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Issue: Vol. 3994 No. 2: 31 Jul. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-07-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3994.2.5
Page range: 253–264
Abstract views: 50
PDF downloaded: 3

Taxonomic study on the leafhopper genus Cofana Melichar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) from China, with description of two new species

College of Tobacco Science, Guizhou University; Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of the Mountainous Region, Guizhou University; the Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025 P. R. China
College of Tobacco Science, Guizhou University; Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of the Mountainous Region, Guizhou University; the Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025 P. R. China Guizhou Tea Research Institute, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550006, P. R. China
College of Tobacco Science, Guizhou University; Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of the Mountainous Region, Guizhou University; the Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025 P. R. China
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha Cicadellini morphology new synonym China

Abstract

A review of the genus Cofana Melichar from China is presented. Ten species are recorded, of which two species are new: C. cheni sp. nov. and C. nii sp. nov. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China (GUGC). In this paper, C. bidentata Krishnankutty & Viraktamath, 2008 is placed as junior synonym of C. yasumatsui Young, 1979. A key of all Chinese species of the genus is provided.