An unusual new genus and species of centrotine treehopper (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Centrotinae) from Nicaragua Author Morris, Brendan O. Author Dietrich, Christopher H. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-01-29 4729 2 286 292 journal article 24218 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.2.9 23bda654-50eb-4b8b-8ebb-f03d65d94860 1175-5326 3632650 122BD637-E1C7-4972-ADC2-ED0FD1E205C4

TABLE 1. Character concepts largely follow those of Wallace and Deitz (2004) and Dietrich et al. (2001). Monobelus is compared rather than Monobelini sensu Wallace and Deitz (2004) because Monobelus has many character states that are not characteristic of the tribe overall.

Character	Kaikaia	Monobelus	Beaufortianini	Boocerini	Nessorhinini	Platycentrini
TABLE 1. Character concepts largely follow those of Wallace and Deitz (2004) and Dietrich et al. (2001). Monobelus is compared rather than Monobelini sensu Wallace and Deitz (2004) because Monobelus has many character states that are not characteristic of the tribe overall.
3rd valvulae apical cleft	present	present	polymorphic	absent	polymorphic	present in Platycentrus
2nd valvulae acute projection	present	absent	polymorphic	polymorphic	polymorphic	absent
2nd valvulae raised dentition	present	absent	polymorphic	absent	present	absent
2nd valvulae width	narrow	broadening	narrow	polymorphic	narrow	wide
mesothoracic femur, ab- and ad- lateral cucullate setae	absent	absent	absent (polymorphic in Beaufortiana)	present	absent	ab-lateral, ad-lateral polymorphic
paired dorsal swellings	absent	present	present (except Imporcitor)	absent	present	absent
m-cu crossveins	2	2	2	1	2 or more	2
frontoclypeal lobes	distinct	indistinct	distinct	polymorphic	polymorphic	indistinct
frontoclypeal margins	parallel, broadened apically	parallel or converging	parallel or converging (broadened in Centrotusoides and Centruchus)	parallel or converging	parallel or converging	parallel or converging