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Issue: Vol. 2484 No. 1: 26 May. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-05-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2484.1.5
Page range: 53–60
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 1

New species of macropsine leafhopper genus Pedionis Hamilton (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) from China, with a key to Chinese 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 Homoptera Macropsinae morphology taxonomy distribution

Abstract

Three new macropsine leafhopper species of the genus Pedionis are described and illustrated from China: Pedionis lii sp. nov. (Guizhou province: Xishui), P. spinata sp. nov. (Hainan province: Mt. Wuzhi) and P. yunnana sp. nov. (Yunnan province: Zhengyuan). A key to eight Chinese species of the genus is given and a checklist of the known species of Pedionis is also provided.

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