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Issue: Vol. 3153 No. 1: 6 Jan. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-01-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3153.1.2
Page range: 32–38
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 1

First record of the cicada genus Karenia Distant, 1888 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Vietnam, with description of a new species

Department of Insect Systematics, Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet St, Hanoi, Vietnam
Department of Entomology, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuo Kuang Rd., Taichung 402, Taiwan, R.O.C
Hemiptera new record Karenia hoanglienensis Cicadettinae Sinosenini distribution

Abstract

The first record of the genus Karenia Distant, 1888 from Vietnam is presented. Karenia hoanglienensis sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) is described from Lao Cai Province, northern Vietnam. Photographs of an adult male, illustrations of the male genitalia, a distribution map and biological data for K. hoanglienensis sp. nov. are provided.

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