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Issue: Vol. 2689 No. 1: 26 Nov. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-11-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2689.1.5
Page range: 48–56
Abstract views: 173
PDF downloaded: 1

A new brachypterous leafhopper of the tribe Malmaemichungiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Bathysmatophorinae), representing the first record of the tribe from China

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
Illinois Natural History Survey, Institute for Natural Resource Sustainability, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, U.S.A.
Hemiptera Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha Bathysmatophorini biogeography biology

Abstract

The rare brachypterous leafhopper genus Malmaemichungia Kwon is revised with the description and illustration of a new species, Malmaemichungia qinlingensis sp. nov., from the Qinling Mountains, central China. The new species represents a substantial extension of the known range of the tribe Malmaemichungiini, all other species of which are recorded from South Korea. The taxonomic position and biogeography and habitats of Malmaemichungiini and the closely related Bathysmatophorini are discussed. Bathysmatophorinae is here treated as a separate subfamily for the first time (new status) and includes the nominotypical tribe and Malmaemichungiini.

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