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Issue: Vol. 3164 No. 1: 18 Jan. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-01-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3164.1.5
Page range: 49–56
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 2

Review of the leafhopper genus Jilinga Ghauri (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Paralimnini), with description of two new species from China

Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guiyang, Guizhou, P.R. China, 550025
Department of Entomology University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore 560065, India
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

The leafhopper genus Jilinga Ghauri (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Paralimnini) is reported for the first time from Chinaand two new species, Jilinga linzhiensis sp. nov. and Jilinga asymmetrica sp. nov. are described and illustrated. A key is given to distinguish all species of the genus.

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