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Issue: Vol. 5723 No. 3: 26 Nov. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-11-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.3.2
Page range: 335-358
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 2

Notes of the leafhopper genus Mitjaevia Dworakowska from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), with descriptions of eight new species

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education; College of Plant Protection; Northwest A&F University; Yangling 712100; Shaanxi; China.; haanxi Institute of Zoology; No. 88 Xing Qing Avenue; Xi’an; Shaanxi 710032; China.
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education; College of Plant Protection; Northwest A&F University; Yangling 712100; Shaanxi; China.
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education; College of Plant Protection; Northwest A&F University; Yangling 712100; Shaanxi; China.
Hemiptera Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha Erythroneurini taxonomy

Abstract

The microleafhopper genus Mitjaevia Dworakowska was studied based on 15 species from China. Eight new species were described, including Mitjaevia asymmetrica, M. circularis, M. gracilis, M. lamelliformis, M. mianningensis, M. subtilis, M. turgida and M. xinjiangensis spp. nov.. A key to the species of Mitjaevia from China is provided.

 

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How to Cite

Yang, M., Cao, Y. & Zhang, Y. (2025) Notes of the leafhopper genus Mitjaevia Dworakowska from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), with descriptions of eight new species. Zootaxa, 5723 (3), 335–358. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.3.2