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Issue: Vol. 4455 No. 3: 3 Aug. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-08-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.3.11
Page range: 555–562
Abstract views: 101
PDF downloaded: 2

Notes on the Neotropical leafhopper subgenus Amplicephalus (Nanctasus) Linnavuori (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) with description of two new species

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
Auchenorrhyncha morphology taxonomy Hemiptera

Abstract

Morphological characters previously used to define the subgenus Amplicephalus (Nanctasus) Linnavuori and its status are discussed. Two new species are described and illustrated, and tentatively placed in subgenus A. (Nanctasus) Linnavuori: A. (N.) anayensis sp. n. and A. (N.) paralbivenosus sp. n. A checklist and a key to species of the subgenus are provided.

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