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Issue: Vol. 1896 No. 1: 10 Oct. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-10-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1896.1.2
Page range: 25–30
Abstract views: 81
PDF downloaded: 3

An unusual new genus and species of Hecalini leafhopper from southern China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae)

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, SW7 5BD, London, UK
Hemiptera Homoptera morphology taxonomy distribution

Abstract

An interesting new genus and species of Hecalini leafhopper, Hecalusina unispinosa, sp. n., are described from southern China. The unusual features of the new genus, including the male and female genitalia, are discussed and compared to other Hecalini.

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