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Issue: Vol. 4117 No. 4: 2 Jun. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-06-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.10
Page range: 591–599
Abstract views: 94
PDF downloaded: 4

A taxonomic study of the genus Eupteryx Curtis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), with description of five new records and one new species from China

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha Typhlocybini morphology taxonomy distribution

Abstract

A new species, Eupteryx (Stacla) gracilirama sp. nov. from China is described and illustrated and five species are recorded for the first time from China: Eupteryx (Stacla) janeki Dworakowska, Eupteryx (Stacla) albonigra Dworakowska, Eupteryx (Stacla) hela Dworakowska, Eupteryx (Stacla) irminae Dworakowska and Eupteryx (sensu stricto) stachydearum (Hardy). A check-list and key to all known species of Eupteryx from China are provided.

 

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