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Issue: Vol. 1223 No. 1: 5 Jun. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-06-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1223.1.6
Page range: 65–68
Abstract views: 21
PDF downloaded: 2

First report on the leafhopper genus Caknesia Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Typhlocybini) from China, with description of a new species

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, National Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum (P.O.Box 55#), Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, National Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum (P.O.Box 55#), Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Hemiptera Cicadellidae Typhlocybinae Caknesia new record new species China

Abstract

The Oriental leafhopper genus Caknesia Dworakowska is reported for the first time from China. One new species, C. sichuanensis sp. nov., from Sichuan of China, is described and illustrated; a key to all species, based on the male genitalia, is given. The type specimens are deposited in the collections of the Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.

References

  1. Dworakowska, I. (1994) Typhlocybinae (Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae) of Sikkim, a preliminary survey. Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 55, 93–215.