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Issue: Vol. 4168 No. 3: 16 Sept. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-09-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.3.7
Page range: 557–569
Abstract views: 85
PDF downloaded: 3

Three new species of the genus Ricanula Melichar, 1898 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Ricaniidae) from China

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 64, Wilcza Street, 00-679 Warsaw, Poland
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Hemiptera Fulgoroidea planthopper taxonomy key Oriental Region

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Ricanula Melichar, 1898: R. unica sp. nov., R. fujianensis sp. nov. and R. hainanensis sp. nov. are described from south China. An identification key to Ricanula species in Chinese fauna is provided. Photographs of the adults and illustrations of genital structures of the new species are also given.

 

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