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Issue: Vol. 2242 No. 1: 29 Sep. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-09-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2242.1.3
Page range: 64–68
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 2

New placement of the leafhopper genus Idioceroides Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Idiocerinae), with description of a new species

College of Life Sciences & Technology, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, China
Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore 560065, India
Hemiptera Taxonomy Auchenorrhyncha morphology China

Abstract

The leafhopper genus Idioceroides Matsumura is transferred back to Idiocerinae from Agalliinae where it was erroneously placed. A new species, Idioceroides sichuanensis n. sp. is described and illustrated from Sichuan, China. A key is provided to separate the new species from the only other known species, I. tettigoniformis Matsumura from Taiwan and the female genitalia for species of the genus are described for the first time.

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