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Issue: Vol. 5244 No. 1: 16 Feb. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-02-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.7
Page range: 82-88
Abstract views: 185
PDF downloaded: 36

Two new species of the bamboo-feeding subgenus Myittana (Benglebra) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China

Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China. The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources of Guizhou, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China. Guizhou Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China.
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China. The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources of Guizhou, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China. Guizhou Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China. Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, 341000, PR China.
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China. The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources of Guizhou, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China. Guizhou Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China.
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China. The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources of Guizhou, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China. Guizhou Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China.
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China. The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources of Guizhou, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China. Guizhou Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China.
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China. The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources of Guizhou, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China. Guizhou Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China.
Homoptera taxonomy Benglebra new species bamboo leafhopper Hemiptera

Abstract

Two new species of the bamboo-feeding genus Myittana (Benglebra) Mahmood & Ahmad, 1969, M. (B.) weiningensis Zhao, Luo & Chen sp. nov. and M. (B.) dongae Zhao, Luo & Chen sp. nov. from China (Guizhou and Guangxi) are described and illustrated. A key to all known species of the subgenus Myittana (Benglebra) is also given.

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