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Issue: Vol. 5512 No. 1: 18 Sept. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-09-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5512.1.8
Page range: 103-112
Abstract views: 43
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A new genus from southern China in the tribe Nicertini and discussion of distinguishing tribes of Derbinae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Derbidae)

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum; Northwest A&F University; Yangling; Shaanxi 712100; China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum; Northwest A&F University; Yangling; Shaanxi 712100; China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum; Northwest A&F University; Yangling; Shaanxi 712100; China
Hemiptera new taxa key tribe tarsus spine taxonomy

Abstract

A new genus, Neomegatropis gen. nov., in the tribe Nicertini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Derbidae) is described from China with one new species, Neomegatropis rubrimacula sp. nov. (China: Hainan, Jianfengling), described and illustrated. The number of spines on the apex of the second metatarsal segment is discussed as a criterion to distinguish the tribe Nicertini from the other four tribes within the subfamily Derbinae. A key to eight genera in the tribe Nicertini is provided.

 

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