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Issue: Vol. 3397 No. 1: 24 Jul. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-07-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3397.1.2
Page range: 28–44
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 2

A taxonomic review of the grassland leafhopper genus Aconurella Ribaut (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Chiasmini) from China with the description of two new species

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha morphology new species China

Abstract

Six species of the genus Aconurella Ribaut from China are reviewed including two new records and two new species; de-scriptions and illustrations of these species are provided. Two new species A. furcata sp. n. and A. paradiplachnis sp. n.are described. A key to males of the Chinese species in the genus is also given. A. orientalis is considered a junior synonym of A. prolixa syn. n. and A. solana is considered a junior synonym of A. montana syn. n.

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