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Issue: Vol. 4668 No. 1: 9 Sept. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-09-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.1.9
Page range: 135–140
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Description of a new species of the leafhopper genus Ulopsina (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Ulopinae) from China with a key to species

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha morphology taxonomy

Abstract

The leafhopper genus Ulopsina (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Ulopinae) is studied and a new species, Ulopsina bimaculata, from China is described and illustrated. A species checklist and a key to all known species of Ulopsina from China are provided.

 

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