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Issue: Vol. 5271 No. 1: 24 Apr. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-04-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5271.1.9
Page range: 175-179
Abstract views: 246
PDF downloaded: 28

A new genus of Empoascini (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae) from Papua New Guinea

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum; Northwest A&F University; Yangling; Shaanxi Province 712100; China; School of Agricultural Science; Jiangxi Agricultural University; Nanchang 330045; China
School of Agricultural Science; Jiangxi Agricultural University; Nanchang 330045; China
Illinois Natural History Survey; Prairie Research Institute; University of Illinois; 1816 S. Oak St.; Champaign; Illinois 61820; USA
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum; Northwest A&F University; Yangling; Shaanxi Province 712100; China
Hemiptera Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha distribution morphology taxonomy

Abstract

Ivmaka longicaudatus gen. et sp. nov. is described based on specimens from Papua New Guinea. Habitus photos and illustrations of the male genitalia of this new species are given and differences between the new genus with closely related genera are discussed.

 

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