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Issue: Vol. 5399 No. 5: 16 Jan. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-01-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.5.8
Page range: 587-593
Abstract views: 203
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A new genus and species in the tribe Penthimiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with a key to genera of the tribe from China

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum; College of Plant Protection; Northwest A&F University; Yangling; Shaanxi 712100; China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum; College of Plant Protection; Northwest A&F University; Yangling; Shaanxi 712100; China
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha Penthimiini morphology taxonomy

Abstract

A new leafhopper genus, Tenuicapitis gen. nov. with type species T. xizangensis sp. nov. from China is described and illustrated. A key to genera of the tribe Penthimiini from China is provided.

 

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