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Issue: Vol. 1624 No. 1: 29 Oct. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-10-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1624.1.4
Page range: 43–51
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 15

Revision of the Chinese species of the leafhopper genus Dayus Mahmood(Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini), with description of three new species

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

Abstract

The Chinese sepcies of the typhlocybine genus Dayus Mahmood are revised. A total of five species, including three new species—lii n.sp, lamellatus n.sp and membranaceus n.sp from Fujian Province are described, and a key to Chinese Dayus species is included.

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