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Issue: Vol. 2292 No. 1: 18 Nov. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-11-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2292.1.5
Page range: 49–56
Abstract views: 63
PDF downloaded: 3

Review of the leafhopper genus Striatanus Li & Wang (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) with description of one new species from China

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Hemiptera Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha morphology identification distribution

Abstract

The genus Striatanus Li & Wang is reviewed with redescription of the three known species and description of a new species, Striatanus erectus, sp. nov., from China. In addition, photographs and illustrations of all species of the genus are provided as well as a key to all species.

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