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Issue: Vol. 5446 No. 2: 30 Apr. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-04-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5446.2.10
Page range: 281-287
Abstract views: 72
PDF downloaded: 3

A new Scaphoideini leafhopper genus from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae)

Institute of Entomology; Guizhou University; The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources; Guizhou University; Guiyang; 550025 P. R. China
Institute of Entomology; Guizhou University; The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources; Guizhou University; Guiyang; 550025 P. R. China
Institute of Entomology; Guizhou University; The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources; Guizhou University; Guiyang; 550025 P. R. China
Hemiptera Homoptera morphology new taxa taxonomy

Abstract

A new genus of the tribe Scaphoideini from China, Paramelanetettix gen. nov. with P. expansivus sp. nov. as type species is described and illustrated. The type specimen of the new species is deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China (GUGC).

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