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Issue: Vol. 1972 No. 1: 7 Jan. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-01-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1972.1.3
Page range: 35–43
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 1

Review of the grassland leafhopper subgenus Leofa (Prasutagus) Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Chiasmini)

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

Abstract

The grassland leafhopper subgenus Leofa (Prasutagus) is reviewed. Five species are dealt with in this paper, including two new species from China: Leofa (Prasutagus) forcipatus Duan & Zhang sp. nov. and Leofa (Prasutagus) yangae Duan & Zhang sp. nov., and a key to species is provided.

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