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Issue: Vol. 1793 No. 1: 13 Jun. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-06-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1793.1.1
Page range: 1–27
Abstract views: 50
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The identity of the oriental leafhopper genera Cyrta Melichar and Placidus Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Stegelytrinae), with description of a new genus

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, SW7 5BD, London, UK
Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, SW7 5BD, London, UK
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
Hemiptera Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha taxonomy morphology identification new genus new species new synonym new combination mud-puddling

Abstract

The identities of the Oriental leafhopper genera Cyrta Melichar and Placidus Distant are reviewed, and Cyrta is placed as a senior synonym of Placidus. The following new combinations and new species are proposed for Cyrta: C. brunnea (Kuoh) comb. n.; C. dentata (Zhang & Wei) comb. n.; C. flosifronta (Zhang & Wei) comb. n.; C. furcata (Li & Zhang) comb. n.; Cyrta hornei (Distant) comb. n.; C. incurvata (Wei & Zhang) comb. n.; C. longwanshensis (Li & Zhang) comb. n.; C. nigrocupulifera (Zhang & Wei) comb. n.; C. orientalis (Schumacher) comb. n.; C. striolata (Zhang & Wei) comb. n.; C. testacea (Kuoh) comb. n.; C. vicina (Dlabola) comb. n.; C. tiantaishanensis sp. n.; C. spinosa sp. n.; C. conduplicata sp. n.; C. coalita sp. n. and C. fujianensis sp. n. A new genus, Paracyrta gen. n., is erected to accommodate the following species previously included in Cyrta: P. blattina (Jacobi) comb. n.; P. recusetosa (Zhang & Wei) comb. n.; P. setosa (Zhang & Sun) comb. n.; P. banna (Zhang & Wei) comb. n.; P. bicolor (Zhang & Wei) comb. n.; P. longiloba (Zhang & Wei) comb. n.; P. dentata (Zhang & Wei) comb. n.; P. bimaculata (Zhang & Sun) comb. n.; P. parafrons (Zhang & Wei) comb. n. A key is provided for the above species of Cyrta and the relationship between Cyrta and Paracyrta and other Oriental stegelytrine genera is given. The host plants and mud-puddling behaviour of the representatives of this subfamily are discussed.

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