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Issue: Vol. 1972 No. 1: 7 Jan. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-01-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1972.1.4
Page range: 44–52
Abstract views: 66
PDF downloaded: 1

Five new leafhopper species of the genus Typhlocyba Germar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China

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
Hemiptera taxonomy key description distribution illustration

Abstract

Five species, T. napoensis, T. bilaminata, T. serrata, T. triannulata and T. tubercula spp. nov., of genus Typhlocyba Germar from China are described and illustrated. A key to males of Chinese Typhlocyba species is provided.

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