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Issue: Vol. 2897 No. 1: 30 May. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-05-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2897.1.7
Page range: 64–68
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 1

The second species of the leafhopper genus Watara Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini)

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, National Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, P. O. Box 55#, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, National Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, P. O. Box 55#, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Hemiptera Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha taxonomy morphology new species

Abstract

General characteristics of Watara Dworakowska and a key to known species of the genus are provided. A new species, Watara cordata sp. nov., is described from China.

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