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Issue: Vol. 3353 No. 1: 21 Jun. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-06-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3353.1.2
Page range: 48–54
Abstract views: 64
PDF downloaded: 2

Review of bamboo-feeding leafhopper genus Bambusananus Li & Xing (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with description of a new species from China

Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, P.R. China The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, P.R. China
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, P.R. China The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, P.R. China
Hemiptera Bamboo leafhopper Cicadomorpha distribution Homoptera Oriental region taxonomy

Abstract

The bamboo-feeding leafhopper genus Bambusananus Li & Xing, 2011 is known to include five species in the world: B. bino-tatus (Li & Dai), B. bipunctatus (Li), B. furcatus Li & Xing, B. lii sp. nov. and B. maculipennis (Li & Wang). One new species,B. lii sp. nov. (Guizhou Province, China), is described and illustrated. Information on host plants and distribution for each species of Bambusananus is given along with a key to all known species.

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