Euragallia batmani

Taxonavigation

Euragallia batmani holotype.

Taxonavigation: Membracoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Auchenorrhyncha Infraordo: Cicadomorpha Superfamilia: Membracoidea

Familia: Cicadellidae
Subfamilia: Megophthalminae
Tribus: Agalliini
Subtribus: Agalliina
Genus: Euragallia
Species: Euragallia batmani

Name

• Euragallia batmani Rodrigues, Gonçalves & Mejdalani, 2012: figs 1-11

Holotype: MUSM, ♂.

Type locality: Peru, Pasco Department. “Peru: Pasco, Yanachaga-Chemil- \ lén N.P., Huampal Stn. 10°11'9"S, 75°34'27"W, 1050m, 6–9 X 2002 \ D. Takiya, C. Peña, R. Rakitov \ Malaise trap acr. R. Huancabamba.

Etymology: The specific epithet, batmani, is a reference to the dorsal region of the aedeagal base in dorsal view (Fig. 9), which closely resembles the open wings of a bat, like those of the Batman symbol.

References

• Rodrigues, L.G., Gonçalves, A.C. & Mejdalani, G. 2012. A remarkable new species of Euragallia from Peru (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Agalliini), including the description of a peculiar structure of the male genitalia. ZooKeys 178: 51–58. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.178.3038 . Reference page.