title: First report on the leafhopper genus Balera Young (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae, Alebrini) from Argentina, and description of a new species.
abstract: The genus Balera Young is reported for first time to Argentina and a new species is described, Balera floripara sp. n. Detailed morphological descriptions and illustrations of the new species and a key to males of known species are provided. Habralebra amoena is also recorded for the first time from Argentina.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Bioinvestigaciones, Departamento de Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas, Universidad Nacional del Noroeste de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Monteagudo 2772, Pergamino, Buenos Aires, 2700, Argentina. CONICET.
authors.forename: María Inés
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Catalano
authors.forename: Susana L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Paradell
authors.forename: Christopher H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Dietrich
keywords: Auchenorrhyncha; distribution; identification; morphology