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Issue: Vol. 2306 No. 1: 8 Dec. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-12-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2306.1.7
Page range: 66–68
Abstract views: 97
PDF downloaded: 2

First record of the leafhopper genus Rufitidia Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, with description of a new species

Guizhou Key Laboratory for Plant Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China. Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Guizhou Key Laboratory for Plant Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China. Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Hemiptera Cicadellidae Typhlocybinae

Abstract

The Oriental leafhopper genus Rufitidia Dworakowska (1994) is reported for the first time from China, the genus is redescribed, and a new species, R. forficata sp. n., from Guizhou Province, is described and illustrated. A key to males of the genus is provided.

References

  1. Dworakowska, I. (1994) Typhlocybinae (Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae) of Sikkim, a preliminary survey. Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 55, 121–122, 185.