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Issue: Vol. 4457 No. 4: 10 Aug. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-08-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.4.6
Page range: 568–576
Abstract views: 73
PDF downloaded: 1

Review of the genus Jilinga Ghauri (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Paralimnini) in Pakistan with description of two 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 Auchenorrhyncha morphology taxonomy distribution

Abstract

Species of the leafhopper genus Jilinga Ghauri from Pakistan are reviewed and two new species, Jilinga neelumensis sp. nov. and Jilinga truncata sp. nov. are described and illustrated with photographs. A key is given to distinguish all the species (males) of the genus from Pakistan.

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