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Issue: Vol. 2913 No. 1: 10 Jun. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-06-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2913.1.7
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 1

First records of the leafhopper genus Ossuaria Dworakowska in China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini) with descriptions of two 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 Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha taxonomy morphology distribution new record

Abstract

Ossuaria Dworakowska is recorded for the first time from China and two new species, Ossuaria sichuanensis sp. nov. and Ossuaria yunnanensis sp. nov. are described from China. Generic characteristics and a key to known species of the genus are provided.

References

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    Dworakowska, I. (1993) Remarks on Alebra Fieb. and Eastern Hemisphere Alerini (Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae). Entomotaxonomia, 15(2), 91–121.

    Zhang, Y.L. (1990) A Taxonomic Study of Chinese Cicadellidae (Homoptera). Tianze Eldonejo, 218pp.