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Issue: Vol. 2763 No. 1: 11 Feb. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-02-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2763.1.4
Page range: 61–65
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 1

Taxonomy of the vector leafhopper genus Nesoclutha Evans (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, with description of a new species

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum of Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum of Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Hemiptera taxonomy Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha Macrostelini checklist vector

Abstract

The leafhopper genus Nesoclutha, a known vector of plant pathogens, currently comprises four species worldwide. In this paper, one new species added from China, N. concavipenis sp. nov., is described and one new record, N. phryne (Kirkaldy) (= N. pallida Evans) from China is given. A checklist and a key to all known species in the genus are provided.

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