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Issue: Vol. 3434 No. 1: 22 Aug. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-08-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3434.1.4
Page range: 59–68
Abstract views: 56

Taxonomic study of the Oriental leafhopper genus Kabakra Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), with description of three new species and one new record

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
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 Auchenorrhyncha morphology taxonomy China Thailand

Abstract

Six species of the genus Kabakra Dworakowska were studied and illustrated, including three new species from China and Thailand: Kabakra acutata, K. aviformis, K. celata spp. nov., and one new record from China: Kabakra augusta Dworakowska n. rec.. A key for the identification of adult males is provided.

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