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Issue: Vol. 4450 No. 4: 26 Jul. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-07-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.4.6
Page range: 481–488
Abstract views: 84
PDF downloaded: 1

Revision of the leafhopper genus Gurawa (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Chiasmini) from Pakistan with description of a new species

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
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 Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha morphology taxonomy distribution

Abstract

The leafhopper genus Gurawa Distant, 1908 is revised with descriptions and illustrations of a new species, Gurawa longispina sp. nov. and a short winged form of Gurawa minorcephala Pruthi from Pakistan. A key is provided to distinguish known species in this genus from Pakistan.

 

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