pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Costanana cella DeLong & Freytag, 1972 now Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Male of Costanana cella: subgenital plate, ventral view. (Observation).
Sternite VII (female) on Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Female: sternite VII, ventral view. (Observation).
Sternite VII (female) on Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Female specimen [DZUP]: sternite VII, ventral view. (Observation).
Stylus on Costanana cella DeLong & Freytag, 1972 now Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Male of Costanana cella: style, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Costanana cella DeLong & Freytag, 1972 now Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Male of Costanana cella: aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Costanana cella DeLong & Freytag, 1972 now Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Male of Costanana cella: aedeagus, ventral view. (Observation).
First valvula of ovipositor on Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Female specimen [DZUP]: apical portion of first valvula, lateral view. (Observation).
First valvula of ovipositor on Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Female specimen [DZUP]: first valvifer and first valvula, lateral view. (Observation).
Second valvula of ovipositor on Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Female specimen [DZUP]: second valvula, lateral view. (Observation).
Second valvula of ovipositor on Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Female specimen [DZUP]: apical portion of second valvula, lateral view. (Observation).
Gonoplac on Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Female specimen [DZUP]: apical portion of gonoplac, lateral view. (Observation).
Gonoplac on Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Female specimen [DZUP]: second valvifer and gonoplac, lateral view. (Observation).
Other on Costanana cella DeLong & Freytag, 1972 now Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Male holotype of Costanana cella [NCSU]: labels. (Observation).
Other on Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Female holotype of Costanana praecellens [NHRS]: labels. (Observation).
Other on Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Female specimen [DZUP]: internal sternite VIII, ventral view. (Observation).
Other on Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Female specimen [DZUP]: distal portion of abdomen, ventral view. (Observation).
Other on Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862): Female specimen [DZUP]: distal portion of abdomen, lateral view. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (5)

  • Gypona praecellens Stål, 1862: 47.

    Holotype; female, adult; NHRS 97315; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Brazil, F. Schtb.

  • Costanana cella DeLong & Freytag, 1972e: 497.

    Holotype; male, adult; NCSU 43172; deposited at: North Carolina State University Insect Collection (NCSU); BRAZIL, Santa Catarina; Brasilien, Nova Teutonia [sic! Seara], 27o11’S 52o23’W, 1939, Fritz Plaumann.

  • Costanana cella DeLong & Freytag, 1972 (subjective synonym of Gypona praecellens Stål, 1862) in Domahovski & Cavichioli, 2023: 29.
  • Pseudocostanana praecellens (Stål, 1862) in Gonçalves, Mejdalani, Dietrich & Takiya, 2026: S3.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • DeLong, D.M. & Freytag, P.H. (1972e) Studies of the Gyponinae: The genus Costanana and five new species (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 45(4), 491–500.
  • Domahovski, A.C. & Cavichioli, R.R. (2023) Eight new species of Costanana DeLong & Freytag (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini): taxonomic changes, key to males, and description of Metacostana gen. nov. European Journal of Taxonomy, 889, 1–53. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.889.2245
  • Gonçalves, C.C., Mejdalani, G.L.F., Dietrich, C.H. & Takiya, D.M. (2026) Phylogeny‐based generic delimitations of the diverse leafhopper tribe Gyponini, including the establishment of a new tribe of Iassinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Systematic Entomology, 51(3), 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.70062
  • Stål, C. (1862) Bidrag till Rio Janeiro-traktens Hemipter-Fauna II. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, 3(6), 1–75. [in Latin; 1860]
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: excellent, preeminent

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