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Issue: Vol. 1314 No. 1: 14 Sept. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-09-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1314.1.3
Page range: 41–51
Abstract views: 67
PDF downloaded: 2

Three new species of Empoasca (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini) from northern South America

Dept. of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Box 7613, Raleigh, NC, 27695
Hemiptera new species Empoasca

Abstract

Three new species of the leafhopper genus Empoasca are described and illustrated from Ecuador and Colombia. The species are placed in a previously published key and relationships to other species of the genus are discussed.

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