title: Two new species of the Neotropical spittlebug genus Monecphora Amyot & Serville (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) with key and notes of species of the genus.
abstract: Two new species of the Neotropical spittlebug genus Monecphora Amyot & Serville are described: Monecphora machadoi sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in NMW: Brazil, "Natterer") and Monecphora broomfieldi sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in BMNH: Costa Rica, Turrialba, 3-8.VII.1981, W.R. Dolling leg.) and a key and notes to species of the genus are provided. Lectotypes are designated for Tomaspis fryi Distant, Monecphora nigritarsis Stål, and Monecphora semilutea Stål. In addition, two corrections are made to the Cercopid Spittlebugs of the New World (Carvalho & Webb 2005) with respect to figures 70-73 and 193-194 (see Corrigenda).
authors.affiliation: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Biociências, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Laboratório de Entomologia, Av. Ipiranga, 6681, CEP 90619-900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.; Email: gervasio@pucrs.br.
authors.forename: Gervásio Silva
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19.020, 81531-980, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Albino Morimasa
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sakakibara
authors.affiliation: The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom.; Email: m.webb@nhm.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Webb
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D001938:Brazil; D003364:Costa Rica; D005260:Female; D020062:Heteroptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size