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Issue: Vol. 4457 No. 4: 10 Aug. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-08-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.4.7
Page range: 577–582
Abstract views: 72
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Descriptions of two new leafhopper species of the genus Flaviata Lu & Qin (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae) from Southern China, with a key to known species

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, China
Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, 1816 S. Oak St., Champaign, Illinois 61820, USA
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, China
Auchenorrhyncha Empoascini distribution taxonomy key Hemiptera

Abstract

Two new species of the empoascine leafhopper genus Flaviata, F. furcata Xu, Lu & Qin, sp. n. and F. sinuata Xu, Dietrich & Qin, sp. n., are described from southern China. Habitus photos and illustrations of male genitalia and a key to the known species of the genus, based on male genitalia, are also provided.

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