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Issue: Vol. 4079 No. 3: 12 Feb. 2016
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2016-02-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.3.9
Page range: 397–400
Abstract views: 82
PDF downloaded: 4

A new species of the leafhopper genus Matsumuratettix Metcalf (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) from Thailand

School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China
Hemiptera Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Deltocephalini

Abstract

Matsumura (1914) established Epitettix with the type species E. hiroglyphicus Matsumura, 1914 from Taiwan. Metcalf (1952) proposed the new name Matsumuratettix for Epitettix Matsumura, which was preoccupied by Epitettix Hancock, 1907. Dash & Viraktamath (1995) synonymised Pruthiorosius Ghauri with Matsumuratettix Metcalf. Currently, Matsumuratettix comprises a single species, M. hiroglyphicus (Matsumura, 1914). The genus is easily distinguished from other Old World Deltocephalini by the aedeagal shaft being strongly laterally compressed over the distal two-thirds and with asymmetrical distal spines. In this paper, a new species is described from Thailand and a key to distinguish the two known species is provided.

 

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