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Issue: Vol. 3784 No. 3: 28 Mar. 2014
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2014-03-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3784.3.10
Page range: 297–300
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 3

First record of the leafhopper genus Soractellus Evans, 1966 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China, with description of a new species

Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guiyang, Guizhou, P.R. China, 550025.
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guiyang, Guizhou, P.R. China, 550025.
Homoptera morphology taxonomy distribution

Abstract

The genus Soractellus Evans, 1966 is reported for the first time based on a new species, Soractellus jianfengensis sp. nov., here described and illustrated from China. A key is given to distinguish all species of the genus. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China (GUGC).