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Issue: Vol. 1676 No. 1: 9 Jan. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-01-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1676.1.7
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 63
PDF downloaded: 6

The Oriental planthopper genus Eilithyia Distant (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Tropiduchidae) with description of one new species

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101; China and Key Lab of Insect Evolution & Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, China Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101; China and Key Lab of Insect Evolution & Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, China
Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, SW7 5BD, London, UK
Hemiptera Eilithyia Tropiduchidae new species

Abstract

Eilithyia singaporensis sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Tropiduchidae) is described and illustrated from Singapore and Malaya. This represents the second known species of Eilithyia. The male and female genitalia of the genus are described for the first time and a key to the known species in the genus is provided.

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