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Issue: Vol. 4763 No. 2: 9 Apr. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-04-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.2.10
Page range: 281–286
Abstract views: 213
PDF downloaded: 2

Newly recorded genera in the planthopper family Tropiduchidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) from Pakistan with redescription of Epora montana Distant

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Department of Life Sciences (Insects), The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, SW7 5BD, London, UK
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Hemiptera Taxonomy Fulgoroidea morphology distribution genitalia

Abstract

The tropiduchid genera Epora Walker and Zema Fennah are recorded from Pakistan for the first time and Epora montana Distant is redescribed and illustrated.

 

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