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Issue: Vol. 2490 No. 1: 1 Jun. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-06-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2490.1.4
Page range: 40–46
Abstract views: 66
PDF downloaded: 3

Review of Chinese species of genus Xenovarta Viraktamath (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Scaphytopiini) with description of a new species

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China
Hemiptera Taxonomy Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha leafhopper Oriental Region China

Abstract

The Chinese leafhopper species of the genus Xenovarta Viraktamath are reviewed, one new species Xenovarta longicornis sp. n. is described and a key is provided for the six Oriental species of the genus.

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