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Issue: Vol. 5447 No. 2: 6 May 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-05-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5447.2.4
Page range: 225-238
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 4

Sexual dimorphism in the genus Acothrura Melichar, 1915 (Hemiptera: Lophopidae) and description of male and female specimens of A. impunctata (Jacobi, 1905)

College of Life Sciences; China West Normal University; Nanchong; Sichuan 637009; China. Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation (Ministry of Education); China West Normal University; Nanchong; Sichuan 637009; China
College of Life Sciences; China West Normal University; Nanchong; Sichuan 637009; China. Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation (Ministry of Education); China West Normal University; Nanchong; Sichuan 637009; China
College of Life Sciences; China West Normal University; Nanchong; Sichuan 637009; China. Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation (Ministry of Education); China West Normal University; Nanchong; Sichuan 637009; China
Hemiptera Acothrura Fulgoroidea Taxonomy China

Abstract

The sexual dimorphism of Acothrura impunctata (Jacobi, 1905) is confirmed by molecular analysis. Its male morphological characteristics are firstly reported. A key to species of Acothrura is provided.

 

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