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Zootaxa 3946 (2): 151–189 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Article ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2015 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3946.2.1 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9EE92E94-8743-49E9-B96E-A057C77D9BC4 A new tribe and species of Clastopterinae (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Clastopteridae) from Africa, Asia and North America K.G. ANDREW HAMILTON Science and Technology Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6. E-mail: [email protected] Table of contents Abstract . 152 Introduction . 152 Biology . 153 Methods . 154 Taxonomy . 156 Key to families of Cercopoidea and tribes of Clastopterinae . 156 Subfamily CLASTOPTERINAE, revised definition . 156 Tribe CLASTOPTERINI. 157 Ibaini Schmidt, syn. nov. of Clastopteridae . 157 Key to extant genera of world Clastopterini . 157 Clastoptera Germar. 157 Clastoptera laevigata sp. nov. 158 Clastoptera octonotata sp. nov. 158 Iba Schmidt . 162 Key to species of Iba . 162 Iba (s.s.) cuneata Schmidt . 162 Iba (s.s.) venosa sp. nov. 163 Iba (Parahindoloides) lumuana (Lallemand), comb. nov. .164 SEPULLIINI, tr. nov.. 164 Key to genera of world Sepulliini . 165 Beesoniella Lallemand . 165 Key to species of Beesoniella . 165 Beesoniella cyclops sp. nov. 166 Beesoniella forceps sp. nov. 166 Grellaphia Schmidt.. 166 Key to species of Grellaphia . 169 Grellaphia robusta sp. nov. 169 Sepullia Stål. 169 Key to species of Sepullia . 169 Sepullia abyssinia sp. nov. 171 Sepullia fuscolimbata Lallemand, stat.nov.. 171 Sepullia tricolor sp. nov. 172 Taphrotylus gen.nov. 173 Taphrotylus insignificans sp. nov. 173 Tremapterus Spinola, redefined . 174 Key to subgenera of Tremapterus . 175 Tremapterus (Abbalomba) Distant, stat.nov. 175 Key to species of Tremapterus subgenus Abbalomba . 176 Tremapterus (Nyanja) Distant, stat.nov. 176 Key to species of Tremapterus subgenus Nyanja . 176 Tremapterus (Nyanja) humilis sp. nov. 177 Tremapterus (Nyanja) indecisus sp. nov. 177 Tremapterus (Nyanja) perfasciatus sp. nov. 177 Tremapterus (Nyanja) scutellatus sp. nov. ..

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