Redescription of subgenus Persis (Eritalaena) Fennah,and new occurrence records from Neotropical Region (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Derbidae)

Redescription of subgenus Persis (Eritalaena) Fennah,and new occurrence records from Neotropical Region (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Derbidae) | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Redescription of subgenus Persis (Eritalaena) Fennah,and new occurrence records from Neotropical Region (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Derbidae) INEZITA CANTANHEDE, EDUARDA FERNANDA GOMES VIEGAS, BRIAN W. BAHDER, and 4 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7411823/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Published Journal Publication published 18 Feb, 2026 Read the published version in Biologia → Version 1 posted 5 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Persis ( Eritalaena ) fuscinervis Muir, 1918 , originally described in Guyana (South America), was redescribed based on studies of male and female genitalia and external morphology, with new occurrence records for Central America (Costa Rica) and South America (Brazil). Cenchreini Derbinae planthopper taxonomy Full Text Cite Share Download PDF Status: Published Journal Publication published 18 Feb, 2026 Read the published version in Biologia → Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Minor revisions 12 Nov, 2025 Reviewers agreed at journal 16 Oct, 2025 Reviewers invited by journal 16 Oct, 2025 Editor assigned by journal 26 Aug, 2025 First submitted to journal 22 Aug, 2025 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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