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Issue: Vol. 5618 No. 1: 1 Apr. 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-04-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.12
Page range: 145-150
Abstract views: 81
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Not Issidae: on the systematic position of Libanissus Azar, Maksoud et Nel, 2024 (Mimarachnidae) and Cubicostissus Bourgoin et Nel, 2020 (Cicadellidae) (Hemiptera)

Borissiak Palaeontological Institute; Russian Academy of Sciences; Profsoyuznaya St 123; Moscow 117647; Russia
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha Fulgoroidea Membracoidea Ledrinae West Gondwana

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How to Cite

Shcherbakov, D.E. (2025) Not Issidae: on the systematic position of Libanissus Azar, Maksoud et Nel, 2024 (Mimarachnidae) and Cubicostissus Bourgoin et Nel, 2020 (Cicadellidae) (Hemiptera). Zootaxa, 5618 (1), 145–150. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.12