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Issue: Vol. 2935 No. 1: 1 Jul. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-07-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2935.1.6
Page range: 64–68
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Scaphytopiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), with a key to genera and species checklist for the tribe from China

Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guiyang, Guizhou, P.R. China, 550025
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guiyang, Guizhou, P.R. China, 550025
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guiyang, Guizhou, P.R. China, 550025
Hemiptera Homoptera morphology taxonomy distribution

Abstract

An annotated checklist and generic key to the leafhopper tribe Scaphytopiini from China is provided. A new species Xenovarta subulata sp. nov. is described and illustrated from China. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China (GUGC).

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