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Issue: Vol. 4868 No. 4: 29 Oct. 2020
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2020-10-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4868.4.10
Page range: 596–600
Abstract views: 140
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Uniformus, a new genus of Dikraneurini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, with description of two new species

Institute of Entomology,Guizhou University, Guiyang Guizhou, 550025, P. R. China; The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025 P. R. China; Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of the Mountainous Region,Guizhou University, Guiyang Guizhou, 550025, P. R. China. Shandong Museum, Jinan Shandong, 250014, P. R. China.
Institute of Entomology,Guizhou University, Guiyang Guizhou, 550025, P. R. China; The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025 P. R. China; Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of the Mountainous Region,Guizhou University, Guiyang Guizhou, 550025, P. R. China.
Hemiptera Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha leafhopper taxonomy morphology

Abstract

A new typhlocybine leafhopper genus, Uniformus gen. nov. is described and illustrated based on males of two species Uniformus rostellatus sp. nov., Uniformus inclusus sp. nov. from CHINA: Yunnan Province. The genus is placed in the tribe Dikraneurini. It is unique among known Dikraneurini in having a large preatrium, long paramere, and aedeagus shaft with microtrichia. A key to species of Uniformus is provided.

 

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