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Issue: Vol. 5757 No. 3: 5 Feb. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-02-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5757.3.2
Page range: 251-260
Abstract views: 57
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First record of the microleafhopper genera Mjolnirus and Shumka from China (Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini), with description of two 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
Illinois Natural History Survey; Prairie Research Institute; University of Illinois; 1816 S. Oak St.; Champaign; Illinois 61820; USA
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 microleafhopper Auchenorrhyncha Empoascini taxonomy key

Abstract

Two genera, Mjolnirus Wang, Xu & Qin, 2021 and Shumka Dworakowska, 1997, are newly recorded from China based on Mjolnirus shenzhenensis sp. nov., Shumka bihamatus sp. nov. and one newly recorded species S. wareeae Dworakowska, 1997 from China (Yunnan and Guangdong). Descriptions, illustrations and keys to males of the known species of these genera are given.

 

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How to Cite

Wang, R., Dietrich, C.H., Zhang, Y. & Cao, Y. (2026) First record of the microleafhopper genera Mjolnirus and Shumka from China (Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini), with description of two new species. Zootaxa, 5757 (3), 251–260. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5757.3.2