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Prairiana cometa (DeLong & Freytag, 1976)

Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Prairiana cometa (DeLong & Freytag, 1976): Male holotype [MLP]: habitus, dorsal view. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Prairiana cometa (DeLong & Freytag, 1976): Male holotype [MLP]: habitus, dorsal view. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Prairiana cometa (DeLong & Freytag, 1976): Male holotype [MLP]: habitus, lateral view. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Prairiana cometa (DeLong & Freytag, 1976): Male: pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).
Subgenital plate: !! display not done !! on Prairiana cometa (DeLong & Freytag, 1976): Male: subgenital plate, ventral view. (Observation).
Stylus: !! display not done !! on Prairiana cometa (DeLong & Freytag, 1976): Male: style, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Prairiana cometa (DeLong & Freytag, 1976): Male: aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, posterior view: !! display not done !! on Prairiana cometa (DeLong & Freytag, 1976): Male: aedeagus, posterior view. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Curtara (Curtara) cometa DeLong & Freytag, 1976a: 49.

    Holotype; male; nº3654/1; deposited at: Museo de La Plata (MLP); Argentina, Santiago del Estero: Río Salado, Wagner col.

  • Prairiana cometa (DeLong & Freytag, 1976) in Gonçalves, Mejdalani, Dietrich & Takiya, 2026: S3.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • DeLong, D.M. & Freytag, P.H. (1976a) Studies of the world Gyponinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). A synopsis of the genus Curtara. Brenesia, 7, 1–97.
  • 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
  • Paradell, S.L., Dellapé, G., Catalano, M.I. & Defea, B.S. (2010) Los ejemplares tipo de Cicadellinae y Gyponinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) depositados en el Museo de La Plata, Argentina [The type specimens of Cicadellinae and Gyponinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) housed at the Museo de La Plata, Argentina]. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 69(1-2), 1–7.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: comet

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