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Issue: Vol. 3127 No. 1: 13 Dec. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-12-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3127.1.3
Page range: 53–63
Abstract views: 65
PDF downloaded: 2

Five new species of the leafhopper genus Limassolla Dlabola (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China

Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China Institute of South China Karst, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550001, China The State Key Laboratory Incubation Base for Karst Mountain Ecology Environment of Guizhou Province, Guiyang, Guizhou 550001, China
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Hemiptera morphology taxonomy distribution China

Abstract

Five new species, Limassolla auriculata sp. nov., L. forcipata sp. nov., L. qianfoensis sp. nov., L. rutila sp. nov. and L. yingjianga sp. nov. from China are described and illustrated. A key and a check list of Chinese species of the genus Limassolla is provided.

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